New research article! 📰

Hisasue & Kitazawa present a complete life‑history description of this parasitoid wasp, from egg laying on leaves to larval development inside ant larvae over winter. 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#HiddenBiodiversity #SocialParasites #AntWaspInteractions #EvolutionaryEcology

I used to study these fascinating #ants.

#slavemakers #inquilines #SocialParasites #Formicoxenini (now #Crematogastrini) #phylogeny