Hymenoptera
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun[edit]
Hymenoptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota – the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (order): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a taxonomic order
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Further reading[edit]
Hymenoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hymenoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hymenoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References[edit]
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
