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Neomymar gusar Triapitsyn, Berezovskiy & Huber, 2006

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Chalcidoidea, Mymaridae Paratype female collected in Costa Rica by John NoyesThe original description states that the name "is Russian for a member of the elite cavalry troops in the czarist army in Russia; gusars were also famous for having large moustaches, thus referring to the peculiar long, massive, and hairy antennae in this new species".Photograph by Natalie Dale-Skey

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