Family order (insects)

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How would you correctly phrase the following please? Are all 3 correct?

What order/family/group of insects do ants fall under?

What kind of insects are ants?

What order/family/group of insects does the ant belong to?

Are both comprised of and comprising correct?

Hymenoptera is a large https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_(biology) of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect, comprised of the/comprising the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawfly, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee, and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants.

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anonymousWhat order/family/group of insects do ants fall under?

OK, if you can justify "fall under" over the usual "belong to".

anonymousWhat kind of insects are ants?

Tricky. "Kind of" wants the singular "insect", but that doesn't go with the plural "ants". Maybe "What kind of insect is an ant?"

anonymousWhat order/family/group of insects does the ant belong to?

OK.

anonymousAre both comprised of and comprising correct?Hymenoptera is a large order of insects , comprised of the/comprising the sawflies , wasps , bees , and ant s.

"Comprised of" is a mistake for "composed of". You see that mistake so often that many people don't notice it, but many of us do. Both "composed of" and "comprising" require that the list is complete, that Hymenoptera has no members other than those four.

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