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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

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: 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 angustipennis Saussure, 1869 (Mantodea: Mantidae) is newly recorded as a host, the species being an egg parasitoid inside the ootheca (egg case). Eupelmus ( Eupelmus ) curvator is also confirmed as the fifth species of Eupelmus which is a parasitoid within mantis oothecae. This study was initiated by a series of posts on social media, exemplifying the recent trend of utilizing social media to aid in biodiversity research.

Source: Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”

DOI: 10.3897/travaux.69.e171809

Authors: Taisuke Kawano, Shunsuke Imada, Shogo Noguchi, Kanji Toyosaki

Institutions: Kyushu University, Lake Biwa Museum

Language: English

Topic: Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7166726422

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