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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · 10h

Pleased to share our latest contribution to knowledge on West Indian Staphylinidae in The Coleopterists Bulletin!
The first modern revision of West Indian Belonuchus in 82 years — 7 new species, 2 synonymies, lectotypes, illustrated keys + maps. 🌴 🪲
Read more & find paper here: tinyurl.com/3f646nnu

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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · 15d

They do overlap pretty extremely! I’m not sure why it’s so distinct in Belonuchus. They are active fast moving predators- maybe it’s something to do with this? Extra grip or piercing power when tackling prey?

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 22d

#LiteratureNotice Rainey & Ivie. Revision of the West Indian Belonuchus Nordmann, 1837 ( #Coleoptera: #Staphylinidae: #Staphylininae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #RoveBeetles #NewSpecies

Dorsal view of Belonuchus heads. a) B. gagates, showing the impressed fovea (yellow) and the longitudinal impression (red), b) B. tenebros, new species, showing the impressed fovea (yellow).

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 25d

#LiteratureNotice Maruyama et al. The second species of the enigmatic genus Microblattellus Ferrer, 2006 ( #Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Cambodia: A possibility of termitophily in the genus doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #DarklingBeetles .

FIGURES 1–9. Microblattellus kakizoei sp. nov., holotype. 1, habitus, dorsal view; 2, ditto, ventral view; 3, head and pronotum, ventral view; 4, habitus, micro-Ct scan, dorsal view; 5, ditto, lateral view; 6, ditto, ventral view; 7, head, micro-Ct scan, dorsal view; 8, ditto, lateral view; 9, ditto, ventral view

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Sep 2

Leaf beetles that mimic ants and engage in trophallaxis! Incredible!

The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

#LiteratureNotice Komatsu et al. Ant-kissing #LeafBeetles: Behavior and adult morphology of the myrmecophilous leaf beetle Hockingia curiosa ( #Coleoptera: #Chrysomelidae: Camptosomata) doi.org/10.1111/ens.... #Beetle #Beetles #Mimicry

Research sites and behavior of Hockingia curiosa. 1 Vachellia drepanolobium at Site 2 (15 km north of Saikeri, Kajiado Province, Kenya). 2 Large, mature domatium of V. drepanolobium at Site 2. 3 Vachellia drepanolobium eaten by goats at Site 2. 4 Author T.K. examining domatia at Site 2. 5 Hockingia curiosa and mature workers of Crematogaster mimosae. 6 Hockingia curiosa tapping mouthparts of immature worker of C. mimosae with its foreleg. 7 Hockingia curiosa receiving food from immature worker C. mimosae in trophallaxis.

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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Aug 19

Really nice!!:)

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Dr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social · Aug 19

Perhaps the most beautiful rove beetle I have ever seen, Rhyncocheilus aureus, from the jungles of Trus Madi Entomology Camp in Borneo.

A mating pair of golden orange and black/white rove beetles on a brown fern

A golden orange and black/white rove beetle on a brown fern

A top down view of a golden orange and black/white rove beetle on a brown fern

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · Aug 8

A favorite old friend showed up yesterday evening and made me happy: the silly speedy fairy-winged cricket hunting wasp, Ms Olixon banksii 🧡
The tiny silly wings flutter when she's excited. Also she's capable of making tiny squeaking noises, which I've recorded 👀

Dark orange ant-like wasp with long antennae and a pair of tiny silly fairy wings waving

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Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢New Paper: Nature-friendly agroecological practices 🚜🌱🦋can enhance biodiversity and boost some crop yields, but high costs and land-use trade-offs mean most approaches remain financially unviable @ukceh.bsky.social
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/agroeco...

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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Jul 2

For those interested in sustainable farming in the UK- please check these findings out! Happy to see it published and to have been part of this excellent project 🪲🐜🪱🚜

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 2

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study led by UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social has found

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature...

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Wildflowers in an in-field strip in an arable field

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 2

Lead author Dr Ben Woodcock, UKCEH, said that agroecological methods benefit biodiversity and food security and, long-term, provide more secure farm incomes. But as habitats take several years to establish, subsidies are essential to support farmers in the shift to these sustainable systems.

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Image of wildflower margin in a farm field and a quote: "Without the introduction of new financial incentives, many farmers will be deterred from adopting agroecological farming practices. This could leave them locked into high input, intensive farming systems and more exposed to the impacts of pesticide resistance, declining soil health and climte change." Dr Ben Woodcock, UKCEH

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 2

✅ Increased numbers of earthworms, pollinators and natural predators that feed on crop pests
✅ Higher soil carbon
✅ Overall increased crop yields on farmed areas due to healthier soils, greater pollination and natural pest control
❌ Cost of transition

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature...

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Satellite image over one of the farm sites shows difference in oilseed rape slug damage between the different farming methods

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 2

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study led by UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social has found

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature...

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Piotr Naskrecki @piotr-naskrecki.bsky.social · Feb 21

Once, in Gorongosa NP, I thought that I had found Halucinogenia, a near-mythical Cambrian animal with spikes on its back. The creature turned out to be a caterpillar of Acridotarsa melipecta who lives as an inquiline in the colonies of the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus. Still cool, though.

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Dani cRabaiotti 🦀 @danirabaiotti.bsky.social · Jan 28

We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig.

If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪

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The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social · Jan 14

We are the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland!🐞, Our aim is to further beetle research, standardise and promote recording, and to develop and encourage public awareness and conservation of the 4,000+ species of beetles found on these islands.

Check us out: www.colsoc.org

Home | Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland

ColSoc is the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland, dedicated to the study of the 4,000+ species of beetles found on these islands.

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Steph Skipp @stephskipp.bsky.social · Jan 11

Beetle doodle of the day

A small ring bound notebook with a line drawing of a rove beetle on it. The rove beetle is meant to be from the subfamily ‘Pselaphinae’, so it has quite chunky proportions, with a large, down-turned abdomen and exaggerated antennae (I’ve exaggerated these more than seen in actual species, with a very wide segments and a massive club on the end). The beetle is facing to the left and is lightly shaded with hatching. Above the beetle in bold, outlined writing are the words, ‘Staphylinidae’ and ‘Pselaphinae’.

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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Dec 22

Yep! Spirachtha mirabilis! You are actually seeing the sternites in this dorsal view. The abdomen is recurved with the end touching the head

Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Dec 22

The side profile is even wilder!

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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Dec 22

Watch this space!

Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Dec 22

So the legs you see from above are not legs- actually psuedoappendages! Intersegmental membrane that’s gone wild. The true legs are still there but hidden below!

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Jakob Jilg @weevil-see.bsky.social · Dec 15

A velvet worm (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Chiriqí (Panamá). I was incredibly amazed to find this specimen under a bunch of logs and stones, but had to suppress my urge to frantically turn logs after realizing how dangerous some snakes in the area are...

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Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Dec 18

(Image by Ales Bucek)

Jordan Rainey @jordanrainey.bsky.social · Dec 18

Taking Bluesky for a spin. New phd and new platform! I recently completed my masters in Montana and moved to Czech Republic to join the Insect Symbiosis Lab! Check out some of the beetles I’m working with - they’re crazy looking.

Beetle left, termite right.

bucek-lab.org/projects/Ale...

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