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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>
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Subject: [lojban] ant, wasp, bee, sawfly
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We have gismu for "ant" and "bee/wasp". Both ants and bees are Aculeata, 
hymenopterans with stingers (not all Aculeata actually sting). Aculeata 
contains three superfamilies: Apoidea (bees and sphecoid wasps), Chrysidoidea 
(more wasps), and Vespoidea (more wasps and ants). I've thought of using 
"rulbi'e" to distinguish bees, but there are non-bee wasps which pollinate 
flowers, such as fig wasps.

The other infraorder of Apocrita (Hymenoptera with a wasp waist) is 
Parasitica, some of which have very long ovipositors used to lay eggs in 
caterpillars in trees. They are also called wasps.

The other suborder of Hymenoptera is Symphyta, which don't have a wasp waist. 
They are called sawflies; their larvae look like caterpillars, except that they 
don't have a gap between prolegs and legs. What should we call them in Lojban?

Pierre
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