Biodiversity Data Journal

bdj.pensoft.net

12 October 2026 12:57

For Africa's Acropimpla Darwin #wasps, only females were known, and only from the east. Malaise traps in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire have now revealed the first males and the genus's first record in West Africa. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

Tapani Hopkins

tapani-hopkins.bsky.social

17 September 2026 10:31

More on this tomorrow or the day after, but do take a sneak peek already now! This was fun to write!

Tapani Hopkins

tapani-hopkins.bsky.social

17 September 2026 10:31

After reading this overlong thread, go and read the even longer article! 🧪 Nyt sitten kipin kapin ylipitkää artikkelia lukemaan! Denna låånga tråd sammanfattar artikeln. Artikelns längd är.. nu måste jag medge att jag inte ens själv har ännu orkat läsa den igenom efter publikation. 😀

ZooKeys

zookeys.pensoft.net

21 July 2026 08:02

🐝 On Ernest Hemingway's birthday, meet his newest namesake: Chlorocytus papahemii, a new #wasp species just discovered in China - with a surprising role in the fight against a destructive sugar beet #pest. 📄 Read the #openaccess article in our journal: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

ZooKeys

zookeys.pensoft.net

14 July 2026 10:34

🐜A new species of harvester #ant, Messor odrysarum, has been discovered in the eastern #Rhodopes in Bulgaria! It has been described based on worker, gyne and male castes, using both morphological characteristics and #DNA barcoding. ➡️Full #openaccess study: doi.org/10.3897/zook...