{"id":13900,"date":"2023-08-10T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T02:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/13900"},"modified":"2023-12-25T13:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T04:50:58","slug":"%e3%83%99%e3%83%88%e3%83%8a%e3%83%a0%e3%81%a7%e5%a5%87%e5%a6%99%e3%81%aa%e5%af%84%e7%94%9f%e3%83%90%e3%83%81%e3%81%ae%e6%96%b0%e7%a8%ae%e3%82%9216%e7%a8%ae%e7%99%ba%e8%a6%8b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/13900","title":{"rendered":"16 strange new parasitoid wasp species discovered in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"style5b\"> A field survey in Vietnam searching for Loboscelidia, a rare group of parasitoid wasps, has increased the total known number of species worldwide by 30% and uncovered their unique egg-burying behavior.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Researchers at Kyushu University and Vietnam\u2019s National Museum of Nature have discovered 16 new species of Loboscelidia, a strange-looking and elusive group of parasitoid wasps. The scientists also reported for the first time the unique parasitic behavior of a captive female of one species, Loboscelidia squamosa, who was observed digging a hole in the soil to hide her host\u2019s egg.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were published in the European Journal of Taxonomy.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"style4a\">Research-related inquiries<\/h4>\n<p>Toshiharu Mita, Professor<br \/>\nFaculty of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Contact information can also be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/f\/54263\/HP_release_-_Mita_parasitoid_wasp.pdf\">full release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A field survey in Vietnam searching for Loboscelidia, a rare group of parasitoid wasps, has increased the total known number of species worldwide by 30% and uncovered their unique egg-burying behavior. Researchers at Kyushu University and Vietnam\u2019s National Museum of Nature have discovered 16 new species of Loboscelidia, a strange-looking and elusive group of parasitoid [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35],"tags":[43],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13902,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13900\/revisions\/13902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdgs.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}