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Apocrita

Apocrita logo #21000 The Apocrita are a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. This suborder includes wasps, bees, and ants, and consists of many families. It includes the most advanced hymenopterans and is distinguished from Symphyta by the narrow `waist` (petiole) formed between the first two segments of the actual abdomen; the first abdominal segment is fu.....
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Apocrita

Apocrita logo #21003one of two suborders of the insect order Hymenoptera, the other being Symphyta. Included in the group are the ants, bees, wasps, braconids, ...
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Apocrita

Apocrita logo #21217Apocrita is a sub-order of the order Hymenoptera, in which the junction between the mesosoma and metasoma is clearly marked and often petiolate. The ovipositor of the female either protrudes freely or is retracted or converted into a sting for both defence and paralysing prey. The larvae are legless.
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