Insights from the first phylogenomic analysis of flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) reveal two new subfamilies

BF Santos, WD Colombo, EA Murray, SG Brady… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite significant advances in alpha level taxonomy in the past few decades, the higher‐
level phylogeny of flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) remains poorly explored. Herein …

The first fossil Parascleroderma (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae): A new species in mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber

M Brazidec, V Perrichot - Palaeoworld, 2023 - Elsevier
The recently discovered amber biota from Zhangpu, China, offers a unique window into the
tropical ecosystem of an Asian rainforest during the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum …

[PDF][PDF] A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

C Kiesmüller, JT Haug, P Müller, MK Hörnig - Fossil Record, 2022 - fr.pensoft.net
Parasitism, a malignant form of symbiosis, wherein one partner, the parasite, derives
benefits to the detriment of another, the host, is a widespread phenomenon. Parasitism …

A new scolebythid-like chrysidoid genus and species (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) with striking metasomal structure from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber

S Rosse-Guillevic, C Jouault, M Brazidec - Palaeoentomology, 2023 - mapress.com
The Cretaceous fossil record of the aculeate superfamily Chrysidoidea has been greatly
enriched in the past few years, thanks especially to the abundance of available material in …