An important intermediate step in the evolution of pincer wasps: an extraordinary new type of chela from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104420
Abstract: Abstract Raptodryinus patrickmuelleri gen. et sp. nov., that belongs to Raptodryininae subfam. nov. (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), is described from Burmese amber. Raptodryininae subfam. nov. represents one of the first fossil groups of chelate dryinids, documenting the… read more here.
Keywords: chela; pincer; evolution; pincer wasps ... See more keywords
A new species of Anteon from Zimbabwe (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.9
Abstract: A new species from Zimbabwe, Anteon chirindense sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae: Anteoninae), is described and illustrated. Its relationship with other Afrotropical species of Anteon is discussed. The new species is close to A. haladai Olmi,… read more here.
Keywords: species anteon; new species; zimbabwe hymenoptera; anteon zimbabwe ... See more keywords
Association of the opposite sexes of Dryinus niger Kieffer, with notes on males of the other Western Palaearctic species of the same genus (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.8
Abstract: In Fennoscandia, only one species of Dryinus (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) is known, D. niger Kieffer, 1904. The species is very sporadically collected in that region, and the association of its opposite sex is difficult by its… read more here.
Keywords: western palaearctic; males western; association opposite; hymenoptera dryinidae ... See more keywords