More for #DNADay ! 'we successfully sequenced an entire mitochondrial genome from two legs of this fly and replaced them on the specimen after' - Ben Price. Sequencing genomic data from our collections helps DNA reference projects like Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE), iBOLEurope & iBOL Consortium.

Book released: “Insect Decline and Conservation in the Neotropics”

Chapter 14 provides an overview of opportunities to evaluate #biodiversity using specimen retained within Historical Collections

#IBUNAM #INHS

link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

For comparison with that last RT, here's the Common Groundhopper (Tetrix undulata) with much shorter wings

Groundhoppers are the forgotten members of the grasshopper/cricket order. Unlike their relatives that are strongly seasonal, these can be found in adult or young stages all through the year. This one & the short-winged Common Groundhopper can often be found together near water.

#LiteratureNotice Muñoz-Santiago & Ortuño. Revision of the tribe Pogonini ( #Coleoptera , #Carabidae , Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region. doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20… #Beetle #Beetle s #GroundBeetles #Taxonomy #Faunistics

📢📢📢Early-bird registration to our upcoming Biennial (Reading, June 19-21) closes Sunday, April 14th

Student bursaries close Sunday too

If you want to attend three systematics/phylogenetics-filled days register now systass.org/events/biennia…

Hi, I'm Diana, curator for Hemiptera and Thysanoptera with NHM Small Orders. My favourite specimens are on slides - like this female psyllid. To me, preparing a 1mm insect for microscope observation is the perfect junction between science and craftmanship. #Insects

We welcome our latest acquisition to the curatorial team in the Small Orders! Diana Rendon Mera is a Colombian born #entomologist specialising in the diversity & systematics of Neotropical #Psyllidae (jumping plant lice). She has described over 50 new species from her studies!

A new genus and species of #leafhopper , native of southern cloud forests in #Mexico

PDF available here:
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/…

#IBUNAM
#INHS

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FIND TODAY

A biting midge (Ceratopogonidae) feasting on the viens of the wings of this Orthopteroid. I may have squealed in the field)

I cant believe that I have actually seen this! Look at how engorged she is

Operation Wallacea Natural History Museum Royal Entomological Society Dipterists Society #Peru

Happy #TaxonomistAppreciationDay ! Today I celebrated by photographing this beauty, an upcoming #newspecies of cave cricket known only from an abandoned gold mine in Victoria, Australia. It's also my first-ever species description! 🥳🦗💎 #wildoz #entomology

Phylogeny and historical #biogeography of the leafhopper subfamily Coelidiinae (Hemiptera: #Cicadellidae ) based on morphological and molecular data: doi.org/10.1111/syen.1… #Phylogenetics #Taxonomy

Evolutionary dynamics of genome size and transposable elements in #crickets (Ensifera: #Gryllidea ): doi.org/10.1111/syen.1… #Phylogenetics #FlowCytometry

Happy #InternationalWomensDay !
To celebrate we've put together a thread of matriarchs of the museum.

Starting off with the termite queen. She is typically the oldest termite in the colony, living up to 25-50 years, ensuring the survival of the colony

1/4

1/2 #speciesaday no. 199 is Meadow Grasshopper. The commonest of our grasshoppers in most places. Typically green but sometimes has pink like this one. Female is short winged, with a lot of exposed black on abdomen and pronotum is diagnostic.

This Bird-locust (Ornithacris pictula magnifica) has an absolutely striking appearance with its magnificent purple wings. Their wings can be purple, red or orange and the colour is determined by many other factors, not just genetics. Isn't it gorgeous? 💜🦗

I’m pleased to be able to finally share this NEW RESOURCE we have created!

‘Caring for entomology collections’ provides an introduction to the management of insect collections:
📌 nms.ac.uk/EntomologyTrai…

Hopefully useful for students & citizen scientists, as well as museums 🪲

#smallorders team wowing lovers this #Valentines night with traumatic and sly tales of love on the fly! #NHMlates Natural History Museum 🖤 🪳🦗

Tomorrow is the start of the New Lunar Year, on which begins the Year of the Dragon.
The Lunar New Year is celebrated around the world in many countries and communities. What better way to join the celebration if not posting photos of a specimens that look like a dragon?

Eocene Ultrasound - research on a Katydid in amber by InsectEars: great science made possible by the access provided to NHM Science collections for scientists from all over the world, and the important job done by NHM curators such as NHM Small Orders & Ben Price