#order_Hymenoptera__Hymenoptera an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
supertype: animal_order the order of animals
member of: class_Insecta
member: hymenopterous_insect__hymenopterousinsect__hymenopteran__hymenopteron__hymenopter insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
member: superfamily_Apoidea__Apoidea bees
member: bee any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
member: queen_bee__queenbee fertile egg-laying female bee
member: worker_bee sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
member: family_Apidae__Apidae honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees
member: genus_Apis__Apis type genus of the Apidae: honeybees
member: honeybee__Apis_mellifera social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
member: genus_Xylocopa__Xylocopa carpenter bees
member: carpenter_bee__carpenterbee large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
member: genus_Bombus__Bombus bumblebees
member: bumblebee__humblebee robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
member: genus_Psithyrus__Psithyrus a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
member: cuckoo-bumblebee a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
member: family_Andrenidae__Andrenidae a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground
member: genus_Andrena a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee
member: andrena__andrenid__mining_bee a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena
member: family_Halictidae__Halictidae a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture
member: nomia__genusnomia a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes
member: Nomia_melanderi__alkali_bee a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States
member: family_Megachilidae__Megachilidae leaf-cutting and mason bees
member: genus_Megachile__Megachile type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees
member: leaf-cutting_bee__leaf-cutter__leaf-cutter_bee bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
member: mason_bee__masonbee any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand
member: genus_Anthidium__Anthidium potter bees
member: potter_bee solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant
member: family_Vespidae__Vespidae an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps
member: vespid_wasp__vespid mostly social nest-building wasps
member: genus_Vespa__Vespa type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
member: genus_Vespula__Vespula sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
member: common_wasp__Vespula_vulgaris a variety of vespid wasp
member: yellow_jacket__yellow_hornet__Vespula_maculifrons small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
member: genus_Polistes__Polistes a genus of Vespidae
member: Polistes_annularis a variety of paper wasp
member: genus_Eumenes__Eumenes mason wasps
member: mason_wasp__masonwasp any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young
member: potter_wasp any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
member: superfamily_Sphecoidea__Sphecoidea families Sphecidae and Stizidae
member: sphecoid_wasp__sphecoid any of various solitary wasps
member: family_Sphecidae__Sphecidae mud daubers; some digger wasps
member: genus_Sceliphron__Sceliphron mud daubers
member: mason_wasp.sphecoid_wasp__masonwasp solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young
member: mud_dauber__muddauber wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
member: family_Stizidae__Stizidae cicada killers
member: genus_Sphecius__Sphecius large solitary wasps: cicada killer
member: cicada_killer__Sphecius_speciosis large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas
member: family_Cynipidae__Cynipidae a family of Hymenoptera
member: cynipid_gall_wasp__gall_wasp__gallfly__cynipidwasp small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
member: genus_Cynips__Cynips type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps
member: genus_Amphibolips__Amphibolips cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls
member: genus_Andricus__Andricus cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks
member: family_Chalcididae__Chalcididae__Chalcidae__family_Chalcidae an arthropod family including: chalcidflies
member: chalcid_fly__chalcidfly__chalcid__chalcid_wasp__chalcidwasp any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
member: strawworm__jointworm larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
member: genus_Chalcis__Chalcis type genus of the Chalcididae
member: chalcis_fly__chalcisfly a variety of chalcid fly
member: family_Ichneumonidae__Ichneumonidae ichneumon flies
member: ichneumon_fly__ichneumonfly hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
member: family_Tenthredinidae__Tenthredinidae sawflies
member: sawfly insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
member: genus-Fenusa__Fenusa birch leaf miner
member: family_Formicidae__Formicidae ants
member: ant__emmet__pismire social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
member: genus_Monomorium__Monomorium a genus of Formicidae
member: pharaoh_ant__pharaohant__pharaoh's_ant__pharaoh'sant__Monomorium_pharaonis small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest
member: little_black_ant__Monomorium_minimum tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food
member: subfamily_Dorylinae__Dorylinae army ants
member: army_ant__driver_ant__legionary_ant__legionaryant tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
member: genus_Camponotus__Camponotus carpenter ants
member: carpenter_ant__carpenterant ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs
member: genus_Solenopsis__Solenopsis fire ants
member: fire_ant omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
member: genus_Formica__Formica type genus of the Formicidae
member: wood_ant__Formica_rufa reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands
member: Formica_fusca an ant frequently enslaved
member: sanguinary_ant__Formica_sanguinea slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
member: genus_Myrmecia__Myrmecia bulldog ants
member: bulldog_ant__bulldogant any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia
member: genus_Polyergus__Polyergus Amazon ants
member: Amazon_ant__Polyergus_rufescens small reddish slave-making ant species
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