Definition of Aculeate. Meaning of Aculeate. Synonyms of Aculeate

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Definition of Aculeate

Aculeate
Aculeate A*cu"le*ate, a. [L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle. 2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles. 3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [R.] --Bacon.

Meaning of Aculeate from wikipedia

- parasitic. This group includes all of the eusocial Hymenopterans. The oldest aculeates are known from the Late Jur****ic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan, represented...
- pheromones become more dilute the further they radiate out from their source. aculeate (Hymenoptera) Any member of a group of families that include the familiar...
- Relationship of ants with aculeate wasp families Phylogenetic position of the Formicidae as seen in Johnson et al. (2013)...
- 1973. Cretaceous aculeate wasps from Taimyr, Siberia (Hymenoptera). Psyche 80:166-178 H. E. Evans. 1969. Three new Cretaceous aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera)...
- The Sapygidae are a family of solitary kleptoparasitic aculeate wasps. They are generally black wasps, similar in appearance to some Tiphiidae or Thynnidae...
- Sierola is a genus of aculeate wasps belonging to the family Bethylidae. The genus was described by British entomologist Peter Cameron in 1881. Cameron...
- Melittosphex is an aculeate wasp genus, the only genus in the family Melittosphecidae, that contains only one species, Melittosphex burmensis, which was...
- The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps...
- and insect pollinators include all families of bees and most families of aculeate wasps; ants; many families of flies; many lepidopterans (both butterflies...
- with a mosaic of features—a mix of characteristics from modern ants and aculeate wasps. It possessed a metapleural gland, a feature unique to ants. Furthermore...