In California, we found a, thought to be extinct for over a century – Moskovsky Komsomolets

Scientists have taken to his laboratory about 100 individuals

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A team of researchers representing the University of California Riverside managed to detect the type of operating system, 101 years ago recognized completely disappeared from the face of the Earth. Wasps species Oobius depressus known that are natural enemies of locusts and wood beetles, so their detection could be good news for gardeners and farmers.

The last time the wasps species Oobius depressus found in Illinois in 1914, after what they are for a long time and thought to be extinct. However, in October 2015 scientists were able to photograph the female, wherein the characteristic black back and managed to find a representative of the “disappeared” of the form. After that search the OS data was purposefully continued, and today they have about a hundred in the university laboratory. In the long term Oobius depressus planned breeding for pest control.

By the way, one of the authors of the discovery, Sergei Tryapitsyn, now is an employee of the University of California at Riverside, he was educated at the Moscow Agricultural Academy Timiryazev and the Russian peoples’ friendship University

In general, cases of “return to life” species erroneously recognized completely extinct -. a rare phenomenon, but not unique. This phenomenon even has its own name – “Lazarus effect,” referring to the name – the evangelical character, which, according to the Bible, Jesus Christ raised from the dead

By the way, recently scientists have mentioned the probability of such an effect, Recognizing extinct. reef mozaichnohvostyh rats that lived in the territory of the Great barrier reef. Stating that these rodents have completely disappeared from the only known location of its habitat, the researchers, however, stipulate that there is very little chance of finding this species or their next of kin in New Guinea, where, according to one of the existing versions of the rodents in the past on the Great barrier reef and hit.