Insect Order Hymenoptera - ants, bees,
wasps, sawflies
Two pairs of membranous wings, venation
often much reduced; the hind wings are smaller and connected to fore wings
by a row of hooklets; the mouthparts are primarily of biting type
but often adapted for sucking fluids; the abdomen usually constricted at
the base (except sawflies) with first segment fused to metathorax; ovipositor
always present and modified for sawing, piercing or stinging; larvae usually
legless with distinct head.
The Hymenoptera are divided into two suborders.
Symphyta (mainly sawflies and horntails)
and Apocrita (wasps, ants, bees, and most parasitic forms)