A newly identified wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been discovered in Houston, Texas. The discovery, the fourth wasp species found on the university grounds in seven years, reveals the ...
The Chrysonotomyia susbelli is a parasitoid wasp, about 1 millimeter long, that emerges from galls, or tumorlike growths created by the gall wasp Neuroterus bussae found on southern live oak leaves.
The Chrysonotomyia susbelli is a parasitoid wasp, about 1 millimeter long, that emerges from galls, or tumorlike growths created by the gall wasp Neuroterus bussae found on southern live oak leaves.
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy: Integrative taxonomic characterization of 22 new Ceroptres species” dives into the curious world of gall-raiding wasps, discovering a host of new-to-science ...
The wasps come out of a “microhabitat” of “tumorlike growths” made by a gall wasp species that lives on oak leaves on the campus, according to the news release. Researchers collected the ...
For both species, photographs were taken nine days post-oviposition by the same female wasp. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07919-7 ...