Vinicius S. Ferreira
@neolycus.bsky.social
Insect taxonomist & evolutionary biologist. Beetles, collections-based research, biodiversity, genomics, and +! Coleoptera curator @ Senckenberg German Entomological Institute
I’m back! 🎉 And Happy to share our latest paper describing a new subfamily of paedomorphic net-winged beetles endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest! The paper is open access, and available at academic.oup.com/isd/article/... #ColeopteraResearch #Coleoptera #Entomology @coleopsoc.bsky.social
Phylogenomics supports a new subfamily of paedomorphic net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) endemic to the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot
. The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the most endangered and diverse biomes on the planet. The region houses thousands of endemic species. Among these
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November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’m back! 🎉 And Happy to share our latest paper describing a new subfamily of paedomorphic net-winged beetles endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest! The paper is open access, and available at academic.oup.com/isd/article/... #ColeopteraResearch #Coleoptera #Entomology @coleopsoc.bsky.social
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We are thrilled to present our first completed topical collection, "Entomological Outreach Collections and Community Engagement."
Read all about it here!
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Read all about it here!
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Bugs in drawers: entomological outreach collections and their role in community engagement
A completed topical collection in the journal Natural History Collections and Museomics explores insect outreach drawers, their uses and best practices.
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September 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We are thrilled to present our first completed topical collection, "Entomological Outreach Collections and Community Engagement."
Read all about it here!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/12/b...
Read all about it here!
blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/12/b...
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In some cases, while mating, winged males will carry the wingless females. This is called phoretic mating. 📷 Jason D. Roberts in t.co/sx6ai0nQJ5
June 6, 2024 at 11:47 AM
In some cases, while mating, winged males will carry the wingless females. This is called phoretic mating. 📷 Jason D. Roberts in t.co/sx6ai0nQJ5
First day of fieldwork in the Dominican Republic! Some goats, nice sightseeings…but no beetles…yet!
January 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
First day of fieldwork in the Dominican Republic! Some goats, nice sightseeings…but no beetles…yet!
Where are the #coleoptera folks of BlueSky?
January 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Where are the #coleoptera folks of BlueSky?
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PhD position available! Are you interested in how natural selection shapes the evolution of animal memory? Be part of our experimental evolution plans at UCL @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @treesdla.bsky.social , co-supervised by Flo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo...
Evolutionary ecology of animal memory | UCL Trees
This project seeks to explore how memory evolves in response to the ecological tasks that animals face in their natural environment. Associative memory exists in some form in almost all animal species...
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December 9, 2024 at 5:46 PM
PhD position available! Are you interested in how natural selection shapes the evolution of animal memory? Be part of our experimental evolution plans at UCL @ucl-pnl.bsky.social @treesdla.bsky.social , co-supervised by Flo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social. www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/evo...
A simple, but beautiful, #Macraspis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) to lighten the mood! Photographed in Biritiba Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil!
January 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A simple, but beautiful, #Macraspis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) to lighten the mood! Photographed in Biritiba Mirim, São Paulo, Brazil!
Our revision and phylogeny of Thonalmus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) is finally out, with the discovery of 7 new species! In your opinion, which of these is prettier? Publication available for download at: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #AmazingBeetles
December 21, 2023 at 1:46 PM
Our revision and phylogeny of Thonalmus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) is finally out, with the discovery of 7 new species! In your opinion, which of these is prettier? Publication available for download at: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #AmazingBeetles
This #FossilFriday is also special for us, because we have a new paper on Mysteriomorphidae (Coleoptera)! Check it out: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 10, 2023 at 1:55 PM
This #FossilFriday is also special for us, because we have a new paper on Mysteriomorphidae (Coleoptera)! Check it out: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I am immensely honored to have been the guest speaker at @coleopsoc.bsky.social annual meeting. This is a great recognition from the community and an incredible opportunity to share some of the research I have been doing! #EntSoc23
November 10, 2023 at 1:33 PM
I am immensely honored to have been the guest speaker at @coleopsoc.bsky.social annual meeting. This is a great recognition from the community and an incredible opportunity to share some of the research I have been doing! #EntSoc23
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#LiteratureNotice Keller. On the firefly (#Coleoptera: #Lampyridae) species of Carl Linnaeus
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#Beetle #Beetles #FireFlies #Taxonomy
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#Beetle #Beetles #FireFlies #Taxonomy
November 3, 2023 at 1:55 AM
#LiteratureNotice Keller. On the firefly (#Coleoptera: #Lampyridae) species of Carl Linnaeus
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#Beetle #Beetles #FireFlies #Taxonomy
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#Beetle #Beetles #FireFlies #Taxonomy
If you want to learn more or simply have cool beetles in your timeline follow the @coleopsoc.bsky.social profile! Fun(ny) beetles, funding opportunities and an amazing community to be part of!
October 16, 2023 at 10:42 PM
If you want to learn more or simply have cool beetles in your timeline follow the @coleopsoc.bsky.social profile! Fun(ny) beetles, funding opportunities and an amazing community to be part of!
This weekend, the Museum of Nature held its annual #Openhouse, where the public visited our research and collections facilities! I estimate that more than 2,000 people showed up! It was great to share with the public what we do in the museum, and I hope we inspired people!
October 16, 2023 at 10:34 PM
This weekend, the Museum of Nature held its annual #Openhouse, where the public visited our research and collections facilities! I estimate that more than 2,000 people showed up! It was great to share with the public what we do in the museum, and I hope we inspired people!
I am pleased to announce that, in 2024, I will be joining the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI) as the Curator and head of the Coleoptera section, taking care of more than 2 million beetles and 15.000 types! Stay tuned for future opportunities!🪲
September 29, 2023 at 5:56 AM
I am pleased to announce that, in 2024, I will be joining the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI) as the Curator and head of the Coleoptera section, taking care of more than 2 million beetles and 15.000 types! Stay tuned for future opportunities!🪲
Photo from earlier this week, but #FossilFriday is the perfect excuse for me to post this here and share the wonders of working in the Canadian Museum of Nature! A mosasaurus skull passing by the halls of the museum!
September 15, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Photo from earlier this week, but #FossilFriday is the perfect excuse for me to post this here and share the wonders of working in the Canadian Museum of Nature! A mosasaurus skull passing by the halls of the museum!
Just another normal day at the Canadian Museum of Nature, with a giant snail in the hallways…
September 12, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Just another normal day at the Canadian Museum of Nature, with a giant snail in the hallways…
How many gels one need to run before realizing their PCR didn’t work?? #labdrama
September 5, 2023 at 8:49 PM
How many gels one need to run before realizing their PCR didn’t work?? #labdrama
Our lab manager at the CMN is so thoughtful that he even assigned a bench space AND put my name on it with my favorite colors. I’ve never been pampered like this in a lab!
August 22, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Our lab manager at the CMN is so thoughtful that he even assigned a bench space AND put my name on it with my favorite colors. I’ve never been pampered like this in a lab!
Everybody plays the fool, sometimes! Phymata sp. (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) preying on a Yellowjacket (Vespula sp., Hymenoptera, Vespidae). So many discoveries in my backyard!
August 1, 2023 at 11:08 AM
Everybody plays the fool, sometimes! Phymata sp. (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) preying on a Yellowjacket (Vespula sp., Hymenoptera, Vespidae). So many discoveries in my backyard!
Not my favorite group, but definitely acquiring a new appreciation level after a closer look up at them in the wild!
July 31, 2023 at 11:11 AM
Not my favorite group, but definitely acquiring a new appreciation level after a closer look up at them in the wild!