Fairyflies

Curr Biol. 2018 Dec 3;28(23):R1331-R1332. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.014.

Authors

Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi¹, Sanjay P Sane²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Electronic address: rvndrpn@gmail.com.
² National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental research, GKVK campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560065, India. Electronic address: sane@ncbs.res.in.

PMID: 30513325
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.014

Abstract

A Quick Guide to fairyflies, miniature parasitoid wasps which have the smallest adult size known for any insect.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biomechanical Phenomena
Body Size
Flight, Animal
Host-Parasite Interactions
Phylogeny
Wasps / anatomy & histology*
Wasps / physiology*