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Ryan St Laurent @ryanstlaurent.bsky.social · 16d

FYI: Despite recent info suggesting otherwise, my lab at CU Boulder is in fact accepting grad students fall 2026! Reach out if interested in insect systematics, phylogenetics, life history, insect-plant interactions.

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European Journal of Taxonomy @ejtaxonomy.bsky.social · 20d

➡ EJT Vol. 1014 (2025) #openaccessjournal
Published: 2025-09-16

➡️ A monograph of Afrotropical and Mediterranean Derelomus Schoenherr, 1825 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with the descriptions of 14 #newspecies ⤵

✒ Julien M. Haran et al.
@gkergoat.bsky.social
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt....
#weevils

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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 20d

To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society.

This was a joy to write together as a community!

Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 25d

(6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

#ProjectPsyche #Genomics

Project Psyche: Generating and utilising reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe

ecoevorxiv.org

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 20d

So proud of Benoit's thesis defense today @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social ! 😊

Thanks again to @cnmeynard.bsky.social (who did the lion's share!) & #Julien_Haran, who were fantastic as thesis co-supervisors; thanks to the jury and to everyone inside & outside the lab. who made this journey possible! 🙏

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 21d

europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...

A monograph of Afrotropical and Mediterranean Derelomus Schoenherr, 1825 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with the descriptions of 14 new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 21d

Our monograph (128 pages!) of the brood-pollinator #weevil genus #Derelomus is now out in @ejtaxonomy.bsky.social ! 😃 #OA

Huge revision work led by #Julien_Haran @cirad.bsky.social / @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social with some #integrative_taxonomy approaches to help clarifying some species complexes!

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 27d

Proud & delighted about the coming defense of our grad student #Benoit_Penel - co-supervised with @cnmeynard.bsky.social & #Julien_Haran - who did a terrific job characterizing and analyzing field margin #beetle communities responses to #agricultural practices at very large scales throughout France!

Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social · 28d

📢 soutenance de thèse CBGP, Jeudi 18/09, 14h!

par #Benoît_Penel @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social

"Suivi à large échelle des effets non intentionnels des pratiques agricoles sur la biodiversité des coléoptères et leur potentiel régulateur"

A suivre en direct sur YT : www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQkq...

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 27d

This week, I had the honor of signing the historical #Obligation_book of the @royentsoc.bsky.social as a newly appointed Fellow of the RES

It is quite intimidating to sign a book that has been signed by the likes of Darwin, Wallace and Queen Elisabeth II !

Great venue too ! #Glasgow_City_Chambers

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · 28d

Really nice to be there at #Ento25 in #Glasgow ! @royentsoc.bsky.social

Fantastic plenary this morning by #Christiane_Weirauch from @ucriverside.bsky.social on the systematics and evolution of assassin and plant bug!

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Sep 4

Will be at #Ento25 next week in #Glasgow!

I will give a talk on some overlooked #pollinators (based on results we got @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social)

Will also be there as EIC of #Systematic_Entomology @royentsoc.bsky.social; do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the journal!

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Nature @nature.com · Sep 3

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species

go.nature.com/4mOb5T9

‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother

Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

go.nature.com

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our study on the origin of the disjunct distribution of Paleotropical Eneopterinae crickets is out!

#Zoologica_Scripta #OA

2nd study by our PhD. student #Zheyuan_Yu (co-supervised with @tonyrobillard.bsky.social)

@cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social @isyeb.mnhn.fr

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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INRAE Département SPE @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social · Aug 7

🐜⚡ La #fourmi électrique, espèce invasive classée préoccupante par l’UE, progresse en Europe.

🔬 Une étude #INRAE réalisée sur plus de 6000 fourmis dans le monde révèle ses voies d'introduction et appelle à mieux surveiller les foyers pour prévenir sa propagation 🌎

👉 www.inrae.fr/actualites/i...

Nid de fourmis électriques, Wasmannia auropunctata, d'une population envahissante en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Photo : INRAE, Gaël Kergoat

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · Aug 6

Smithsonian is hiring a Museum Specialist in Entomology! Great opportunity in Washington DC. Pay: $69,923–$90,898 per year. Apply by August 19 or when 200 applications are received.

Apply here: trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a15...
#Entomology #sciencejobs #science 🧪

Museum Specialist (Zoology), IS-1016-09

Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Zoology), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

trustcareers.si.edu

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Aug 5

vulgarisation de notre étude récente parue dans
@consbiog.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1111/ddi....) sur l'invasion de la #fourmi_électrique 🐜⚡ en Europe du Sud (dont la #France) :

www.inrae.fr/actualites/i...

@inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social / @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social

fourmis électriques en Nouvelle-Calédonie (population envahissante) / photo par Gael Kergoat

nid de fourmis électriques en Guyane (zone d'origine) - photo par Gael Kergoat

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera!

graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...

Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca

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Michael Caterino @mcaterino.bsky.social · Jul 31

New species of giant stick insect found in the Australian wet tropics. We are still living in the age of discovery!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

www.theguardian.com

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Jul 28

💯 this!

Please support #society_journals (in general & in #Entomology)

Doing that myself as an EiC for @royentsoc.bsky.social and as a reviewer for @socentomolfr.bsky.social

If you are working in #Ecology & #Evolution give also a look to the #DAFNEE database: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.

ecoevorxiv.org

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Jul 26

url of the study: mapress.com/zt/article/v...

(do not hesitate to PM me if you want a copy of it)

A new species of Xenogryllus Bolívar (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae), extending the distribution of the genus to Madagascar | Zootaxa

mapress.com

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Jul 26

Happy about our grad. student #Zhe-Yuan_Yu (@cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social &
@isyeb.mnhn.fr) 1st paper, where she &
@tonyrobillard.bsky.social
described a new 🦗 species from Madagascar 😀

A follow-up study, focusing on the historical biogeography of the genus Xenogryllus should come very soon !!

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Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Jul 26

link to the paper: mapress.com/zt/article/v...

(do not hesitate to PM me if you want a copy of it)

A new species of Xenogryllus Bolívar (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae), extending the distribution of the genus to Madagascar | Zootaxa

mapress.com

Gael Kergoat @gkergoat.bsky.social · Jul 23

Our study on the recent invasion of the Little Fire #Ant in Southern Europe (including France!) was published today in Diversity & Distribution @consbiog.bsky.social #OA

great collaborative work led by @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social
@inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Jul 16

#ERGAReads | Comparative analysis of 163 ant genomes uncovers how #genome rearrangements, gene family expansions and selection shaped the evolution of caste systems and social complexity in ants 🐜🧬

🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

@cellpress.bsky.social
#ants #evolution #socialevolution

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Jul 17

Non-profit publishers (PLoS, Oxford, Cambridge) and publishers partnering a lot with academia (Wiley) are much more committed to open science than the others - MDPI being the worst by large. (4/5)

figure showing nine data points (each for a distinct publisher) in a graph where Y-axis is our open science index and X-axis is academia friendliness (=proportion of published journals co-owned by an academic entity); strong positive relationship

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Jul 16

With one month left to join the entomological community this September, we are excited to invite you to #Ento25 🦋

Programme coming soon - Register now 🔽

buff.ly/TMMzh4o

#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social #Glasgow #Entomology #InsectDecline #ClimateChange #PhD #STEM

Ento25 - Royal Entomological Society

Join entomologists from around the world to present your work, meet new contacts, and build on your career. We are delighted to be holding Ento25 at the University of Strathclyde in the city centre…

www.royensoc.co.uk

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