Taisuke KAWANO/ eupelmidologist (@tkawano-hym-ist.bsky.social)

📰 Paper out! 🐝✨ This study began with a casual Social media post showing tiny wasps on a mantis ootheca. It led us to the first Japanese record of *Eupelmus curvator*, the description of its previously unknown male, and new notes on its biology! doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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When your posts yield biodiversity findings: social media-facilitated discovery of Eupelmus (Eupelmus) curvator Yang (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae) in Japan with notes on its bionomics The eupelmid wasp, Eupelmus (Eupelmus) curvator Yang, 1996 (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), is newly recorded from Japan. The hitherto unknown male of the species is described for the first time. Tenodera a... https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e171809