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