I want to announce that the 9th International Oligochaete Taxonomy Meeting 2023 will be held in El Escorial (Comunidad de Madrid, Spain) at the end of the year (late November-December). If you are interested in participating please stay tuned for more details! #iotm9

[#Zoosystema] 🪱 The cradle of giants: insights into the origin of Scherotheca Bouché, 1972 (Lumbricidae, Crassiclitellata) with the descriptions of 8 #newspecies from Corsica, 🇫🇷 ✒️ Daniel F. Marchán et al. 🔗 zoosystema.com/45/3 #earthworms #Lumbricidae #Oligochaeta

🪱 Describen seis nuevas lombrices de tierra “gigantes” en el suroeste de Francia En otros animales, las especies de gran tamaño ya fueron descritas y solo se siguen descubriendo especies pequeñas, pero en las lombrices de tierra eso no se cumple 👉ucm.es/otri/noticias-…

Five new earthworm species of the mysterious family Diporodrilidae. They produce a glue like slime, they are restricted to Corsica and Sardinia, and they may have lived under the feet of the last dinosaurs rb.gy/5p565m Wormology UCM Sylvain Gérard Decaëns Thibaud Marta Novo

New species alert !! On a mysterious family endemic from Corsica and Sardinia... 🪱🦕

New paper out!🪱🧬Learn about the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of 𝐷𝑖𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑠 in Corsica and Sardinia, the 5 new pseudocryptic species described and their biogeography rb.gy/5p565m Sylvain Gérard Daniel F. Marchán Decaëns Thibaud Marta Novo 🧵1/4

[#Zoosystema] 🪱 Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata) of the Mitaraka range (French Guiana): commented checklist with description of one genus and eighteen species new to science ⤵ ✒ @DecaensTet al. 🔗 zoosystema.com/46/9 #earthworms #NewSpecies #Oligochaeta

My third phd paper is out in AGEE! How interesting are floral resources for pollinators and how are they affected by agricultural practices in olive groves ? Let's dig into these questions here --> doi.org/10.1016/j.agee…… elena kazakou AurelieMETAY

"Most of the peer-reviewed academic articles referenced in ESA listings came from low-IF or no-IF journals that tended to focus on specific taxa or regions." - conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

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