New wasp genus discovered in one of the most biodiverse rain forest regions in the world

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The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru has often been described as the most biodiverse rainforest in the world. For example, in recent decades, scientist have discovered several new bird species from the region. Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland have studied the insect biodiversity in Allpahuayo-Mishana for over 20 years.

In their newly-published study, the researchers describe a new wasp genus Capitojoppa to science, categorizing it to the subfamily Ichneumoninae. 

"Wasps belonging to this subfamily are usually large and colorful, especially in the tropics, and as larvae feed internally on moth and butterfly caterpillars and pupae. We have studied the biodiversity of ichneumonines in the Allpahuyao-Mishana National Reserve with the samples collected by the researchers of the University of Turku in Finland," says Doctoral Candidate Brandon Claridge from the Utah State University in the United States.

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-insect-genus-biodiverse-forest-regions.html

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/108929/

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New insect genus discovered in one of the most biodiverse rain forest regions in the world

In their latest study, the researchers of the University of Turku in Finland describe a new wasp genus, Capitojoppa, to science.

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The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru has often been described as the most biodiverse rainforest in the world. For example, in recent decades, scientist have discovered several new bird species from the region. The researchers of the University of Turku in Finland have studied the insect biodiversity in Allpahuayo-Mishana for over twenty years. In their latest study, the scientist described a new wasp genus, Capitojoppa, to science.

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