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Daniel Whitmore

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Dipterist | Editor of @integsyst.bsky.social at @smnstuttgart.bsky.social | Editor of The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just published in @integsyst.bsky.social: Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in an evolutionarily young lineage of African cycad moths (Lepidoptera: Ennominae: Diptychini: genus Veniliodes) Free download ➡️ doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Is worth two in the bush
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Female Phyllotelini
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Volume 8 (2) now also with its nice cover design. You can explore the whole volume here: bioone.org/journals/int...
The cover of Vol. 8 (2) of Integrative Systematics, depicting a tiny shore fly in the genus Scatophila, photographed whilst perched on vegetation. The fly has characteristic dark wings with lighter spots
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Sarcophaga basuto and S. spilogaster from the Drakensberg, SA (coll. Nov. 2023) #Diptera #fleshflies #Africa
A large yellowish-golden male flesh fly from South Africa, pinned in lateral view with the terminalia extended, showing the characteristic ring-shaped phallus and red epandrium of this Afrotropical species, Sarcophaga basutoA yellowish-grey flesh fly from the Afrotropics: Sarcophaga spilogaster, boasting bright red terminalia and characteristic strong, dark markings on the crossveins of the wings. A very typically African species. The striking wing marking for a flesh fly has independently been expressed also in Muscidae and perhaps other, more distantly related families
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Sarcophaga basuto from the Drakensberg, South Africa (Nov. 2023) #Diptera #fleshfly
A pinned, yellow-dusted male flesh fly with the terminalia extended (red epandrium)
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
An integrative taxonomic treatment of the Mycetophilidae of Singapore, describing 98 new species of fungus gnat Now also with a brand new cover, featuring Integricypta fergusondavie gen. et sp. nov. Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... @rudolf-meier.bsky.social @derschwingfliegen.bsky.social
The cover of Vol. 8 (3), featuring an outline of the island of Singapore and the striking, newly-described fungus gnat Integricypta fergusondavie gen. et sp. nov.
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Fly School @dipteracourse.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Join us in Costa Rica for Fly School IV! Applications are now open. Visit dipterists.org/fly_school.h... for application & info. @dipterists.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @bertonemyia.bsky.social @ariannatc.bsky.social @phorid.bsky.social
Willistoniella sp., ropalomerid fly (Ropalomeridae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.socialLimoniinae,bobbing crane fly (Tipulidae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.socialStilt-legged fly (Micropezidae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.socialLauxaniid fly (Lauxaniidae). Photo taken at Fly School 2024 by @bertonemyia.bsky.social
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Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My 1st ever record of an undescribed species of #Tephrochlamys. ID confirmed. Unlike other members of the genus, this species has a pair of presutural dorsocentral bristles. #Diptera #Heleomyzidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Also available from: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Fly School @dipteracourse.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
A new genus and new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore. Paper authored by Fly School instructor Dalton Amorim, Fly School I alumnus @derschwingfliegen.bsky.social, and others
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Fungus Gnats! 🥂🦟🦟 Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t Enjoy! @rudolf-meier.bsky.social
Neoempheria merlio Amorim & Oliveira sp. n. from Singapore
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Wonderful
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australia’s largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long. But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?
Macro photo of a leggy, slightly fuzzy black ant with blackberry red infestations on her thorax, standing alert on dirty white sand. A barely visible dark red ant nips at her hind leg.
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Great cover photo!
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Dipterists Society @dipterists.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Just in time for the holidays, a little gift: FLY TIMES Issue 75 (Fall 2025)! 🪰 📰 🎁 Check it out for all the latest Diptera/fly news. **Don't forget to check out the call for grant applications through the society too!** dipterists.org/assets/PDF/f...
Cover photo - Male Diostracus prasinus Loew (Dolichopodidae) from Kephart Prong Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA. This species has fascinatingly pubescent palpi which shimmer in the light and are used for courting interactions. Photograph by Zachary Dankowicz.

Cover of the issues shows a long-legged fly standing on a natural surface staring at the camera. It has green eyes with diffuse reddish stripes and a metallic green thorax. It has a pair of bright white, flat palps around the mouth.
