It’s Macro Monday! ✨ Can you name this species? 🔬This photo is sourced from the European Wild Bee Database on our website. We have over 8,000 macro images of more than 2,000 species to create a reference tool for the scientific community. 🐝
#PollinatorAcademy #MacroMonday #Bee #Pollinator #Taxonomy

New Burmese amber fossils reveal ancient forms of scale and wing pattern of the family Mogoplistidae Costa, 1855 (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... | #ProcB #Evolution #Palaeontology #Taxonomy

Graph databases are changing how we think about data. It's not just about storing information. It is about understanding how everything connects. When you layer in taxonomies and explainable AI, those connections become actually useful. #ExplainableAI #KnowledgeGraphs #Taxonomy

We are drowning in data but still questioning if we can trust it. Other countries are treating data quality like a national priority. The U.S. is still piecing it together. Better systems, smarter standards and solid taxonomy are not optional anymore. #DataQuality #Taxonomy

New research from #BiologyLetters: Evaluating variation in Solnhofen avialans royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article... | #Evolution #Palaeontology #Taxonomy

𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 is a new goldthread #plant found from Sichuan, China, confirmed by morphological and plastid data. Full description and illustrations are available here: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

#botany #newspecies #taxonomy

Rhenocycloceras scalare (d’Archiac & de Verneuil, 1842) gen. et comb. nov., all from Herborn. A. Reproduction of the illustration by Sandberger & Sandberger (1850–1856: pl. 19 fig. 6), composed of specimens Wiesbaden 97a and 97b. B. Neotype Wiesbaden 97a (Sandberger Coll.). C. Specimen Wiesbaden 97b (Sandberger Coll.). D. Reproduction of the illustration by Sandberger & Sandberger (1850–1856: pl. 19 fig. 6a), specimen Wiesbaden 97c, ornament detail. E. Specimen Wiesbaden 97c (Sandberger Coll.). Scale bar units: 1 mm.

New paper out by Dieter Korn and Martina Aubrechtová on a strange group of #Carboniferous #orthoceratoid #cephalopods!

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1048.3231

#FossilFriday #Palaeontology #taxonomy

Habit of Lysionotus purpureopunctatus.

#NewSpecies!
Lysionotus purpureopunctatus
A newly discovered #gesneriaceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/90A94D3B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys#LysionotusPurpureopunctatus

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #plants

Cyrtodactylus kiriromenis, paratype in life.

#NewSpecies!
New #gecko from #cambodia just climbed in:

Cyrtodactylus kiriromensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/73618790-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CyrtodactylusKiriromensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #herpetology #herps #reptiles

Galacantha kumano, holotype, male, habitus, dorsal view.

#NewSpecies!
New #deepsea #squatlobster from #japan just pinched us:

Galacantha kumano

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/30782C78-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #GalacanthaKumano

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #crustacea #lobster

Cavichiana coeruleomaculata in life.

#NewSpecies
New #leafhopper from #brazil just hopped in:

Cavichiana coeruleomaculata

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87C4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CavichianaCoeruleomaculata

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #nature #wildlife #fauna #entomology #insects #hemiptera #bugs

Neosilurus manjandi, live image of fish in an aquarium.

#NewSpecies!
New eeltail #catfish from #australia just swam in:

Neosilurus manjandi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/500E8787-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #NeosilurusManjandi

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #freshwater

Basidiomata of Picipes abieticola, holotype. Scale bar: 2 cm.

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Picipes abieticola

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/3876E9CC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/myco...
#Mycokeys #PicipesAbieticola

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

Holotype of Lepechinelloides polymetallica.

#NewSpecies!
New #amphipod from the #pacific #deepsea just surfaced:

Lepechinelloides polymetallica

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EC0B4789-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #LepechinelloidesPolymetallica

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #nature #conservation #animals #fauna #crustaceae

The holotype of Amolops guangzhouensis, male, in life.

#NewSpecies
New torrent frog from #china just jumped in:

Amolops guangzhouensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/038687E7-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #AmolopsGuangzhouensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #fauna #herps #amphibia

Acromantis magna, living habitus of nymph.

#NewSpecies!
New praying mantis from #china just came in:

Acromantis vaorum

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/FD6687CB-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #AcromantisVaorum

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #fauna #invertebrates #entomology #insects #mantis

Flower of Michauxia mormoriana.

#NewSpecies!
Michauxia mormoriana
A newly discovered #campanulaceae from #iran!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0384A669-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/phy...
#Phytotaxa #MichauxiaMormoriana

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #flowers #plants

Rare Bird Species Discovered in Japan After Hiding in Plain Sight for Decades A new species, the Tokara Leaf Warbler, was identified using DNA and song differences, splitting the Ijima’s Leaf Warbler into two rare and vulnerable species needing conservation.

Scientists have identified a previously unrecognized species of leaf warbler in Japan, revealing that what was once considered a single species. scitechdaily.com/rare-bird-sp... #biology #genomics #taxonomy #ornithology #SciChat

High ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) diversity revealed in Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda | African Entomology This academic journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, journal. It publishes articles on entomology in Africa.

ℹ️ Full article available via the link in our bio or at: bit.ly/4bmYa67

❓ Do you think tropical regions are still, today, the great unknown in myrmecology? We look forward to reading your thoughts in the comments.

#AIM #Myrmecology #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Ecology

Citizen science apps like iNaturalist are transforming biodiversity data 📱🌿

But behind every record, experts verify observations — ensuring quality data for platforms like GBIF.

AI helps, but human expertise is key.

Do you use these apps? 👇

#CitizenScience #Taxonomy #Biodiversity

Five new #leafhopper species within the #genus Limassolla have recently been described and illustrated based on detailed analysis of male genitalia.

Read the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.183175

@prairieresearch.bsky.social

#newspecies #taxonomy

Search is not about keywords anymore. It is about understanding what you actually mean. AI has turned search into something closer to a conversation and that changes everything about how content needs to be structured and found. #SemanticSearch #Taxonomy #Findability taxodiary.com?p=58003

We present TaxonMatch, a tool designed to align taxonomic names, resolve synonymy, and correct typographical and structural inconsistencies across species name databases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #biodiversity #taxonomy #bioinformatics

I am thrilled to have shared my latest research at #VAAM2026 in Berlin, where I presented the description of a brand-new genus of #methanogens: Methanopulvis (Methanomassiliicoccales).
#Microbiology #Archaea #NewSpecies #Taxonomy #Methane #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

148 specimens collected from the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea provide morphological and #molecular insights into the #stingray genus Brevitrygon, enhancing understanding of population structure and #taxonomy in the region 👇 doi.org/10.3897/aiep...

🌿 Coming soon: Preslia 98(1)! New insights into central European flora:
🔹 87 taxa mapped reveal declines, extinctions, and newly recognised escaped diversity
🔹 Pannonian wetlands host unique Batrachium with Mediterranean links
Stay tuned!
📖 #Botany #PlantScience #Taxonomy #Evolution #Ecology

The species lists can now be can now be filtered by state or country to help narrow down options for identification.

#ichneumonidae #entomology #trackerwasps #insect #taxonomy

All the Mammals of the World is the most comprehensive single-volume reference to every recognised mammal species on Earth. 🌍🐾

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#AllTheMammalsOfTheWorld #Mammals #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #WildlifeReference #LynxNatureBooks

Check out the revisited Punicealis, a genus of net-winged beetles, re-describing all 6 species and documenting their female genitalia for the first time in 4 of them: doi.org/10.3897/dez....

#entomology #coleoptera #taxonomy