<i>Chiasmognathus batelkai</i> (IMAGE)

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<i>Chiasmognathus batelkai</i>

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This is the male of Chiasmognathus batelkai, a species from a group of minute cuckoo bees but at 3.2–4.2 mm in length it is the largest of its genus and represents a case of island ‘gigantism’.

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Dr. Jakub Straka & Dr. Michael S. Engel.

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