NOMEN: Hymenoptera Linnaeus 1758: 553 [C. Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 1758, T.1: 1- 824]

 υμην (membrane) - πτερον (wing) (Kirby & Spense 1826: vol.14: 369)

ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Linnaeus 1758): Cynips + Tenthredo + Ichneumon + Sphex + Vespa + Apis + Formica + Mutilla

JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:  
= Aculeata Scopoli 1763 (non Aculeata sensu Latereille 1807)
= Piezata Fabricius 1793
= Phleboptera Clairville 1798

= Hymenopteria Rafinesque 1815
= Solenognatha Spinola 1850
= Metabola Polynephria Brauer 1885 (non Menognatha Polynephria Brauer 1885)
= Lambentia Haeckel 1889
= Hymenopteroidea Handlirsch 1903

= Hymenopterida Pearce 1936
= Panhymenoptera Crampton 1938

TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Vespa/f=Cynips/g (incl. Xyela, Tenthredo)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Vespoides, Vespida

MODERN STATUS: the valid, the oldest name for a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Classification of Hymenoptera: