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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Peruvian Parasitoid Wasp

Capitojoppa amazonica

Data Deficient

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Described in 2023 as a new genus from the hyperdiverse Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru. Part of a wave of new ichneumonid discoveries in Amazonian canopy.

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Did You Know?

This wasp was so distinct from all known species that scientists had to create an entirely new genus to classify it β€” highlighting how much tropical insect diversity remains unknown.