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Arescon (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
... that
fairyflies
(example pictured)
include the smallest known insects, smaller than a single-celled
Paramecium
?
... that the extinct
planthopper
Emiliana
was described from a single
47 million
year old wing?
... that the only fossil of the extinct moth
Baltimartyria
sat on a
paleoentomologist
'
s desk for a number of years before being described in 2011?
... that the extinct wasps
Dryinus grimaldii
and
Dryinus rasnitsyni
are distinguishable by the modified claws on their front legs?
... that
Jurellana tithonia
, dating from the
Jurassic
, is the earliest known
porcelain crab
?
... that the extinct
buthid
scorpion
Uintascorpio
was first placed in the family
Vaejovidae
?