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Ferdinand Rudow (2 April 1840 – 3 September 1920)[1] was a German entomologist best known for the poor quality of his taxonomic work.[2] He described over 200 species of wasps during his lifetime, almost all of which have been revised as synonyms of other species. After an initial interest in studying lice and mites, Rudow began to focus on wasps in 1871.[3] Over the course of his research, he described 234 species and varieties within the Ichneumonidae family of parasitoid wasps, eventually amassing a collection of close to 14,000 insect specimens His work was heavily criticised as unscientific by his contemporaries. He refused to accept modern systems of nomenclature, and often wrote critically of them. In 1908, for example, he wrote that he was "disgusted by the activities of the so-called 'systematics'," whose changes he felt were confusing and unhelpful. in 1993 the german entomologist klaus horst mann described him as "undoubtedly the most incompetent taxonomist of Ichneumonidae.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
check out this new issue of PaleoAnthropology including a special issue on late Middle and Late Pleistocene hominin systematics
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November 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
lukaslarge.bsky.social
Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
GEASTRACEAE (BASIDIOMYCOTINA) MORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND SYSTEMATICS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE NORTH EUROPEAN SPECIES BY STELLAN SUNHEDE SYNOPSIS FUNGORUM 1 FUNGIFLORA - OSLO - NORWAY
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales

@astragaler.bsky.social‬, @wile-phylote.bsky.social‬, @tribblelab.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

#PlantScience
IJPS cover in yellow with a cartoon phylogeny of the asparagales and liliales and the title of the primer
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
collemyria.bsky.social
Vivant à 7 000 mètres dans la zone aphotique (zone de la mer tellement obscure et profonde que la photosynthèse n'y est plus possible), cette nouvelle espèce a été décrite dans la revue Systematics and Biodiversity en 2024.
Ce prédateur des abysses digne du film Alien a été découvert à plus de 8 000 mètres de profondeur
Quatre spécimens de ce petit crustacé inconnu ont été remontés depuis l'une des zones océaniques les plus profondes du monde. Leurs analyses…   Théa Doulcet – 6 novembre 2025 à 12h00   "Ce sont quatre spécimens qui ont été collectés à près de 8 000 mètres de profondeur, soit presque autant que la hauteur du mont Everest. Les scientifiques ont baptisé le crustacé Dulcibella camanchaca, en référence au mot désignant les ténèbres dans les langues des peuples andins. Sa carapace blanche lui confère une apparence fantomatique, rappelant le terrifiant facehugger du film Alien.   Vivant à 7 000 mètres, dans la zone aphotique (zone de la mer tellement obscure et profonde que la photosynthèse n'y est plus possible), cette nouvelle espèce décrite dans la revue Systematics and Biodiversity relayée par le média Popular Mechanics a élu domicile dans la fosse d'Atacama, ou fosse du Pérou-Chili." (...)   A new large predator (Amphipoda, Eusiridae) hidden at hadal depths of the Atacama Trench, Systematics and Biodiversity, 27.11/2024 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/14772000.2024.2416430   Image : Post-preservation photo of Dulcibella camanchaca gen. nov. sp. nov. Holotype female (MNHNCL AMP-15974).   ------ via New Predator Emerges From the Deepest, Darkest Part of the Ocean, 03.11.2025 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a69235688/deep-ocean-atacama-trench-crustacean-predator/  
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
katharv.bsky.social
The new issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! 📢

It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'

The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.

#humanevolution #openaccess
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The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess

📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
Front Cover of the 2025, Issue 2 PaleoAnthropology Journal. Featuring images from Balzeau et al.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
spissatella.bsky.social
Generating a molecular tree =/= doing systematics, and definitely =/= doing taxonomy
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
tribblelab.bsky.social
Congratulations @astragaler.bsky.social, with @wile-phylote.bsky.social and I, on putting together a great history of plant systematics, using Liliales and Asparagales as an example of how changes in evolutionary theory and data has shaped modern day understandings of the plant tree of life.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
entcollnet.bsky.social
📢 Ento job klaxon!

Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲

Full details and to apply:
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November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
benjaminpope.bsky.social
We're calibrating systematics at very fine detail, that affect the performance in detecting exoplanets right the diffraction limit. This is 1e-3, 1e-4 stuff, and it matters for high contrast imaging. But it is absolutely nothing like the HST spherical aberration - JWST's optics are excellent.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
maa10816.bsky.social
Yes, studied taxonomy and systematics and university and has informed my understanding of gender.
The definition of a mammal was pretty well set until we became aware of the platypus.
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
journalsysevo.bsky.social
Understanding #plant #adaptation to dry, saline-alkali environments may lead to breakthroughs in sustainable #agriculture.
Huang et al. report on genome-based polyphasic #taxonomy of desert-derived Kineococcus.

