#NewSpecies!
New mantispoidea from mid-cretaceous kachin amber #myanmar just came in:

Dicranoberotha zhangzhiqiae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/326C5E5F-9A58-E95E-FF0F-FED8FBC7F7E8
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.1
#Palaeoentomology #DicranoberothaZhangzhiqiae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #neuroptera #mantispoidea #amber #fossils #fossilfriday #paleo #paleontology

Antlion Pit Traps

#Antlion #Myrmeleontidae #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Antlions #Neuroptera #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

#NewSpecies!
New owlfly from #india just flew in:

Protidricerus albocapitatus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D75728-FFC2-FF9D-FF0A-FA945D95E4AA
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.8
#Zootaxa #ProtidricerusAlbocapitatus

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Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia

#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana

Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)

#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)

#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)

#entomology #Australia

This tiny hemerobiid lacewing, Sympherobius occidentalis, arrived to the porch light last night. With magnification, we can see its hypnotic wing venation.

#insects #wingvenation #Hemerobiidae #Neuroptera

#NewSpecies!
New antlion from #india just flew in:

Indophanes keralaensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387E5-5323-DF03-FF2A-0A4DFE9B67DD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.5
#Zootaxa #IndophanesKeralaensis

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#NewSpecies!
New lacewing from #china just flew in:

Dilar lanlingensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/82AD930C-B064-5291-8CDC-B5B8C030E7DE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.72.160701
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #DilarLanlingensis

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #neuroptera #lacewing