Yuchen
@derschwingfliegen.bsky.social
Senior Curator (Entomology) @ LKCNHM, Singapore. Research interests in Dark-, Largescale-, Cyber- and AI-taxonomy. Passionate on Sepsidae. Creator of Sepsidnet. Occasionally posting on the fly!
トゲアリトゲナシトゲアリ Thorny thornless thornthorn…
that’s the Japanese vernacular for some chrysomelid leaf beetle Hispines (=bristly).
Makes sense since they’re species with spines within a group that generally are spineless (Agonita? Gonophora?) within a group that ARE generally spiny…
that’s the Japanese vernacular for some chrysomelid leaf beetle Hispines (=bristly).
Makes sense since they’re species with spines within a group that generally are spineless (Agonita? Gonophora?) within a group that ARE generally spiny…
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
トゲアリトゲナシトゲアリ Thorny thornless thornthorn…
that’s the Japanese vernacular for some chrysomelid leaf beetle Hispines (=bristly).
Makes sense since they’re species with spines within a group that generally are spineless (Agonita? Gonophora?) within a group that ARE generally spiny…
that’s the Japanese vernacular for some chrysomelid leaf beetle Hispines (=bristly).
Makes sense since they’re species with spines within a group that generally are spineless (Agonita? Gonophora?) within a group that ARE generally spiny…
Aaaannnd a student replied to me with this. I’m more upset than I need to be with this.
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Aaaannnd a student replied to me with this. I’m more upset than I need to be with this.