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New fossil wasp named after David Attenborough

Started by Halichoeres, April 18, 2018, 05:07:49 PM

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April 18, 2018, 05:07:49 PM
The Energizer Bunny of documentary hosts is honored with another taxonomic name: Diversinitus attenboroughi, a Cretaceous jewel wasp. Also in this paper are two other new jewel wasp genera from the same Burmese amber that's giving us all these amazing insects, spiders, and baby birds: Glabiala and Burminata.

Here's Diversinitus


Open access: https://peerj.com/articles/4633/

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