Natural History Museum of DK
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Happy Taxonomy Recognition Day!!
Sinolochmostylia sinica Yang, 1995 -- the only species of the fly family Ctenostylidae known from China -- collected in numbers at light from a rooftop in Chebaling. #NameItToSaveIt
Probably the first photograph of a live individual of Cobboldia elephantis, the stomach bot fly of the Indian elephant. [Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China; courtesy of Prof. Dong Zhang, Beijing Forestry University.]
Blow flies of the genus Bengalia are sometimes called ‘Highwayman flies’ due to their habit of robbing prey from travelling driver ants. My student Nicholas Alrøe Okotie took this nice video just outside the Udzungwa Mountains National Park in Tanzania.
ICZN advocates tightening of “species diagnosis” in future Codes, to enhance taxonomic standards and ensure that diagnoses, incl. DNA-based ones, contain adequate taxonomic context. We hope to spur discussion, as broad community consensus is critical. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio…
The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative and ForBio are offering a three-day course on what to consider when naming and describing taxa: “Nomenclature codes in biology” (tinyurl.com/3cyu4ntk).
Inspired by @flygirlNHM and @NHM_Diptera, I dug out these wonderful SEM-images of specialised abdominal setae – known as solutrichomes – from physogastric females of termitoxeniine scuttle flies. Produced some 15 years ago by @LegoMoth in his MSc-thesis.
Replacing accepted scientific names because of
perceived offensiveness is not, and should not be,
regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/z…
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Pass after pass, the #TETTRIsEU ball ⚽ is helping all the people from the 17 partners to get to know each other a bit better! It will be fundamental to maximize linkages and collaborations to make this #HorizonEU project working for the sake of #taxonomy!
Today @NiklasDreyer2 @NHM_Denmark gave very convincing reasons whY-larvae are worth studying😀
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Our lambs have sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus, #Hippoboscidae). That's probably not something I should brag about. But I know that some dipterologists would be happy to encounter this species alive and in action.
@fleshflies @DipteristsForum @LeivurJanus
Insects are in decline due to increasing threats, but also those studying insects are declining. We are right now discussing status, trends, and supporting actions for the taxonomic expertise in Europe #RedListTaxonomists
Thank you, #EOWilson, for the Biophilia Hypothesis and much, much more. This drawing by my six-year-old granddaughter is evidence of our innate fascination for nature – and gives a bit of hope for her future.
“it is the most closely-allied forms [which] come into the severest competition with each other” [Darwin 1861: 116].
Danish biodiversity just got a big boost: 166 species of arthropod-parasitising Laboulbeniomycetes new to our country – including sixteen species new to science! Infected hosts from 429 Danish localities are housed @NHM_Denmark – read it all at doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.781…
Kalamaili Nature Reserve in Xinjiang, northern China: splendid scenery, wonderful wildlife, fabulous flesh flies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.506…
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OPEN COLLECTIONS:
Everything
Everywhere
For everyone
We have just launched a new digital gateway to our collections by creating a virtual natural history universe. Full access for all. Go explore #OpenScience #Biodiversity @NHM_Denmark collections.snm.ku.dk/en – at Copenhagen, Denmark
The first instar maggot of the Rhino Stomach Botfly - Gyrostigma rhinocerontis - has finally been documented: doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/z…
First attempt at tracing the evolution of flesh fly larval feeding strategies across the family: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12449