🏜️ doi.org/10.1111/jse....
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#systematics #PlantScience
Genome‐based polyphasic taxonomy of desert‐derived Kineococcus reveals nine novel species with plant growth‐promoting traits
Thirty-three new Kineococcus strains were isolated from a desert habitat. By integrating phylogenetic, morphological, physiological, chemotaxonomic, and genomic analyses, these strains were classifie...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
seismosocam.bsky.social
Systematics of the Fault‐Zone Seismogenic Width of Strike‐Slip Plate Boundaries #SRL ⚒️

How do you determine the width of a fault zone? And how does it change with depth?

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
leviyoderraskin.bsky.social
Despite its widespread use in paleoanthropology, PCA is ill-suited and unreliable for inferring hominin evolutionary relationships from morphological data. Studies of hominin systematics that rely on PCA as a means of inferring morphological and phylogenetic affinity should be revisited. end/
Principal Components Analysis fails to recover phylogenetic structure in hominins
Objectives: Paleoanthropologists often utilize geometric morphometrics and principal components analysis (PCA) to interpret shape variation within the hominin fossil record. It is common practice to i...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
camillekessler.bsky.social
Our mystery deer paper is finally out! We used ancient DNA to clarify the systematics of Torontoceros hypogaeus, an 11k years old fossil discovered during excavation work for the Toronto subway in 1976. Due to its unique antler morphology, it was described as an extinct deer species, but ...
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
tweetisaurus.bsky.social
In honour of #2025SVP #SVP2025 in the UK, @journalsystpal.bsky.social has a special collection of landmark papers in vertebrate palaeontology. These papers have revolutionised our understanding of the systematics of major vertebrare groups, and are open access for Nov: share.google/1DIgZYMyjXUH...
JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology
Explore the article collection: JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology. Published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
lifesciencestudios.bsky.social
Check out the recent publication in Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics where the authors explore genomic species delimitation in depth. You'll see a number of #sciart figures I created to help explain some of the concepts!

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
A scientific figure showing speciation and explaining the concept of species delimitation, and including a quote by the paper's first author.
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
tedstankowich.bsky.social
It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎, the #angelshark. This critically #endangered species is a flat-bodied shark that resembles a ray, inhabiting sandy seabeds in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #sharks Photo: Philippe Guillaume
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
botjlinnsoc.bsky.social
Are you as bromeli-MAD about bromeliads as us? Then you're in luck!
Following the success of our previous special issues, we're pleased to announce a new one on Bromeliaceae Evolution & Systematics! Keep an eye on our socials as we share papers over the next few weeks 🌍 🧪 👇
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October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
km3net.bsky.social
Five days of great discussions at #CERN on #ARCA & #ORCA progress: from #dataanalysis and #detector systematics to #astrophysics and #darkmatter!

Hands-on sessions, new ideas, and a fantastic visit to CERN’s Neutrino Platform.

Thanks to the organisers, see you in Valencia in January!
October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
parasitejournal.bsky.social
New review: “𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵”. 🧪
The article synthesises up-to-date findings on sand-fly systematics, behaviour, interactions with parasites and relevance for vector-borne diseases.
🔗 doi.org/10.1051/para...

#Parasitology #SandFlies #VectorResearch #OpenScience
Understanding transmission dynamics for the effective implementation of vector control. In a peridomestic transmission cycle, endophilic vectors feed on disease reservoirs such as humans and dogs. In this scenario, vector control strategies such as IRS, LLINs and IIC are effective. In a sylvatic transmission cycle, exophilic sand flies feed on wild animals. In this case, innovative control tools such as insect bacterial commensals and host odour/sugar bait traps are required. In mixed peridomestic and sylvatic transmission cycles, where the vector is exophilic, the use of IRS, LLINs and IIC may be ineffective, requiring integration of control approaches to effectively interrupt transmission. The purple areas represent zones where there may be spillover between the projected scenarios due to potential changes in human and animal movement, behaviour and environmental drivers such as climate change. IRS: Indoor residual spraying; LLINs: Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets; IIC, Insecticide-impregnated collars. This figure was created with BioRender. Iniguez, E. (2025) https://BioRender.com/l2d3gpc.
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
sarahkendrew.bsky.social
Are you an IR detectors nerd, or need to go deep into detector systematics for your #JWST MIRI science? You might be interested in this paper on MIRI's Reset Switch Charge Decay effect (RSCD) by Mike Ressler et al 🔭🧪https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae0afb
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October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
nuiipointer.bsky.social
They’re… synchronized. Good question. I’m reading a book about them (Myxomycetes: biology, systematics, biogeograohy and ecology; edited by Rojas & Stephenson, 2022) and I hope to find out.
October 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
potamophile.bsky.social
The Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social is delighted to seek a collections specialist specializing in birds and mammals. Candidates should have 3-5 years collections experience and deep knowledge of avian and mammalian taxonomy, systematics, and identification.
October 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
ingridolivares.bsky.social
In today's tropical botany course at our Department of Systematics and Evolutionary Botany I talked about Gesneriaceae, Asteraceae, Araliaceae and Bignoniaceae. I am very grateful to the gardeners for providing us all the amazing plants
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October 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM