The recently discovered Sirenobethylus charybdis has features not seen in any known insect living today, researchers say.
So you look for analogs in modern insect fauna. Do we have anything among wasps or other groups that looks like this?” he said. “And there’s no real analog within insects. We had to go all ...
Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their ...
However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped ...
Instead of crushing its prey, the wasp’s flytrap-like abdomen likely served as a restraining device. The flaps and teeth-like ...
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Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap fliesBizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...
An extinct species of parasitic wasp dating back nearly 99 million years was found preserved in amber, according to ...
If you ever travel back in time to the reign of dinosaurs, don’t touch any flowers – it might just be a parasitic wasp in ...
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