Microgaster godzilla
{{Short description|Species of aquatic parasitoid wasp}}
{{Speciesbox
|genus = Microgaster
|species = godzilla
|authority = Fernandez-Triana & Kamino, 2020
}}
Microgaster godzilla is a species of aquatic parasitoid wasp from Japan. Its host is the caterpillar Elophila turbata.{{cite journal |last1=Fernandez-Triana |first1=Jose |last2=Kamino |first2=Tetsuyuki |last3=Maeto |first3=Kaoru |last4=Yoshiyasu |first4=Yutaka |last5=Hirai |first5=Norio |title=Microgaster godzilla (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), an unusual new species from Japan which dives underwater to parasitize its caterpillar host (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Acentropinae) |journal=Journal of Hymenoptera Research |date=October 30, 2020 |volume=79 |pages=15–26 |doi=10.3897/jhr.79.56162 |doi-access=free |url=https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/56162/ |access-date=27 October 2021}} The wasp is named after Godzilla (1954 film).{{cite news |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/613767 |title=Death from below: the first video of a parasitic wasp attacking caterpillar underwater |work=EurekAlert |publisher=PENSOFT PUBLISHERS |date=2020-11-04 |access-date=2021-10-28 }}
