Journal of Hymenoptera Research
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An open-access online journal published by @pensoft.net on behalf of the International Society of Hymenopterists.
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These two postdoc positions look fascinating! 🧪 Do consider if fieldwork in Cameroon, Kenya and South Africa, and the evolution of social wasps, sound interesting!
(TBH I'm almost tempted myself.)
(TBH I'm almost tempted myself.)
POSTDOC ALERT🚨
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
These two postdoc positions look fascinating! 🧪 Do consider if fieldwork in Cameroon, Kenya and South Africa, and the evolution of social wasps, sound interesting!
(TBH I'm almost tempted myself.)
(TBH I'm almost tempted myself.)
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A first comprehensive overview of all known hibernating Darwin wasp species in the Western Palaearctic: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#wasps #ecology #faunistics
@ikaosterblad.bsky.social @janmees.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
#wasps #ecology #faunistics
@ikaosterblad.bsky.social @janmees.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A first comprehensive overview of all known hibernating Darwin wasp species in the Western Palaearctic: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#wasps #ecology #faunistics
@ikaosterblad.bsky.social @janmees.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
#wasps #ecology #faunistics
@ikaosterblad.bsky.social @janmees.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
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The braconid wasp Opius youi is recorded for the first time from South Korea, representing the first record of the species outside China.
See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
December 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The braconid wasp Opius youi is recorded for the first time from South Korea, representing the first record of the species outside China.
See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
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A revision of the known species of the wasp genus Acroclisoides, with descriptions of eight new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#newspecies #parasitoids #taxonomy
#newspecies #parasitoids #taxonomy
December 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A revision of the known species of the wasp genus Acroclisoides, with descriptions of eight new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#newspecies #parasitoids #taxonomy
#newspecies #parasitoids #taxonomy
Newly designed PCR multiplex can help recognize and amplify #DNA specific to four #parasitoid #wasp species that attack the #invasive Roseau cane scale (𝘕𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) in the Mississippi River Delta. See the full article here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Newly designed PCR multiplex can help recognize and amplify #DNA specific to four #parasitoid #wasp species that attack the #invasive Roseau cane scale (𝘕𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) in the Mississippi River Delta. See the full article here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
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Love apt, memorable species names. Love open access journals. Love native pollinators!
Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), a new megachilid with demon-like horns that visits the Critically Endangered Marianthus aquilonaris (Pittosporaceae)
A new species Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is described from both sexes. Megachile lucifer sp. nov. is of conservation importance, as it is a visitor to the range-restri...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Love apt, memorable species names. Love open access journals. Love native pollinators!
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Brilliant new 👹🐝 discovery courtesy of the great Dr Kit Prendergast www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia
The native bee was found near a rare wildflower, prompting scientists to call for the area to be protected.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
All known species of the diapriid genus Lepidopria are revised, keyed and illustrated, and one species is described as new to science: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
All known species of the diapriid genus Lepidopria are revised, keyed and illustrated, and one species is described as new to science: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
The first investigation of vibroacoustic signals in ants from Malta provides a comparative analysis of signals in workers of Messor ibericus across diffferent geographical populations: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#biogeography #ants #vibroacoustics
#biogeography #ants #vibroacoustics
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The first investigation of vibroacoustic signals in ants from Malta provides a comparative analysis of signals in workers of Messor ibericus across diffferent geographical populations: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#biogeography #ants #vibroacoustics
#biogeography #ants #vibroacoustics
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#NewSpecies!
New parasitoid wasp from #china just flew in:
Diglyphus albifemur
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CB3B0E65-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #DiglyphusAlbifemur
#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasite
New parasitoid wasp from #china just flew in:
Diglyphus albifemur
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CB3B0E65-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #DiglyphusAlbifemur
#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasite
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#NewSpecies!
New parasitoid wasp from #china just flew in:
Diglyphus albifemur
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CB3B0E65-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #DiglyphusAlbifemur
#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasite
New parasitoid wasp from #china just flew in:
Diglyphus albifemur
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CB3B0E65-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #DiglyphusAlbifemur
#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasite
Miniaturization does not reduce the diversity of the sensilla, but instead drives simplification at the
structural level, while preserving their functional roles, this study of the miniature parasitoid wasp Megaphragma
viggianii found.
doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
structural level, while preserving their functional roles, this study of the miniature parasitoid wasp Megaphragma
viggianii found.
doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
Combining simplicity and functionality: mouthpart sensilla in the miniature parasitoid wasp Megaphragma viggianii (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae)
Insects depend on complex sensory systems to detect food sources, locate mates, and navigate in the environment. In the smallest insects, miniaturization imposes major constraints on anatomy and physi...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Miniaturization does not reduce the diversity of the sensilla, but instead drives simplification at the
structural level, while preserving their functional roles, this study of the miniature parasitoid wasp Megaphragma
viggianii found.
doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
structural level, while preserving their functional roles, this study of the miniature parasitoid wasp Megaphragma
viggianii found.
doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
A new potter wasp species is described from Anhui, China. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A new potter wasp species is described from Anhui, China. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
#wasps #newspecies #taxonomy
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A new species of bee has been identified! Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), has demon-like horns and visits a critically endangered flower in Australia
Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), a new megachilid with demon-like horns that visits the Critically Endangered Marianthus aquilonaris (Pittosporaceae)
A new species Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is described from both sexes. Megachile lucifer sp. nov. is of conservation importance, as it is a visitor to the range-restri...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A new species of bee has been identified! Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), has demon-like horns and visits a critically endangered flower in Australia
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Kit Prendergast, the Scientist who discovered & named this far out looking bee has done much cutting edge & exciting work on AU bees
But my favorite thing she’s done is naming a new species of bee after her dog Zephyr (Leioproctus zephyrus)
#Kitprendergast
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But my favorite thing she’s done is naming a new species of bee after her dog Zephyr (Leioproctus zephyrus)
#Kitprendergast
public.pensoft.net/items/?p=7TV...
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Kit Prendergast, the Scientist who discovered & named this far out looking bee has done much cutting edge & exciting work on AU bees
But my favorite thing she’s done is naming a new species of bee after her dog Zephyr (Leioproctus zephyrus)
#Kitprendergast
public.pensoft.net/items/?p=7TV...
But my favorite thing she’s done is naming a new species of bee after her dog Zephyr (Leioproctus zephyrus)
#Kitprendergast
public.pensoft.net/items/?p=7TV...
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🐝New species of Australian bee just dropped! 🐝
It was found during surveys of the critically endangered wildflower Marianthus aquilonarius.
Megachile lucifer is named because of the "demon-like horns" of the female.
🧪Discovery by Kit Prendergast and Joshua Campbell:
jhr.pensoft.net/article/1663...
It was found during surveys of the critically endangered wildflower Marianthus aquilonarius.
Megachile lucifer is named because of the "demon-like horns" of the female.
🧪Discovery by Kit Prendergast and Joshua Campbell:
jhr.pensoft.net/article/1663...
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🐝New species of Australian bee just dropped! 🐝
It was found during surveys of the critically endangered wildflower Marianthus aquilonarius.
Megachile lucifer is named because of the "demon-like horns" of the female.
🧪Discovery by Kit Prendergast and Joshua Campbell:
jhr.pensoft.net/article/1663...
It was found during surveys of the critically endangered wildflower Marianthus aquilonarius.
Megachile lucifer is named because of the "demon-like horns" of the female.
🧪Discovery by Kit Prendergast and Joshua Campbell:
jhr.pensoft.net/article/1663...
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In this study led by Carlos Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social, we describe three new species of Andrena. The intensive survey over 27 years at the Cazorla range demonstrates the importance of this genus in the pollination of the flowering plant species in this area.
👉 jhr.pensoft.net/article/1659...
👉 jhr.pensoft.net/article/1659...
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In this study led by Carlos Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social, we describe three new species of Andrena. The intensive survey over 27 years at the Cazorla range demonstrates the importance of this genus in the pollination of the flowering plant species in this area.
👉 jhr.pensoft.net/article/1659...
👉 jhr.pensoft.net/article/1659...
An analysis of community-wide relationships between plants and Andrena bees in the Cazorla mountain range, a biodiversity hotspot in southeastern Spain: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
@cmhmaliani.bsky.social @j-valverde.bsky.social @alexnunez23.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social #bees #phylogeny
@cmhmaliani.bsky.social @j-valverde.bsky.social @alexnunez23.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social #bees #phylogeny
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
An analysis of community-wide relationships between plants and Andrena bees in the Cazorla mountain range, a biodiversity hotspot in southeastern Spain: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
@cmhmaliani.bsky.social @j-valverde.bsky.social @alexnunez23.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social #bees #phylogeny
@cmhmaliani.bsky.social @j-valverde.bsky.social @alexnunez23.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social #bees #phylogeny
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Devilishly distinctive new bee species discovered in Western Australia Goldfields.
The new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile
Paper: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... (the title doesn’t fit here)
The new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile
Paper: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... (the title doesn’t fit here)
Devilishly distinctive new bee species discovered in Western Australia Goldfields
A new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer has been discovered in Western Australia's Goldfields, highlighting how much remains unknown about Australia...
phys.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Devilishly distinctive new bee species discovered in Western Australia Goldfields.
The new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile
Paper: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... (the title doesn’t fit here)
The new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile
Paper: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... (the title doesn’t fit here)
We've been meeting so many cool people at #EntSoc25! Here is our author Alfred Daniel Johnson - he published an article on the parasitoids of Delta dimidiatipenne nests a few years ago available here doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We've been meeting so many cool people at #EntSoc25! Here is our author Alfred Daniel Johnson - he published an article on the parasitoids of Delta dimidiatipenne nests a few years ago available here doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
Our journal's in the spotlight in this BBC article on a new Australian bee species that we published about!
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia
The native bee was found near a rare wildflower, prompting scientists to call for the area to be protected.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Our journal's in the spotlight in this BBC article on a new Australian bee species that we published about!
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Elucidating mutual relationships between bees and plants in biodiversity hotspots is a challenge that requires the joint efforts of ecologists and taxonomists.In this new paper we analyse community-wide relationships between plants and Andrena bees in the Cazorla mountains and describe 3 new species
The genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) in a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot: community-wide relationships with plants and description of three new species
Evolutionary and ecological factors underlying the extensive, fast diversification of the species-rich bee genus Andrena (Andrenidae Latreille, 1802) are of general interest and require elucidation. P...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Elucidating mutual relationships between bees and plants in biodiversity hotspots is a challenge that requires the joint efforts of ecologists and taxonomists.In this new paper we analyse community-wide relationships between plants and Andrena bees in the Cazorla mountains and describe 3 new species
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A newly identified native bee species with distinctive horn-like features has been discovered in Western Australia's Goldfields, underscoring the diversity of Australia's native pollinators. doi.org/g99xcf
Devilishly distinctive new bee species discovered in Western Australia Goldfields
A new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer has been discovered in Western Australia's Goldfields, highlighting how much remains unknown about Australia's native pollinators.
phys.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A newly identified native bee species with distinctive horn-like features has been discovered in Western Australia's Goldfields, underscoring the diversity of Australia's native pollinators. doi.org/g99xcf
Celebrating Austraian Pollinator Week with a new native #bee species from Western Australia’s Goldfields! This exciting discovery has horns on its head and a powerfully mischievous name!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/11/d...
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
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Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
Devilishly distinctive new bee species discovered in WA Goldfields | Blog
Named for the female’s horned face and the Netflix character Lucifer, it’s the first new addition to its group in over 20 years.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Celebrating Austraian Pollinator Week with a new native #bee species from Western Australia’s Goldfields! This exciting discovery has horns on its head and a powerfully mischievous name!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/11/d...
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/11/d...
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....