Orders

Adult Hymenoptera Features

Antenna

2. Antennae three-segmented; terminal segment elongated and often U-shaped in male...(argid sawflies) ARGIDAE
Antennae more than three-segmented.....3

3. Antennae clubbed........(cimbicid sawflies) CIMBICIDAE
Antennae filiform......4

5. Antennae with 13 or more segments; serrate....(conifer sawflies) DIPRIONIDAE
Antennae normally nine-segmented; filiform....(tenthredinid sawflies) TENTHREDINIDAE

10. Antennae long, with 16 or more segments...11
Antennae with fewer than 16 segments.... 12

13. Segment in petiole with a dorsal bump or spine: antenne elbowed: usually wingless...(ants) FORMICIDAE
Petiole without bumps or spines....14