#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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One of our local Chagas disease vectors, Triatoma indictiva. Texas.

Cool looking bug, not much risk in casual encounters like this, but you won't want to live in rustic or outdoor housing for longer periods of time where these are common

#Hemiptera #Insects #Triatoma #Bugs