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Peter T. Rühr
@peter-t-ruehr.bsky.social
Entomologist on his way to a PhD in insect head shape evolution and biomechanics. More and more interested in arthropod vision. He/him/his. Tweets represent my own views and ≠ endorsement.
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🌱 BHL’s Call for Support soft-closes on Aug 31. 🧪
With @clirnews.bsky.social as our new fiscal sponsor, we now have an administrative & financial home, but we still need partners, hosts, funders & long-term investment to secure BHL's future. about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup... #ILoveBHL
August 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I just uploaded my 1000th species to #inaturalist! Not sure which one it was exactly, but I'd like it to be one of these gems of #flies I shot for #bioblitz 2025 at the Bonn #botanicalgardens to capture their #biodiversity.
July 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Please come join us and help us unravel deep-time community dynamics in bugs and plants! Edmonton is a great city to live in and there are lots of different approaches to tackle these questions!
We have a fully funded MSc position at UofA, Canada

"Ecological time machines: bridging paleontology and community ecology"

www.i-deel.org/opportunitie...

co-supervised by Christine Sosiak (scholar.google.com/citations?us...)

Please repost!
April 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
🚨 Fresh from the press:
Internal gonopod reconstruction in a new genus and species of millipedes from the Cretaceous: 𝑳𝒂𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒍𝒚𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒖𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒎𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒊 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae):
doi.org/10.1186/s133...
📜Leibniz-LIB, Blanke Lab
March 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚨 Fresh in the press (but digitally available already): Ecomorphology of the insect head!
Check out our book chapter with an extensive literature review on research on adult insect heads and mouthparts!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📷: modified from Quang Nguyen Vinh
📜BlankeLab
March 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
About a month ago I left the lab of @economo.bsky.social at OIST in Okinawa after three truly great weeks of studying ants with wonderful people there! Thanks again for this unforgettable time!
February 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🎆New Year, new domain! 🎆

From now on, PsyChild will be available at psychild.info - with secure TLS certificates for everyone to enjoy! 🔒
January 6, 2024 at 2:25 PM