hymenopterous insect

Noun
  1. Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing (synset 102208922)
    is a type of: insect - small air-breathing arthropod
    subtypes:
    • bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
    • wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
    • family mutillidae, mutillidae - a family of wasps
    • chalcid, chalcid fly, chalcid wasp, chalcidfly - any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
    • ichneumon fly - hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
    • sawfly - insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
    • 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
    belongs to: hymenoptera, order hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
    same as: hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron

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