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 * ... that fairyflies (example pictured) include the smallest known insects, smaller than a single-celled Paramecium?
 * ... that the extinct planthopper Emiliana was described from a single 47 million year old wing?
 * ... that the only fossil of the extinct moth Baltimartyria sat on a paleoentomologist's desk for a number of years before being described in 2011?
 * ... that the extinct wasps Dryinus grimaldii and Dryinus rasnitsyni are distinguishable by the modified claws on their front legs?
 * ... that Jurellana tithonia, dating from the Jurassic, is the earliest known porcelain crab?
 * ... that the extinct buthid scorpion Uintascorpio was first placed in the family Vaejovidae?