Order Hymenoptera
Order Hymenoptera
Order Information::
Hymenoptera is the order of insects that includes the ants, wasps, bees, and sawflies. They have two pairs of wings and chewing mouthparts. Many wasps and bees are equipped with stingers for defense and/or immobilizing prey. It is also the only order besides Isoptera (termites) to have evolved complex social systems with division of labor.
Prior to the DLIA we knew of 266 species in the Park. Now, we have 811 species; 23 of these discoveries are new to science and 522 are new to the Park.
Order Common Name:
Bees, Ants, Hornets, etc.
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
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Families of Order Hymenoptera
| Family | Common Name | Photo Example | Where? |
| Andrenidae | Andrenid bees |
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here |
| Apidae | Long-tongued bees: bumble bee, domestic honey bee, etc. |
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here |
| Argidae | Argid sawflies | (NA) | here |
| Aulacidae | Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Cephidae | Stem sawflies | (NA) | here |
| Chalcididae | Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Cimbicidae | Club antenna sawflies | (NA) | here |
| Colletidae | Colletid, Plasterer, and Yellow-faced bees |
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here |
| Cynipidae | Plant gall wasps | (NA) | here |
| Eurytomidae | Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Evaniidae | Hatchet wasps | (NA) | here |
| Formicidae | Ants |
 |
here |
| Gasteruptiidae | Slender Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Halictidae | Sweat bees |
 |
here |
| Heloridae | Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Ibaliidae | Large Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Megachilidae | Leafcutting bees |
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here |
| Mutillidae | Velvet Ants | (NA) | here |
| Pamphilidae | Leaf-rolling or web-spinning sawflies | (NA) | here |
| Pergidae | Pergid sawflies | (NA) | here |
| Pompiliidae | Spider wasps | (NA) | here |
| Pteromalidae | Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Sierolomorphidae | Wasps | (NA) | here |
| Siricidae | Horntails (with wood-boring larvae) | (NA) | here |
| Sphecidae | Thread-waisted wasps: diggers, mud daubers, etc. | (NA) | here |
| Tenthredinidae | Common sawflies | (NA) | here |
| Trigonalyidae | Parasitic wasps | (NA) | here |
| Vespidae | Hornets, wasps, and yellowjackets |
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here |
| Xiphydriidae | Long-necked wood wasp (sawfly) | (NA) | here |
| Xyelidae | Leg-like antennae-bearing sawflies | (NA) | here |
