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

Cavichiana coeruleomaculata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87C4-6346-BE05-FF43-A140FD0EFEFD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.8
#Zootaxa #CavichianaCoeruleomaculata

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#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #vietnam just hopped in:

Dactylissus sinuatus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E4E13DEF-86F7-51F2-991B-36553DA07EDE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.170785
#ZooKeys #DactylissusSinuatus

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#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #china just hopped in:

Monochorhynchus dehongensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BFB40B-FFCE-277D-FDC5-B041FB17FBDD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3205
#ejtaxonomy #MonochorhynchusDehongensis

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Slides from my talk last night to the Field #Naturalists Association of #Canberra:

"Lessons from #Malaise trapping in Aranda"

https://codeberg.org/dhobern/presentation/src/branch/main/Lessons_from_Malaise_trapping_in_Aranda.pdf

As with most of my talks, there are few notes, but the gallery of amazing #insects may mean something to some of you.

#entomology #taxonomy #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity #OnceAndFutureKing #Hymenoptera #Lepidoptera #Strepsiptera #Hemiptera #Collembola #Araneae #wasps #moths #springtails #spiders

#NewSpecies!
New jumping plant-lice from #myanmar just jumped in:

Yangus burckhardti

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A6887B2-FFB0-FFC8-FF75-38B2FAF3FAB1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5727.1.11
#Zootaxa #YangusBurckhardti

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#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #australia just hopped in:

Gelastopsis procyon

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F55278-FFAA-FFA3-F30B-7AB5FB94FDA9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3177
#EuropeanJournalOfTaxonomy #GelastopsisProcyon

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#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #brazil just hopped in:

Spelaeodelphax nexus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/06AA0E4B-88D2-5FF6-968F-05131E48747E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.55.175661
#SubterraneanBiology #SpelaeodelphaxNexus

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common damsel bug perhaps?

#Hemiptera

Cicadas are so pretty!  

This is a northern dog day cicada (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) we spotted on the sidewalk last August:

#InsectThursday #cicada #Hemiptera #insects

#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #china just snuck in:

Andes luchunensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/85946917-F06F-5634-AE2E-C48FA9AA25D9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.73.173015
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #AndesLuchunensis

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