Published 16 April
Researchers described three genera and three species of the jewel wasp family from Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber. One of the new species is named Diversinitus attenboroughi after Sir David Attenborough.
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Fig 2: Digital microscopic images of Diversinitus attenboroughi lateral habitus, males. (A) Holotype. (B) Paratype. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Photos by M Haas.
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