Taxa

Hymenoptera

Order

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Hymenoptera." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-hymenoptera.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Hymenoptera. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-hymenoptera

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-hymenoptera,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Hymenoptera},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-hymenoptera},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Bees, wasps, ants and sawflies: insects with two pairs of membranous wings (in winged species) and, in many social species, a highly organized colony structure with reproductive and worker castes. Hymenoptera includes the honey bee and the great majority of the world's most significant crop pollinators.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

150,000 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Order 1

Scientific Name

Hymenoptera 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Child Taxon Of

Insecta

Source Catalogue of Life

Sources

1. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source

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