They discover the parasitoid wasp with a huge sting never seen before

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According to the portal EurekAlert in Amazonia was found a species from wasp parasitoid never previously identified.

The people who found it are researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, who point out that the greatest peculiarity of the "new" & # 39; Insect is his great great goad that contrasts with the stylized and elegant appearance of the wasp.

This fearsome weapon is used Clistopyga crassicaudata so it was called the creature both to lay and to inject poison.

"The dart of the new parasitoid wasp is not only long but also very wide compared to the size of the species. [19659006] The spine resembles a fearsome weapon note Ilari E. Saaksjarvi, professor at the University of Turku specializing in biodiversity

The species was discovery among the specimens of insects collected in the extremely diverse transition zone between the Andes and the Amazonian low jungle The recently described wasp is different from other known species for his

"All female wasps, such as bees and hornets, have a poison injection sting or egg deposit. Parasitoid wasps usually have a long ovipositor for spawning, which is very useful for reaching host animals that live, for example, inside a tree.

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With the ovipositor, they lay the egg on or in the host, and it also works as a sting; that is, the female wasp can inject venom into the host to paralyze it, "says Saaksjarvi

The recently described parasitoid species belong to the rare genus Clistopyga, specializing in the & Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl. injecting their eggs into spiders or egg sacs. Wasps look for the arachnids that live in the nests and paralyze them with a quick injection of venom.

Then the female wasp injects its eggs into the spider and the larval incubator eats the paralyzed spider as well as any spider eggs. spider or his offspring