Smith Insect Bio Lab

The Smith Insect Biodiversity Lab is dedicated to exploring biodiversity one insect at a time. Currently exploring the evolutionary history of Tenebrionidae

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

So exciting-our own @CharlaReplogle is defending their MS thesis! #Rhipidandrus #Tenebrionidae

[Marcin Jan Kaminski @Kaminskientomo]

❗ New issue of Annales Zoologici is out ❗
... and it is all about Tenebrionoidea ;)

Check here for contents: https://t.co/xV2zDw0j4c

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

But wait, there’s more—collaborator & lab alum @Kaminskientomo uses micro-CT to map the ovipositor musculature of darkling beetles https://t.co/cORQq8eus9 #EntSoc21

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Since it's the last (in-person) day of #EntSoc21, we wanted to highlight on-demand presentations by our lab that you can catch through January! (Thread!)

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

@AgeOfArthropods @Coleo_livia And lab alum @AngelerRincon shows off the best beetles w/ a revision of Phrenapates species (Tenebrionidae: Phrenapatinae) https://t.co/zcbQHf9rz3 #EntSoc21

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

An exciting #tenebrionid paper by Bouchard et al. just published! "Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)" https://t.co/o8i156iDQT

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

And a successful defense—well done & congratulations Angela!

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Great day in the lab—@AngelerRincon is defending her MS—go Angela!

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Great day in the lab—@AngelerRincon is defending her MS—go Angela!

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Successfully defended—great job & congratulations @kswichte!

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Big day in the lab—@kswichte is defending! Go Kali!

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Big day in the lab—@kswichte is defending! Go Kali!

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Fantastic beetles and where to find them! #Tenebrionids

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

So proud of lab alum @Ryan_Lumen! Keep up the great work untangling #tenebrionids!

[Marcin Jan Kaminski @Kaminskientomo]

Thrilled to see our paper out in @SciReports! First targeted investigation of insect ancient DNA. We recovered endogenous content from samples as old as ~ 34,355 ybp!
@entoaaron @insect_taxonomy @drew_sweet21 @kogent_musings @NCN_PL
https://t.co/cSNoyVvPJQ

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

For #BiodiversityDay here are some darkling beetles #Tenebrionidae (not to scale!) described by our lab members and collaborators—virtually all from museum collections, highlighting their role in understanding biodiversity!

[Smith Insect Bio Lab @insect_taxonomy]

Go Lab! Exciting work—w/ some really surprising results—by @entoaaron, @Coleo_livia, @kswichte, @AgeOfArthropods, and our collaborators!

[Chris Wirth @AgeOfArthropods]

Excited for this—@entoaaron w/ an update on the phylogeny of Pimeliinae—massive project w/ major implications for the subfamily!