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https://inaturalist.org Observation of the Day for Feb 24, 2026: Heterotemna tenuicornis [Insecta], by user: amaneko
[via @inatrepostbot]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337452398
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España
2026-01-31T20:26:00+00:00
Credit: (c) Amanhuy Duque y Andrea Castro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
See more: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/inat-observation-of-the-day
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Plazi Species Feb 7, 2025

#NewSpecies!
New rove beetle from #china just roved in:

Sinlathrobium assingi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ECEA11E1-F830-4446-8152-1DDB63001CFD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1218.128973
#ZooKeys_Journal #SinlathrobiumAssingi

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Sinlathrobium assingi X. Chen & Z. Peng 2024, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank

Plazi Species Jan 30, 2025

#NewSpecies!
New rove beetle from #china just roved by:

Hesperus pengi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/612C87D2-185E-FFE0-EEFC-27C3FEFAAB1B
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.5.6
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Plazi Species Sep 27, 2024

#NewSpecies!
New rove beetle from #china just roved in:

Platydracus aureolus

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/32D8F009-3739-4806-B50A-BED52129DF57
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212.128295
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Platydracus aureolus Huang, Chen & Tang, 2024, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jun 30, 2024

#Beetles conquered Earth by evolving their own biochemical laboratory https://phys.org/news/2024-06-beetles-conquered-earth-evolving-biochemical.html

The genomic and cellular basis of biosynthetic innovation in #RoveBeetles: Sheila Kitchen et al. https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(24)00521-X

"The rove #beetle tergal gland is this incredible, reprogrammable device for making new chemistries and evolving new interactions. It enabled these beetles to achieve extreme forms of ecological specialization."

Beetles conquered Earth by evolving their own biochemical laboratory, new study finds

As organisms diversified on planet Earth, some branches of the tree of life became exceptionally diverse, others far less so. Still others went extinct. Why evolution favored certain groups over others is a long-standing question in evolutionary science.

Phys.org

Plazi Species May 10, 2024

#NewSpecies
New rove beetle from #brazil just roved by:

Philothalpus precious

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE158795-635B-054D-F0DB-1937FBFEFD67
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.8
#Zootaxa #PhilothalpusPrecious

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