🐝Researchers documented the nesting and foraging #biology of Andrew's Plasterer #Bee (Colletes andrewsi), a rare specialised species. See what the researchers found in our open-access article: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

🐝 Four new species of the wasp genus Lyroda have been discovered, described, and illustrated from Yunnan, Guangxi, and Zhejiang provinces in China. 🔑 An updated identification key is also provided for all known Chinese species within the genus. ➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.187068

New comprehensive study on the revision of the #bee genus Andrena in the southern Balkans, which covers a total of 273 species (28 of which are #endemic to the region) and includes a complete identification key to facilitate further research: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy

Check out the world revision of #Piogaster - parasitoid wasps that hunt jumping spiders 🕷️. It includes a new species from Alberta, new records across Europe & North America, and the first confirmed male-female match in a species: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #Entomology #Taxonomy #Parasitoids

🐛 The XIII European Congress of Entomology (ECE 2026) is set to be held in Tours, France, from June 29 to July 3, 2026. ➡️ Find out more by accessing our latest news announcement: jhr.pensoft.net/news/1226 #ECE2026Tours @irbi-tours.bsky.social @socentomolfr.bsky.social

🐝The invasive yellow-legged #hornet has spread rapidly across Asia and Europe, but a new review confirms it has more #predators than previously thought, from #badgers to #woodpeckers. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #trophicinteractions #invasivespecies

🐝 We are excited to share that research published in our journal on the 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢 bee has now been featured by @people.com, following the recent coverage in @the-independent.com. 👉 Read the feature here: people.com/over-5-milli... 👉 Access the original study: jhr.pensoft.net/article/56898/

🎉🐝 We are thrilled to share that research published in our journal in 2020 on the nesting habits of the 𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢 bee has recently been featured in @the-independent.com! 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: The Independent: www.independent.co.uk/news/science... Original study: jhr.pensoft.net/article/56898/

Does Canadian goldenrod invasion really threaten ant communities? A new study from central Romanian ##meadows challenges previous assumptions - and points to an unexpected factor shaping the results. | See what the #researchers found here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #hymenoptera

A new study expands the documented #species #diversity of potter #wasps (Symmorphus) in Vietnam and provides taxonomic notes on their distribution, as well as photographs and illustrations: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

A new inquilinous gall #wasp species,𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘴, has been found living in galls made by 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘹 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢. 👉 Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... @calacademy.bsky.social #entomology #biodiversity #newspecies

What was thought to be 1 well-known #parasitoid #wasp species (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴) turned out to be minimum 23. New study describes 14 new species from the Western Palaearctic - the first multi-species treatment in 66 years for the region ⤵️ @leibnizlib.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social

A second species of the rare ant genus Ishakidris in Peninsular Malaysia has been discovered, providing new data on a group previously known from just one specimen. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.99.166509 @mfnberlin.bsky.social #newspecies #ants

𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢 is a new gall #wasp found in the galls of a live #oak Quercus oleoides in Mexico. The research increases the systematic knowledge of poorly known species in the genus Cynipini in the Neotropics: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

🐝Check out the first step-by-step protocol for producing and implementing trap nests for the standardization of data collection on cavity-nesting #Hymenoptera: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴 actively forages on #honeydew from globose scale 𝘚𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪! This study underscores how bumble #bees adapt to alternative food sources, providing insights into their foraging plasticity and futurepossible #conservation strategies. #Entomology #Ecology #mutualism

🐝🐞🐦🦇 What is #pollinator #health, and why does it matter now more than ever? 🔎Discover the scope of the field, our mission and more as a new 💎 #OpenAccess #journal in our very first editorial 👇 ✒️ We are powered by @arphahub.com doi.org/10.3897/apr....

A new species is described in the Darwin wasp subgenus Paropheltes. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #waps #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy

These two postdoc positions look fascinating! 🧪 Do consider if fieldwork in Cameroon, Kenya and South Africa, and the evolution of social wasps, sound interesting! (TBH I'm almost tempted myself.)

A first comprehensive overview of all known hibernating Darwin wasp species in the Western Palaearctic: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... #wasps #ecology #faunistics @ikaosterblad.bsky.social @janmees.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social

The braconid wasp Opius youi is recorded for the first time from South Korea, representing the first record of the species outside China. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

A revision of the known species of the wasp genus Acroclisoides, with descriptions of eight new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #newspecies #parasitoids #taxonomy

Newly designed PCR multiplex can help recognize and amplify #DNA specific to four #parasitoid #wasp species that attack the #invasive Roseau cane scale (𝘕𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) in the Mississippi River Delta. See the full article here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

Love apt, memorable species names. Love open access journals. Love native pollinators!

jhr.pensoft.net/article/1663... Very cool #bee, cool discovery.

All known species of the diapriid genus Lepidopria are revised, keyed and illustrated, and one species is described as new to science: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #newspecies #taxonomy

The first investigation of vibroacoustic signals in ants from Malta provides a comparative analysis of signals in workers of Messor ibericus across diffferent geographical populations: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #biogeography #ants #vibroacoustics

#NewSpecies! New parasitoid wasp from #china just flew in: Diglyphus albifemur Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CB3B0E65-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #ZooKeys #DiglyphusAlbifemur #FAIRdata #OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasite

Miniaturization does not reduce the diversity of the sensilla, but instead drives simplification at the structural level, while preserving their functional roles, this study of the miniature parasitoid wasp Megaphragma viggianii found. doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

A new potter wasp species is described from Anhui, China. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #newspecies #taxonomy

A new species of bee has been identified! Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), has demon-like horns and visits a critically endangered flower in Australia

Kit Prendergast, the Scientist who discovered & named this far out looking bee has done much cutting edge & exciting work on AU bees But my favorite thing she’s done is naming a new species of bee after her dog Zephyr (Leioproctus zephyrus) #Kitprendergast public.pensoft.net/items/?p=7TV...

🐝New species of Australian bee just dropped! 🐝 It was found during surveys of the critically endangered wildflower Marianthus aquilonarius. Megachile lucifer is named because of the "demon-like horns" of the female. 🧪Discovery by Kit Prendergast and Joshua Campbell: jhr.pensoft.net/article/1663...

In this study led by Carlos Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social, we describe three new species of Andrena. The intensive survey over 27 years at the Cazorla range demonstrates the importance of this genus in the pollination of the flowering plant species in this area. 👉 jhr.pensoft.net/article/1659...

An analysis of community-wide relationships between plants and Andrena bees in the Cazorla mountain range, a biodiversity hotspot in southeastern Spain: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... @cmhmaliani.bsky.social @j-valverde.bsky.social @alexnunez23.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social #bees #phylogeny

HORNED BEES!!!! (yes, there are photos, you have to scroll down) jhr.pensoft.net/article/1663...

Devilishly distinctive new bee species discovered in Western Australia Goldfields. The new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile Paper: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... (the title doesn’t fit here)

We've been meeting so many cool people at #EntSoc25! Here is our author Alfred Daniel Johnson - he published an article on the parasitoids of Delta dimidiatipenne nests a few years ago available here doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

Our journal's in the spotlight in this BBC article on a new Australian bee species that we published about! Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Elucidating mutual relationships between bees and plants in biodiversity hotspots is a challenge that requires the joint efforts of ecologists and taxonomists.In this new paper we analyse community-wide relationships between plants and Andrena bees in the Cazorla mountains and describe 3 new species

A newly identified native bee species with distinctive horn-like features has been discovered in Western Australia's Goldfields, underscoring the diversity of Australia's native pollinators. doi.org/g99xcf

Celebrating Austraian Pollinator Week with a new native #bee species from Western Australia’s Goldfields! This exciting discovery has horns on its head and a powerfully mischievous name! blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/11/d... Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

How do different immune strategies interact in social insects? Check out this curious study on leafcutter ants for some answers. #Hymenoptera #entomology #ants doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

Three new wasp species of the genus Psen are described from China. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #taxonomy #wasps #Hymenoptera

A lot to learn in this #EntSoc25 symposium led by our author @cmtribull.bsky.social

A comprehensive taxonomic revision and identification key for the seven species of Western Palearctic Leptopilina, a genus of parasitic wasps that primarily target Drosophilidae larvae: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #biocontrol #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy

A new sawfly species is described and illustrated from China's Zhejiang Province. This is the third Platycampus species recorded in China. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #newspecies #Hymenoptera #taxonomy

Six new wasp species from China are described. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #taxonomy #Hymenoptera

🐝Bees and all kinds of pollinators on the menu as Denis Michez presents and PoshBee and @wildposh.eu Denis btw is a prolific author in many Pensoft journals such as @riojournal.com, @oneecosystem.pensoft.net, and @jhr.pensoft.net and we've also collaborated on a number of projects with him!