A taxonomic toolkit ends a century of neglect for a genus of parasitic wasps
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
In 1912, three species in the parasitic wasp genus Ophion were described by two different entomologists, increasing the number of known species in North America to eleven. It has long been known that the actual diversity is much higher; however, it took 102 years for any additional species to be described.
