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... that larvae of Cuban endemic firefly Alecton discoidalis (pictured) attack land snails?
... that the extinct parasitoid wasp Metapelma archetypon is thought to have preyed upon wood-boring beetles?
... that the extinct mason bee species Anthidium exhumatum and Anthidium scudderi are known from the Eocene Florissant Formation in Colorado?
... that the extinct parasitoid wasp genus Aspidopleura is known from only two fossils found in Baltic amber?
... that the extinct Eocene parasitoid wasp Brevivulva electroma was named from the Latin words meaning "short amber wrapper"?