Seed bugs of the world, rejoice! One of the original "Species Files" has finished migrating to TaxonWorks and we've added a TaxonPages front-end to it.
The Lygaeoidea Species File (LSF) is a taxonomic database of the world’s Lygaeoidea (seed bugs, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs, and related insects) both living and fossil. It has full taxonomic and synonymic information for all taxa, with complete taxonomic references, images, sound recordings, and specimen records.
The frogs are back! In a year of episodes rich in amphibians, New Species rounds out 2022 with Dr. Mark Scherz and his paper describing 20 new species of frogs from Madagascar. This paper has everything! Barcode fishing, large-scale scientific collaboration, and plenty of fascinating frog facts. The real question I should have asked Mark is how he became an expert in Brygoomantis calls - as you’ll hear in this episode, he’s very accomplished. Do you want to share your thoughts on the podcast? Please do so here: https://forms.gle/fnXUuiNknRFadXWj6 Mark Scherz’s paper “An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar” is in Volume 7 Issue 2 of Megataxa. It can be found here: https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.7.2.1 New Species: M. ambohimitombi marefo, M. ambohimitombi miloko, M. mahery, M. steinfartzi, M. incognitus, M. jonasi, M. katae, M. kortei, M. riparius, M. fergusoni, M. georgei, M. jahnarum, M. marintsoai, M. grubenmanni, M. gudrunae, M. augustini, M. bletzae, M. brevirostris, M. eulenbergeri, M. glosi., M. stelliger, M. manerana, M. manerana fotaka, and M. manerana antsanga. Episode image (M. stelliger) courtesy Miguel Vences Find Mark on twitter: @MarkScherz Or on Mastedon: @MarkScherz @EcoEvo.social Or how about Tumblr: MarkScherz.tumblr.com Or check out his website: MarkScherz.com Mark’s other content includes: Anatomy Insights: www.youtube.com/AnatomyInsights Squamates Podcast: http://squamatespod.com/ Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies) and like the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast) Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at [email protected] If you would like to support this podcast, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod
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I'm an Italian #entomologist doing my #PhD at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology #IBE in Barcelona.
I study the #diversity and #evolution of the European #ant fauna using #IntegrativeTaxonomy, #genetics (mainly #barcoding), and #genomics (#UCEs). I also work on #InvasiveAlienSpecies and #butterfly #phylogeography.
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