Kikiki
| Kikiki huna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mymaridae |
| Genus: | Kikiki Huber & Beardsley, 2000 |
| Species: | K. huna |
| Binomial name | |
| Kikiki huna Huber, 2000 | |
Kikiki,Tinkerbella nana, after the Peter Pan character, is a genus of fairyfly wasps containing a single species, K. huna, known from Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Trinidad. At 0.15 mm (0.0059 in) (150 micrometers), it is the smallest known flying insect.[1][2] It was discovered by entomologist John S. Noyes after he swept a mesh net through vegetation at Costa Rica's La Selva Biological Station.
References
- ↑ Huber, John T.; Noyes, John S. (2013). "A new genus and species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), with comments on its sister genus Kikiki, and discussion on small size limits in arthropods". Journal of Hymenoptera Research 32: 17–44. doi:10.3897/jhr.32.4663.
- ↑ Huber, John T.; Beardsley, John W. (2000). "A New Genus of Fairyfly, Kikiki, from the Hawaiian Islands (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)". Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 34: 65–70.
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