#Salpingidae
Highlights from Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh, today: Sphaeriestes castaneus (Salpingidae), Striped Ladybird (Coccinellidae), Western Conifer Seed Bug (Coreidae) & Ectopsocus axillaris (Ectopsocidae). #insects #beetles #hemiptera #psocodea #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Rabocerus gabrieli, #Salpingidae, found today in Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh. Nationally scarce. Small (3-4mm) & active in winter. My 66th record from Edinburgh’s cemeteries (+1 from Perthshire). #beetles #coleoptera #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
#LiteratureNotice Haugen et al. Insight Into the Phylogeny of the Intertidal Beetle Genus #Aegialites (Coleoptera, Salpingidae) doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #Beetle #Beetles #intertidalbeetle
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Truly a family as diabolical as the Salpingidae but SO much more of them
September 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
August 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#LiteratureNotice Nose & Suzumura. New Country Record of Aegialites charlottae Zerche, 2004 ( #Coleoptera: #Salpingidae) in Washington, USA doi.org/10.1649/0010... #TheColeopteristsBulletin #Beetle #Beetles #NewRecords #NarrowWaistedBarkBeetles
July 1, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#14, Salpingidae, are among the most diabolical beetle families. They look like all of these: bsky.app/profile/amer...
(tbf, Salpingidae is honestly one of the most life-ruining beetle families. Like they REFUSE to pick a lane, morphologically speaking)
June 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New paper in The Coleopterists Bulletin using @gbif.org mediated data:

Review of the Nearctic Salpinginae (Coleoptera: Salpingidae) 🇺🇸🇨🇦

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-79.1.111
Review of the Nearctic Salpinginae (Coleoptera: Salpingidae)
The Nearctic species of Salpinginae have not been reviewed for the last 92 years. Inconsistent worldwide treatments of salpingine genera and discordant classification schemes between Nearctic and Pale...
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March 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
March 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Sphaeriestes castaneus on gravestone under Scots pine in Morningside Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this morning.
A small (~3mm) narrow-waisted bark beetle (Salpingidae) associated with conifers. #Coleoptera #beetles #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
February 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Funny you mention that 😏 This flat fuck was found during the same sorting session and Gareth asked me to photograph it: a salpingid #beetle from an island off of NZ

#Salpingidae: Diagrypnodes

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February 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I have just 5 records of beetles in the Salpingidae family (narrow-waisted bark beetles): 4 Salpingus planirostris (3 of which were found by looking at tree trunks by torchlight) and 1 Salpingus ruficollis (to my garden moth trap).
February 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Selection of #insects from visit to Warriston Cemetery, #Edinburgh on 12 Jan with @royleresearch.bsky.social. Highlight: Sphaeriestes castaneus under Scots pine. #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
January 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You've heard of gummy bears, now get ready for gummy salpingidae
July 22, 2024 at 4:42 PM
(tbf, Salpingidae is honestly one of the most life-ruining beetle families. Like they REFUSE to pick a lane, morphologically speaking)
July 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
February 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM