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Shane McEvey
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Naturalist | Taxonomist Drosophilidae | former Editor of Rec Aust Mus 1995-2023 | Australian Gadigal Country | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-789X
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From my chapter (with David Grimaldi) on #Drosophilidae in the Manual of Afrotropical #Diptera I have further enhanced some morphological illustrations—McEvey 2022 #flydayfriday @dipteracourse.bsky.social doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
High res images of the seldom seen drosophilid genus Luzonimyia by McEvey (2025) doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
May 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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I keep seeing news stories saying one measles patient can infect as many as 18 people. This is a misunderstanding of the R0 value. 18 is the *average* number of secondary cases infected by a person w/ measles, not the maximum. A single super-spreader can infect far more than 18 people.
#episky 🧪
March 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Just out! The 4th edition of Authors of Fly Names containing over 7100 names of people who authored a fly name hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications...
January 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It is not widely known that Drosophila funebris not D. melanogaster is the type species of the family Drosophilidae… I’ve used D. funebris to illustrate morphology #Drosophilidae #Diptera #flydayfriday @dipteracourse.bsky.social @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
February 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
From my chapter (with David Grimaldi) on #Drosophilidae in the Manual of Afrotropical #Diptera I have further enhanced some morphological illustrations—McEvey 2022 #flydayfriday @dipteracourse.bsky.social @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
February 26, 2025 at 6:06 AM
From my chapter (with David Grimaldi) on #Drosophilidae in the Manual of Afrotropical #Diptera I have further enhanced some morphological illustrations—McEvey 2022 #flydayfriday @dipteracourse.bsky.social doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
February 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Detailed hi-res images of a poorly known, but distinctive, genus—Mulgravea Bock—in the #Diptera family #Drosophilidae. Specimens from New Guinea and the type locality in Queensland. @dipteracourse.bsky.social McEvey, 2025 doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
February 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The lovely animals that visit
December 28, 2024 at 10:51 AM
McEvey, Shane (2024). Colocasiomyia stamenicola (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—high resolution diagnostic images. figshare. Figure. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Colocasiomyia stamenicola (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—high resolution diagnostic images
Colocasiomyia stamenicola (Carson & Okada, 1980:16) is a particularly distinctive drosophilid most readily separated from congeners by (a) the modification of sternite 6 into a blackened caudally poin...
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December 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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Oooh bluesky on Altmetric
December 4, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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I've just assigned DOIs to 3399 articles in the Journal of Conchology from 1874 to 2005. Assigning DOIs is easy, but the gathering & checking of historic article data takes time (even with AI). All these articles are now discoverable & easily citable: e.g doi.org/10.5962/p.39... #RetroPIDs #BHLib
December 16, 2024 at 5:41 AM
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My dream is to get these 'Tree hollows are animal homes' images into as many schools, homes and hands as possible - can you help?
This is the A5 postcard version of 'Tree hollows are animal homes #1 Eucalypt Open Forest south-eastern Australia'. www.paperbarkwriter.com/product/tree...
November 28, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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Expect posts about biodiversity, historic literature, open science, digital collections, wildlife observations & nature adventures. Let’s connect! 🌿📚🔗 #Biodiversity #BioDivLibrary #SciArt #OpenAccess #OpenScience #iNaturalist #WomenInSTEMM #HerNaturalHistory #StripedPossums #Platypus #Thylacines 3/3
December 14, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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I’m passionate about bringing historic biodiversity knowledge into the modern research network of scholarly research using persistent identifiers #RetroPIDs. This year, I’m also proud to be part of Homeward Bound, a global leadership initiative for women in STEMM. #TeamHB9 2/3
December 14, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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Hi Bluesky, I’m Nicole, Manager of the Australian branch of the Biodiversity Heritage Library @bhl-au.bsky.social, the world’s largest online repository of biodiversity literature. I work with museums, herbaria & libraries to make their collections openly accessible, discoverable & connected. 1/3
December 14, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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So anyway, I had this idea that everyone, particularly young people, should learn what is taught in law school.

I also had the idea that the way it is taught to young people is boring.

It wasn't until law school that I realized how interesting this stuff is.

The result ⤵️

(I am cross-posting)
November 20, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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Some of what I do as an entomology curator is Chrysis management.
November 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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A tale of two platforms:

BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀
November 13, 2024 at 11:21 AM