Modern-day parasitoids in the same superfamily—Chrysidoidea—include cuckoo wasps (which, as their name suggests, lay their eggs in the nests of their hosts) and bethylid wasps (which paralyze their ...

charybdis warrant the establishment of a new insect family, Sirenobethylidae, due to hind wing vein patterns that differ greatly from today's Chrysidoidea superfamily. The analysis revealed that ...

Cuckoo wasps and bethylid wasps are modern-day parasitoids within the same superfamily, Chrysidoidea, according to the paper. A unique pattern of veins in the hind wing of the extinct S. charybdis ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber may have used their Venus flytrap-like abdomen to ...

Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...

However, the hind wings aren’t its only striking features. S. charybdis appears to have evolved a unique, three-flapped abdominal setup similar to the leaves of a Venus flytrap. The paddle-like lower ...

charybdis is a member of the parasitoid superfamily of insects called Chrysidoidea, albeit in an entirely new genus. Parasitoids are parasites, usually insects, that spend their early lives inside ...

Modern-day parasitoids of the superfamily Chrysidoidea include cuckoo wasps and bethylid wasps. However, the S. charybdis specimens possess a unique pattern of veins in the hind wing that suggests ...