Biology:Sirenobethylus
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Sirenobethylus charybdis is an extinct species of wasp. It had a unique anatomical feature on its abdomen that may have acted as a grasping device.[1]
Discovery
The fossil of Sirenobethylus charybdis was discovered in a piece of amber from the Kachin State of northern Myanmar, dated to around 99 million years ago during the mid-Cretaceous period. The specimen was preserved in remarkable detail, allowing scientists to examine its distinctive abdominal appendages, which resembled the snap-trap mechanism of a Venus flytrap. Researchers suggested these features may have been used to grasp or immobilize prey during parasitism, similar to behaviors seen in some modern wasps.[2]
References
- ↑ Wu, Q; Vilhelmsen, L; Li, X; Zhuo, D; Ren, D; Gao, T (2025). "A Cretaceous fly trap? Remarkable abdominal modification in a fossil wasp". BMC Biology 23. doi:10.1186/s12915-025-02190-2. PMID 40140857.
- ↑ Hunt, Katie (27 March 2025). "Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say". https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/27/science/ancient-parasitic-wasp-amber/index.html.
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