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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Don't let this delicate little muppet fly fool you - larvae are voracious predators of armored scale insects! A member of the "gall" midge family, it has abandoned plant feeding for a meat-based diet (like many others). #Cecidomyiidae: #Dentifibula viburni Host = white prunicola scale; #Diaspididae
An orange yellow fly with long legs and antennae sits on a gray background. It has dark stripes on the legs, iridescent green eyes, and four large dark spots on the wings, laid out in a diamond shape.An orange yellow fly with long legs and antennae sits on a scale encrusted twig background. It has dark stripes on the legs, iridescent green eyes, and four large dark spots on the wings, laid out in a diamond shape.An orange yellow fly with long legs and antennae sits on a scale encrusted twig background. It has dark stripes on the legs, iridescent green eyes, and four large dark spots on the wings, laid out in a diamond shape.An orange yellow maggot sits on a scale encrusted twig background, among numerous scale insects.
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Fly School @dipteracourse.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
A new species of phorid fly described by Fly School III alumnus Valerio Caruso and others
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Fish species discovered in 1767–1772 by Philibert Commerson and Jeanne Barret, mostly from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Part 1 Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #fish #types #historical @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social @mnhn.fr
Portrait of Philibert Commerson (1727–1773)4. Gnathanodon speciosus, Carangidae, Queensland, Australia. (Photograph: John E. Randall). 5. Gnathanodon speciosus, Carangidae. Port Louis fish market, Mauritius, end of March 1770. (Drawing by Philibert Commerson; from LACEPÈDE [1801: pl. 1, fig. 1, Caranx tres beau]). 6. Scomberoides commersonnianus, Carangidae, Sri Lanka. (Photograph: John E. Randall). 7. Scomberoides commersonnianus, Carangidae. Holotype of Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède [ex Commerson], 1801 and Scomber Commersonii Shaw [ex Commerson], 1803 (not preserved), Fort Dauphin, Madagascar, end of Oct. 1770. (Drawing by Paul Philippe Sanguin de Jossigny; from Lacepède [1800: pl. 20, fig. 3, Scombéroïde Commersonnien]). 8. Trachinotus baillonii, Carangidae, Kovalam, India. (Photograph: John E. Randall). 9. Trachinotus baillonii, Carangidae. Holotype of Caesiomorus baillonii Lacepède [ex Commerson], 1801 (not preserved), Fort Dauphin, Madagascar, Nov. 1770. (Drawing by Paul Philippe Sanguin de Jossigny; from LACEPÈDE [1801: pl. 3, fig. 1, Caesiomore Baillon])
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Morphological and historical evidence provides new insights into the type series of Chrysobrycon hesperus, the type species of the genus Chrysobrycon (Characiformes: Stevardiidae) Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #fish #ichthyology #paratype @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social
Paratype specimen and distribution of Chrysobrycon hesperus. 1. Specimen here considered to be the missing paratype of Chrysobrycon hesperus (P305), with its original label: MEPN-I 13157, paratype, 76.6 mm SL; scale bar: 5 mm. 2. Map showing the estimated localities of collection of the type series of Chrysobrycon hesperus in the Upper Amazon basin of Ecuador (arrow shows holotype).
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Illustrated identification key to Palaearctic genera of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) Free download: tinyurl.com/mry77muw #wasps #parasitoids #GBOLIII #darktaxa @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @parasitoidrex.bsky.social
An illustration from one of the couplets of the dichotomous key
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
First record of Paragus karnaliensis (Diptera: Syrphidae) from India, with notes on Indian species of the genus Paragus Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #hoverflies #flowerflies #flies #India @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Paragus (Pandasyopthalmus) karnaliensis, male (A, C, E) and female (B, D, F). A, B. Habitus, lateral view. C, D. Habitus, dorsal view. E, F. Head, frontal view.
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
A remarkable new species of the Megaselia sulphuripes-group: Megaselia heimingshofensis sp. n. from Central and Eastern Europe (Diptera: Phoridae) Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #scuttleflies #GBOLIII #darktaxa @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Megaselia heimingshofensis sp. n., holotype, ♂, Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Lkr. Coesfeld, Haltern am See, “Heimingshof-Moor”, Lat 51.751, Lon 7.264, 30.VI.2023. a. Lateral habitus. b. Right wing. c. Head, dorsal view. d. Hypopygium. e. Hypopygium, left (L) and right (R) views.
