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Star Wars and Asterix characters amongst 103 beetles new to science from...
Tweet From left to right: Trigonopterus asterix, T. obelix and T. idefix, three newly described species from Sulawesi (Indonesia). Image by Alexander Riedel. The Indonesian island of Sulawesi has been...
View ArticleThe first bioluminescent click beetle known from Asia represents a new subfamily
Tweet A remarkable bioluminescent click beetle was discovered in the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests in southwest China. Scientists Mr. Wen-Xuan Bi, Dr. Jin-Wu He, Dr. Xue-Yan Li, all...
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Rare South American ground beetles sport unusual, likely multi-purpose...
Tweet The newly described Ball’s stange-combed beetle (Nototylus balli)Photo by Terry L. Erwin For 157 years, scientists have wished they could understand the evolutionary relationships of a curious...
View ArticleSpecial ZooKeys memorial volume open to submissions to commemorate our...
Tweet In tribute to our beloved friend and founding Editor-in-Chief, Dr Terry Erwin, who passed away on 11th May 2020, we are planning a special memorial volume to be published on 11 May 2021, the...
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Citizen scientists help expose presence of invasive Asian bamboo longhorn...
Tweet A worryingly high number of Asian bamboo longhorn beetles (Chlorophorus annularis) turn out to have been emerging across Europe for about a century already, finds an international research team,...
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Beetles, biodiversity and ‘Battlestar Galactica’
Tweet Michigan State entomologists have discovered dozens of new beetle species — and named some after iconic sci-fi heroines The original Star Trek television series took place in a future when space...
View ArticleTrigonopterus corona, the new species of tiny beetle named after the coronavirus
… and 27 other new species of beetles discovered on Sulawesi Island Many curious animals can be found on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi – such as the deer-hog and the midget buffalo. But the...
View ArticleExperts in insect taxonomy “threatened by extinction” reveals the first...
While insect populations continue to decline, taxonomic expertise in Europe is at serious risk, confirms data obtained within the European Red List of Insect Taxonomists, a recent study commissioned by...
View ArticleRare beetle, rediscovered after 55 years, named in honor of Jerry Brown
UC Berkeley entomologist Kipling Will discovered a specimen of Bembidion brownorum while sampling for insects near Freshwater Creek on former Gov. Jerry Brown’s ranch. The post Rare beetle,...
View ArticleHidden biodiversity underfoot: DNA barcoding of Taiwanese forest beetles
The intricate world beneath our feet holds secrets that are only now being unveiled, as researchers embark on a groundbreaking project to explore the hidden diversity of forest leaf litter beetles in...
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