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Within Hymenoptera, only the stinging insects -- bees, wasps and ants -- have an actual stinger to administer the venom.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

The young researcher, who recently started to pursue his bachelor’s degree at Saratov State University in Russia, reported his discovery last month in The Journal of Hymenoptera Research.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Eiseman is working on a guide to the larvae of sawflies — the most primitive group of Hymenoptera, the relatives of ants, bees and wasps.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

However, the real breakthrough was when this equation was applied to the unique reproductive system of the eusocial Hymenoptera, what biologists refer to as haplodiploidy.

From Scientific American • Jul. 9, 2012

In Hymenoptera the families Formicidæ, Mutillidæ, and the endophytous Tenthredinidæ verdigris very rapidly, and most Diptera also.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.