Thanks to Jordan Rainey in the Staphylinid Madness symposium for sharing some full-color photos of the most upsetting beetle I’ve ever seen in my life

Pleased to share our latest contribution to knowledge on West Indian Staphylinidae in The Coleopterists Bulletin!
The first modern revision of West Indian Belonuchus in 82 years — 7 new species, 2 synonymies, lectotypes, illustrated keys + maps. 🌴 🪲
Read more & find paper here: tinyurl.com/3f646nnu

#LiteratureNotice Rainey & Ivie. Revision of the West Indian Belonuchus Nordmann, 1837 ( #Coleoptera: #Staphylinidae: #Staphylininae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #RoveBeetles #NewSpecies

#LiteratureNotice Maruyama et al. The second species of the enigmatic genus Microblattellus Ferrer, 2006 ( #Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Cambodia: A possibility of termitophily in the genus doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #DarklingBeetles .

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

Leaf beetles that mimic ants and engage in trophallaxis! Incredible!

Perhaps the most beautiful rove beetle I have ever seen, Rhyncocheilus aureus, from the jungles of Trus Madi Entomology Camp in Borneo.

A favorite old friend showed up yesterday evening and made me happy: the silly speedy fairy-winged cricket hunting wasp, Ms Olixon banksii 🧡
The tiny silly wings flutter when she's excited. Also she's capable of making tiny squeaking noises, which I've recorded 👀

📢New Paper: Nature-friendly agroecological practices 🚜🌱🦋can enhance biodiversity and boost some crop yields, but high costs and land-use trade-offs mean most approaches remain financially unviable @ukceh.bsky.social
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/agroeco...

For those interested in sustainable farming in the UK- please check these findings out! Happy to see it published and to have been part of this excellent project 🪲🐜🪱🚜

Lead author Dr Ben Woodcock, UKCEH, said that agroecological methods benefit biodiversity and food security and, long-term, provide more secure farm incomes. But as habitats take several years to establish, subsidies are essential to support farmers in the shift to these sustainable systems.

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✅ Increased numbers of earthworms, pollinators and natural predators that feed on crop pests
✅ Higher soil carbon
✅ Overall increased crop yields on farmed areas due to healthier soils, greater pollination and natural pest control
❌ Cost of transition

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature...

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Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study led by UKCEH and @rothamsted.bsky.social has found

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/nature...

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Once, in Gorongosa NP, I thought that I had found Halucinogenia, a near-mythical Cambrian animal with spikes on its back. The creature turned out to be a caterpillar of Acridotarsa melipecta who lives as an inquiline in the colonies of the termite Schedorhinotermes lamanianus. Still cool, though.

We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig.

If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪

www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...

We are the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland!🐞, Our aim is to further beetle research, standardise and promote recording, and to develop and encourage public awareness and conservation of the 4,000+ species of beetles found on these islands.

Check us out: www.colsoc.org

Beetle doodle of the day

A velvet worm (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in Chiriqí (Panamá). I was incredibly amazed to find this specimen under a bunch of logs and stones, but had to suppress my urge to frantically turn logs after realizing how dangerous some snakes in the area are...

Taking Bluesky for a spin. New phd and new platform! I recently completed my masters in Montana and moved to Czech Republic to join the Insect Symbiosis Lab! Check out some of the beetles I’m working with - they’re crazy looking.

Beetle left, termite right.

bucek-lab.org/projects/Ale...