PhD student position in Forest Symbiology at the University of Florida: interactions between bark beetles, fungi, trees and the planet. @UFEntomology@SFRC_UF https://t.co/7bzPpn1hCj
We need to
1) encourage young scientists to become taxonomists
2) highlight the value of taxonomy and scientific collections
3) cite taxonomists properly
4) fund taxonomy more
5) showcase more taxonomy through social media
Good piece by @nic_rawlence_nz
https://t.co/Mpnkbevyum
Cool Japanese bug net, designed to collect insects off of tree bark so they don’t fall out of net edges. Works well for beetles, cicadas, others, has changeable telescoping insect net handle (not shown).
Hey #Gainesville friends! Please keep an eye out for these #bugs. Wanted *ALIVE* for lab trials. Also, please retweet? Photos of nymphs and adults shown here. DM me if you have any success! 🙏
#ufbugs#bughelp
Increasing Disconnection of Primary Biodiversity Data from Specimens: How Does It Happen and How to Handle It? Systematic Biology https://t.co/I2N64fUvOo
Picked up some #flightless Geopsammodius ohoopee while working on a project looking for more specimens of a #NewSpecies of Agraphus and for a paper on the host plant for Plesioclytus morrisi. #AmazingBeetles
A new genus and species of Cleonini from west TX and NM in press in Zookeys. Found in Charlie O'Brien's collection in 2016 for the first time. Goes to show you can still find new genera in North America. Very distinctive. @MuseumofNature#speciesdiscovery#biodiversity
Revision in press in Insect Systematics and Diversity on the genus Phyxelis in North America with two new species, one only known from 3 specimens from quail stomachs! Look at those cool scales. @MuseumofNature#speciesdiscovery#biodiversity
Agrilus rubroniger Hespenheide on turkey oak from Citrus County, Florida. A southeastern U.S. specialty I frequently find on oaks in sandy scrub. #Buprestidae#Agrilus
1) #Goodnews The 2018 Entomological Collections Management Workshop is now open! The 3rd offering of the ECN workshop is going to be held at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) in San Francisco,California from July 23-26 (Monday-Thursday)