Date: July 5, 2018
Source: University of Turku
Summary:
A newly discovered wasp species
in the Amazon has an exceptionally large stinger that surprised even
scientists. The new insect, which is found in the extremely diverse transitional
zone between the Andes and the Amazonian lowland rainforest, uses its stinger
both for laying eggs and injecting venom.
Researchers from the University
of Turku, Finland have discovered a new wasp species in the Amazon which has an
exceptionally large stinger that surprised even the scientists. The new insect,
which is found in the extremely diverse transitional zone between the Andes and
the Amazonian lowland rainforest, uses its stinger both for laying eggs and
injecting venom.
Researchers from the Biodiversity
Unit of the University of Turku, Finland, have in the recent years found and
described several new animal species from all over the world -- especially from
Amazonia. Many of these animals are unusual in their characteristics and
habits. In their latest study, the scientists, in collaboration with colleagues
from Colombia, Spain and Venezuela, discovered several wasp species unknown to
science from the Amazon which were described and named in the latest issue of
the journal Zootaxa.
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