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Taxonomic and faunistic comments on European Scatophila Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae), with descriptions of four new species Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #Diptera #Ephydridae #shoreflies @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social
Habitus of male Scatophila spp. 13. S. oltmannsi sp. n. [holotype]. 14. S. oltmannsi sp. n., dorsal view [holotype]. 15. S. pumilio (Loew, 1860) [Portugal, Setúbal]. 16. S. quadriguttata (Meigen, 1830) [Germany, Lower Saxony, Meetschow].
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
A new species of Ptilodexia (Diptera: Tachinidae: Dexiinae) from Ecuador, with a key to the South American species Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #Diptera #Tachinidae #flies #bristleflies @leibnizlib.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Ptilodexia argentea sp. n. from Ecuador
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Five new prey species of Alysson tricolor Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Bembicidae) Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #Hymenoptera #wasps @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @parasitoidrex.bsky.social @mcorr.bsky.social
Alysson tricolor (Hymenoptera: Bembicidae) and its habitat in Regensburg, Germany
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
First report of the invasive pest species Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Eastern Europe Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #pest #moth @braconidae-ua.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social
Male of Spodoptera frugiperda, recorded on 26.VI.2021 in a small valley in the vicinity of Velyki Dmytrovychi, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Photo: V. Voronov)
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Erratum: A new weevil genus and species of the tribe Ithyporini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from Central Africa. Integrative Systematics 8 (1): 1–10 Appendix 2 now includes all characters used in the phylogenetic analyses. Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Volume 82 of The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature was just published and is available at the following links: bioone.org/.../the-bull... www.biotaxa.org/bzn/issue/vi... #zoology #nomenclature #taxonomy #merrychristmas #xmas
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Nature @nature.com · 03/09/2025
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
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‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 20/07/2025
A Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia sp.) showing off the beautiful display on those wings! They strut around waving their wings and doing a little wiggle, an amazing behavior right in your own backyard. #Invert #Diptera #bugsky 🌿 #entomology
Macrophotograph of a Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia sp) resting on a slightly weathered metal beam. The fly holds its patterned wings upright in an elaborate, fan-like display, appearing almost butterfly-like. Each wing is intricately marked with shades of dark brown, black, white, and subtle hints of iridescent blue, creating a mosaic-like camouflage pattern. The fly’s body is robust and heavily speckled in shades of brown, black, and cream. Bright, vivid orange-red eyes stand out distinctly on its head, along with delicate antennae and fine bristles visible along its legs and thorax. The textured metal beam beneath it has faint scratches and rust streaks, providing contrast that highlights the  detail and coloration of the insect.
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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
This is an interesting interaction for entomology folks. Found some ants that looked like they were aphid farming, but they were walking around with abdomens up, which seemed weird. Well, there was a phorid fly lurking around. Mammoth, AZ
An ant on the stem of a plant. It is coppery colored with a dark brown abdomen and the abdomen is pointed up.An ant on the stem of a plant amid a bunch of aphid. A small phorid fly can be seen near the stem of the plant above the ant.A close-up of the phorid fly showing a grayish color, hooked abdomen, and large eyes. The stem of the plant with aphids on it can be seen in the upper right.
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Volume 8 (1) of @integsyst.bsky.social was published on 30 June 2025. It includes the descriptions of 7 new genera and 31 new species of insects. The articles are Open Access and available for download at @bioone.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yeytj2bh
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Aron Bellersheim @coleomaniac.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
0.8mm tiny Aphelinidae wasp (Centrodora sp.?) I found in some hay last autumn Single shot using Mitutoyo MPlan APO10X on a tube lens with variable aperture on a mirrorless aps-c camera. #hymenoptera #Aphelinidae #insects #insect #macrophotography #macrophoto #ultramacro #parasitoid #parasitoidwasp
Side view of a tiny translucent white, slightly orange wasp with bright yellow eyes that have a dark purple spot where you are looking straight down the ommatidia. She sits on a blade of grass where, at this magnification individual plant cells are just about visible and some blurry white spots in the foreground, which are the stomata. The wasp is licking up some sugar water which I put there so she is occupied and won't fly away. The background is a blur of shades of petrol.
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Daniel Whitmore @dwhitmore79.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
È ritardato
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Richard Corsi @corsiaq.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.
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