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S. I. Malyshev
Soviet entomologist
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study of Hymenoptera
- In hymenopteran: Evolution
According to S.I. Malyshev, a Soviet entomologist, the first hymenopterans appeared in the Mesozoic Era (252.2 million to 66 million years ago)—about the same time as the first butterflies, moths, and flies. It is his thesis that the Hymenoptera derived from the so-called Eumecoptera—ancestors of the modern…
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