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Integrative Systematics

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The biological systematics journal published by @smnstuttgart.bsky.social. Formerly known as Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie). Edited by @dwhitmore79.bsky.social

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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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BioOne @bioone.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Explore museum science from Bulletin of the @mczharvard.bsky.social, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Herpetologica @herpleague.bsky.social, Ichthyology and Herpetology, Insect Systematics and Diversity @entsocamerica.bsky.social, and @integsyst.bsky.social. bio-one.co/4u7HQ18
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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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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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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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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 · 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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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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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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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Finally, we travel back to the dawn of taxonomy with a Short Communication on a fly first described by Linnaeus in 1761, but whose identity had remained unknown until now: tinyurl.com/4x748742
The lectotype of 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘴, first described 264 years ago by Carolus Linnaeus
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Tachinidae or bristle flies are one of the most diverse fly families, with about 9,000 described species worldwide. Here, the authors describe 6 new genera and 11 new species from the vast Afrotropical Region: tinyurl.com/2w5ecb7v
𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘢 Cerretti gen. et sp. n., a very elegant new genus and species of bristle fly from Kenya
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
More research on South American flies, this time in the house fly family Muscidae: tinyurl.com/348pt6d5 The authors discovered a new cryptic species from Argentina through morphological and molecular evidence, including sex-specific differences in the microsetae on the head
𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳 sp. n., a cryptic species of predaceous Coenosiinae (Diptera: Muscidae) just described from Argentina
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
From moths to moth flies, with the description of a new species of 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘹 from Ecuador: tinyurl.com/4bpth9ze Here are Scanning Electron Microscope images of the male genitalia, which distinguish it from all other known species
SEM images of the male genitalia of 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘹 𝘳𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘢, a new species of moth fly just described from Ecuador
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Three more species of Afrotropical moths, this time in the genus 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 of the Noctuidae, are described as new: tinyurl.com/4mpjj7ab Check out those wings!
Forewings of select 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New species and new country records also of African Gelechiidae in the genus 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢: tinyurl.com/58stuh3t Enjoy the beautiful wing patterns on these tiny moths!
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢 spp. from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and South Africa
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The clearwing moth genus 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘴 is discovered in West Africa for the first time, and 7 new Afrotropical species are described: tinyurl.com/yd3f9h5b
𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Bartsch & Sáfián sp. n. Female basking on vegetation in the Nimba Mountains of Liberia (Photo: Szabolcs Sáfián)
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
In this paper, the authors revise the World fauna of the parasitoid flat wasp genus 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴, with descriptions of three new species from New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Vietnam: tinyurl.com/4ntm3n9s
𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 Kieffer, 1908 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), the type species of the genus 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴 Kieffer, 1905
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
A genus previously known only from Australasia is discovered in the Oriental Region for the first time, with a new species from Thailand: tinyurl.com/bdhevz75 Here is a nice graphical abstract provided by the authors:
𝘘𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴 Ghafouri Moghaddam & Butcher sp. n., from Thailand. The genus was previously known only from one specimen from the Australian outback of Queensland
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Research article: A new genus and species of Ithyporini weevils from Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea: tinyurl.com/4sh9j2vy
𝘠𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘹 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘴 gen. et sp. n. A–B. Female paratype from Cameroon. – A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Antenna. – D. Male holotype, with stridulatory file parallel to sutural margin of elytra. E. Female paratype (without stridulatory file). F. Right male protibial, showing uncus, premucro, and stiff spines on outer side. Numbers refer to character states (© Christoph Germann)
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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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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Another paper on Neotropical flies, this time in the house fly family Muscidae: tinyurl.com/348pt6d5 The authors discovered a new cryptic species through combined molecular and morphological analysis, including a Scanning Electron Microscope study of the microhairs on the heads of these flies
𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳 sp. n. from Argentina
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
From moths to moth flies: a new species of the Neotropical genus 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘹 from Ecuador: tinyurl.com/yy9939jk
Scanning Electron Microscope image of the male genitalia of 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘹 𝘳𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘢 sp. n.
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
More new discoveries in the African moth fauna, this time with the description of three new species of 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 (Noctuidae): tinyurl.com/2dfrn5dr Look at those wings!
Forewings of 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 spp.
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Further new Afrotropical moths are described in this article: 3 new species of the gelechiid genus 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢 from East Africa: tinyurl.com/58stuh3t Enjoy the beautiful wing patterns on these tiny moths!
Adults of 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢 moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Afrotropics
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A genus previously known only from Australasia is discovered in the Oriental Region for the first time, with a new species from Thailand: tinyurl.com/bdhevz75 Here is a nice graphical abstract provided by the authors:
𝘘𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴 Ghafouri Moghaddam & Butcher sp. n., from Thailand. The genus was previously known only from one specimen from the Australian outback of Queensland
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Research article: A new genus and species of Ithyporini weevils from Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea: tinyurl.com/4sh9j2vy
Ymmox hermes gen. et sp. n. A–B. Female paratype from Cameroon. – A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Antenna. – D. Male holotype, with stridulatory file parallel to sutural margin of elytra. E. Female paratype (without stridulatory file). F. Right male protibial, showing uncus, premucro, and stiff spines on outer side. Numbers refer to character states (© Christoph Germann)
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Book Review “Into Darkness. The beauty of Japanese Trechini” (by S. Kawai) Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Short Communication Taxonomic notes and genus reassignments for recently described species in the genus Macquartia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article Kalimyia, a new genus of tachinid flies from the Oriental Region, with description of a new species (Diptera: Tachinidae) Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article A checklist of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and their avian hosts from the Americas Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article Three new species of Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 from Namibia and Kenya (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article A taxonomic review of Western Palaearctic and African wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium (Megachilidae: Anthidiini) with males armed with two acute spines on the apical visible tergum Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article New data on the Afrotropical Xantholinini. 10. New species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphilinidae) Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article Six new species and new distributional records of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Coreidae) from Central and North America Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article Description of a new genus and two new species of Ornithoctoninae from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theraphosidae) Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Research Article Integrative description of a new species of the genus Siphonorhinus Pocock, 1894 and first record of the family Siphonophoridae from India (Diplopoda: Siphonophorida) Free download✅: doi.org/10.18476/202...
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This issue contains 8 Research Articles, 1 Short Communication and 1 Book Review (see next posts in thread!)
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Integrative Systematics @integsyst.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
We're new on @bsky.app! You can explore our latest issue in this thread. It includes a new genus of tarantulas, a new genus of tachinid ("bristle") flies and several new invertebrate species. The articles are Open Access and available for download at @bioone.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yh22fb6s
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