%0 Journal Article
%T A new genus and species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae), with comments on its sister genus Kikiki, and discussion on small size limits in arthropods
%A John Huber
%A John Noyes
%J Journal of Hymenoptera Research
%D 2013
%I Pensoft Publishers
%R 10.3897/jhr.32.4663
%X A new genus and species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) gen. n. and sp. n., is described from Costa Rica. It is compared with the related genus Kikiki Huber and Beardsley from the Hawaiian Islands, Costa Rica and Trinidad. A specimen of Kikiki huna Huber measured 158 ¦Ìm long, thus holding the record for the smallest winged insect. The smallest size possible, as measured by body length, for flying insects and wingless arthropods is discussed.
%K Mymaridae
%K Tinkerbella
%K Kikiki
%K Dicopomorpha
%K Alaptus
%K smallest insect
%K smallest arthropods
%U http://www.pensoft.net/journals/jhr/article/4663/