Prehistoric insects encapsulated in Amber reveal a frightening evolutionary path that spends dead somewhere after the center of the creative period. After investigating several about 99 million-year-old copies, researchers believe that the extinct wasp species contain the Venus Flytrap-like abdominal trangers for recording other insects. Once fixed, the wasp then put its eggs in its prey. The findings are detailed in a study published on March 26 in the magazine BMC Biology.
Estimated 10 percent of all known insects His parasitoids – species whose larvae gestures in hosts before they eventually kill them. But there is no alive today on the chalk era Sirenobethylus ChaybdisAccording to this new research. After recently analyzing 16 AMBER-BEALLE Female copies that were discovered in the Kachin region in North Myanmar, an international team of researchers from Chinese Capital Normal University and the Natural History Museum of Denmark. S. Charybdis Can represent a completely new insect family. They reached their conclusion after observing the different rear wingmer patterns of the parasitoid, which differ greatly from the current one Chrysidoidea super family That includes cuckoo and Bethylid wasps.
However, the rear wings are not the only striking functions. S. Charybdis Seems to have developed a unique, triple abdominal arrangement similar to the leaves of a Venus-Flytrap. The paddle-like lower flap is particularly distinctive because of its hairy hair.
‘The belly device of Sirenobethylus Is different from everything that has been reported earlier from an existing wasp or indeed an insect that knows us, ”the team wrote in their studies.
Researchers appointed two theories to explain the anatomy. The first hypothesis is that the females used their jawy flaps to grab men during pairs. Although the team does not (yet) have male specimens to study, they still think that this behavior was unlikely.
“Indeed, it would be unique for insect women to control the men during mating, instead of the other way around,” they added.
They then offered a different, much creepier explanation. S. Charybdis Perhaps his appendices used to capture potential victims, but instead of devouring his prey, the wasp probably held it to deposit his eggs inside. This may be allowed S. Charybdis Waiting for a more mobile or spring bug to appear. If the target has activated the hairy hair, the appendix valves closed until the deed was done. Given that the Stinger was on the dorsal side of the middle valve, experts also believe S. Charybdis Perhaps he even put the captive host in the process.
It is currently unclear when the horrible wasp died, or why later insects did not have this appendix. Nevertheless, the discovery indicates that at least some early Chrysidoid species began to develop through the center of the creative parasitoid strategies. No matter how long it lived on earth, S. Charybdis Seems to have realized his namesake: Chaybdis, the mythical Greek sea monster of The Odyssey That lurked under water to devour unsuspecting sailors.
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