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The creatures which you sketch are marvellous, and I should not have guessed that they were hymenoptera.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

But the whole difficulty comes from our desire to express the knowledge of the hymenoptera in terms of intelligence.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

The evolution of the arthropods reaches its culminating point in the insect, and in particular in the hymenoptera, as that of the vertebrates in man.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

But such also are, in the series of the articulate, the insects and in particular certain hymenoptera.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

Flying animals, on the other hand, are abundant; namely, 53 species of birds, one species of bat, a few species of butterflies, moths, and hymenoptera, with 74 species of indigenous beetles.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by Romanes, George John