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Titanomyrma lubei (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with
... that the discovery of the fossil giant ant
Titanomyrma
(pictured with
rufous hummingbird
)
in
Wyoming
indicates that warmth-loving
fauna
spread through the north between Europe and America during hot spells in the
Eocene
?
... that size matters when the
jumping spider
Phidippus clarus
selects mates?
... that the
iridescent
metallic hues of some
jewel bugs
are caused by
structural colours
instead of pigmentation?
... that the rodent
Voalavo gymnocaudus
and its
parasitic
mite
Andreacarus voalavo
are known only from two
massifs
in the
Northern Highlands
of Madagascar?
... that
Dinochelus ausubeli
, a deepwater
lobster
discovered during the
Census of Marine Life
expedition, was named in honour of its sponsor,
Jesse H. Ausubel
?
... that
spiderlings
of
Crossopriza lyoni
can catch
mosquitoes
four times their own size barely one week after hatching?