14 DAY TRIAL // Wildlife researchers working in Brazil have recently stumbled upon a new species of forecepfly. The species, pictured above, belongs to the Meropeida family, which has now come to encompass three members.
The other two forcepflies belonging to the Meropeida family can be found in Australia and North America, respectively.
Scientists suspect that the forcepflies now found to inhabit Brazil are nocturnal insects. As well as this, it is believed that they spend most of their time on the ground.
However, further investigations are needed so as to make comments with respect to their mating behavior or their transition from juveniles to adults.
“The discovery of this new relict species is an important signal to reinforce the conservation of Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome. Certainly there are many more mecopterans species yet to be discovered in these forests,” researcher Renato Machado wished to stress.
According to Mongabay, the scientific name for this new species of forcepfly is Austromerope brasiliensis. The species is thoroughly described in a recent issue of the scientific journal Zoo Keys.