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词条 Megalara
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2011}}{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Megalara garuda
| image = Megalara garuda male.png
| image_caption = Male (large morph)
| image2 = Megalara garuda female.png
| image2_caption = Female
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Hymenoptera
| subordo = Apocrita
| superfamilia = Apoidea
| familia = Crabronidae
| subfamilia = Crabroninae
| tribus = Larrini
| genus = Megalara
| species = M. garuda
| binomial = Megalara garuda
| binomial_authority = Kimsey & Ohl, 2012
}}Megalara garuda, colloquially referred to as the "king of wasps",[1] is a large wasp and the only species in the genus Megalara, family Crabronidae, tribe Larrini.[2] It is only known from the Mekongga Mountains in the southeastern part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It was described in 2012 by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis,[2] and Michael Ohl, curator and head of entomology at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.[3] Rosichon Ubaidillah from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences also contributed the discovery.[4]

In March 2012, the full species description was published.[5] The species is named after Garuda,[2] the national symbol of Indonesia, a giant bird-like creature. This species had never been observed while alive or in flight, nor had any raw footage of one alive ever been seen.[6]

Males of one morph are about {{Convert|3.3|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, with very large jaws.[5] Their elongated mandibles are almost as long as their forelegs.[5] Males of another morph and all females have proportionally smaller jaws and are overall smaller at about {{convert|2|-|2.5|cm|in|abbr=on|1}}, but still larger than other species in the subfamily.[5] Both sexes are shiny black with black wings. It is a solitary predator of other insect species.

Very little is known about the sting of this insect.[2]

References

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1. ^{{cite web|last=Mosher|first=Dave|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120327-new-species-wasps-king-bugs-indonesia-animals-science/|title=Bizarre "King of Wasps" Found in Indonesia|publisher=National Geographic|date=28 March 2012|accessdate=19 July 2016}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/warriorwaspnewspecies.html |title=UC Davis Entomologist Discovers New Species of Wasp: Gigantic Wasp with Long, Powerful Jaws |date=19 August 2011 |publisher=UC Davis Department of Entomology |accessdate=24 August 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912054322/http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/warriorwaspnewspecies.html |archivedate=12 September 2011 }}
3. ^Berliner Forscher entdeckt Monster-Wespe
4. ^{{Cite news | author = Maryati/Ani H | url = http://en.voi.co.id/voi-features/1493-the-discovery-of-megalara-garuda | title = The discovery of Megalara garuda | publisher = Voice of Indonesia | date = 5 May 2012| accessdate = 6 January 2016 }}.
5. ^{{Cite journal | last1 = Kimsey | first1 = L. | last2 = Ohl | first2 = M. | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.177.2475 | title = Megalara garuda, a new genus and species of larrine wasps from Indonesia (Larrinae, Crabronidae, Hymenoptera) | journal = ZooKeys | volume = 177 | pages = 49–57 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22532785| pmc =3317617 | issue = 177 }}.
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2012-03-megalara-garuda-king-wasps.html|title=Megalara garuda: the King of Wasps|last=Pensoft Publishers|date=March 23, 2012|website=phys.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
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5 : Crabronidae|Apoidea genera|Monotypic Hymenoptera genera|Insects of Indonesia|Insects described in 2012

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