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Tabanidae (Diptera) holotypes in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection: Part 2. Diachlorini and Tabanini
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Tabanidae (Diptera) holotypes in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection: Part 1. Haematopota Meigen, 1803
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๐ชฐ๐ฌ Part 3 of the catalogue on primary types of Tabanidae (horseflies) held at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum is now out!
It documents 16 species across Aegophagamyia, Rhigioglossa & Tabanocella, with type localities, collector data & colour photos:
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Fun fact: sandflies are tiny insects that can carry the Leishmania parasite, and this study identified eight different species living in local farmlands.
Curious to find out more? Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.67.177295
๐ Fresh off their latest keynote talk yesterday, we had Professor Rob Marchant of the University of York drop by our booth at #ECTE2026!
๐ Check out their paper in @africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net: africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/8191/ (1/2)
๐๏ธ Weโre back for Day 2 of the European Conference of Tropical Ecology #ECTE2026 with a keynote talk from Prof. Rob Marchant of the University of York and author in @africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net โ โEmbedding the Past for Balanced Future Tropical Mountain Social Ecological Systemsโ.
African ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ข wasps have recently received taxonomic investigations, significantly expanding the known diversity within the genus.
This paper describes the male of ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด and provides distribution records for several other ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ข species: doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.67.162082
A new species is described as the assassin-fly genus ๐ด๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ is reviewed in the southern Namib Desert.
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Researchers give insights into the occurrence and monthly distribution of sandflies in Kousseri, providing data for combatting visceral leishmaniasis disease.
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It's day two of #Ento25 in Glasgow! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Head up to our stand on ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ to learn all about our entomology journals and EU projects. ๐๐
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Misidentified for over a century, a new European moth species has been discovered by Peter Huemer.
โIt is without a doubt the prettiest species I have encountered in my long scientific career," said Huemer, who named the moth after his wife.
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Two new species are described and illustrated as part of this review of Chinese species belonging to the spider wasp genus ๐ธ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐.
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Topical Collection open for submission!
The editors of '๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ' will consider papers on biogeography, biology, ecology and conservation of invertebrates involved in ecosystem interactions and services.
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Three new species are described in this study listing 13 Atherigona species from Angola.
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