hy·me·nop·ter·an 
(hī′mə-nŏptər-ən) also hy·me·nop·ter·on (-tə-rŏn′)
(hī′mə-nŏptər-ən) also hy·me·nop·ter·on (-tə-rŏn′)n.
Any of numerous insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the bees, wasps, ants, and sawflies, often living in complex social groups and characteristically having two pairs of membranous wings.
[From New Latin Hymenoptera, order name, from Greek humenopteros, membrane-winged : humēn, membrane; see HYMEN + pteron, wing; see -PTER.]
hy′me·nopter·an, hy′me·nopter·ous (-tər-əs) adj.