Volume 8 (2) now also with its nice cover design. You can explore the whole volume here: bioone.org/journals/int...

Sarcophaga basuto and S. spilogaster from the Drakensberg, SA (coll. Nov. 2023) #Diptera #fleshflies #Africa

Sarcophaga basuto from the Drakensberg, South Africa (Nov. 2023) #Diptera #fleshfly

An integrative taxonomic treatment of the Mycetophilidae of Singapore, describing 98 new species of fungus gnat Now also with a brand new cover, featuring Integricypta fergusondavie gen. et sp. nov. Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... @rudolf-meier.bsky.social @derschwingfliegen.bsky.social

Join us in Costa Rica for Fly School IV! Applications are now open. Visit dipterists.org/fly_school.h... for application & info. @dipterists.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @bertonemyia.bsky.social @ariannatc.bsky.social @phorid.bsky.social

My 1st ever record of an undescribed species of #Tephrochlamys. ID confirmed. Unlike other members of the genus, this species has a pair of presutural dorsocentral bristles. #Diptera #Heleomyzidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

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A new genus and new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore. Paper authored by Fly School instructor Dalton Amorim, Fly School I alumnus @derschwingfliegen.bsky.social, and others

Happy New Fungus Gnats! 🥂🦟🦟 Prof. Dalton Amorim and co-authors name 98 new species of Mycetophilidae from Singapore in a monograph just published in @integsyst.bsky.social The paper can be downloaded for free from the following link: tinyurl.com/342cs43t Enjoy! @rudolf-meier.bsky.social

Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australia’s largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long. But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?

Just in time for the holidays, a little gift: FLY TIMES Issue 75 (Fall 2025)! 🪰 📰 🎁 Check it out for all the latest Diptera/fly news. **Don't forget to check out the call for grant applications through the society too!** dipterists.org/assets/PDF/f...

Don't let this delicate little muppet fly fool you - larvae are voracious predators of armored scale insects! A member of the "gall" midge family, it has abandoned plant feeding for a meat-based diet (like many others). #Cecidomyiidae: #Dentifibula viburni Host = white prunicola scale; #Diaspididae

A new species of phorid fly described by Fly School III alumnus Valerio Caruso and others

Fish species discovered in 1767–1772 by Philibert Commerson and Jeanne Barret, mostly from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Part 1 Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #fish #types #historical @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social @mnhn.fr

Morphological and historical evidence provides new insights into the type series of Chrysobrycon hesperus, the type species of the genus Chrysobrycon (Characiformes: Stevardiidae) Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #fish #ichthyology #paratype @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social

Illustrated identification key to Palaearctic genera of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) Free download: tinyurl.com/mry77muw #wasps #parasitoids #GBOLIII #darktaxa @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @parasitoidrex.bsky.social

First record of Paragus karnaliensis (Diptera: Syrphidae) from India, with notes on Indian species of the genus Paragus Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #hoverflies #flowerflies #flies #India @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

A remarkable new species of the Megaselia sulphuripes-group: Megaselia heimingshofensis sp. n. from Central and Eastern Europe (Diptera: Phoridae) Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #scuttleflies #GBOLIII #darktaxa @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

Taxonomic and faunistic comments on European Scatophila Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae), with descriptions of four new species Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #Diptera #Ephydridae #shoreflies @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social

A new species of Ptilodexia (Diptera: Tachinidae: Dexiinae) from Ecuador, with a key to the South American species Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #Diptera #Tachinidae #flies #bristleflies @leibnizlib.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

Five new prey species of Alysson tricolor Lepeletier & Serville (Hymenoptera: Bembicidae) Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #Hymenoptera #wasps @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @parasitoidrex.bsky.social @mcorr.bsky.social

First report of the invasive pest species Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Eastern Europe Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202... #pest #moth @braconidae-ua.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @bioone.bsky.social

Erratum: A new weevil genus and species of the tribe Ithyporini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from Central Africa. Integrative Systematics 8 (1): 1–10 Appendix 2 now includes all characters used in the phylogenetic analyses. Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202...

Volume 82 of The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature was just published and is available at the following links: bioone.org/.../the-bull... www.biotaxa.org/bzn/issue/vi... #zoology #nomenclature #taxonomy #merrychristmas #xmas

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species go.nature.com/4mOb5T9

A Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia sp.) showing off the beautiful display on those wings! They strut around waving their wings and doing a little wiggle, an amazing behavior right in your own backyard. #Invert #Diptera #bugsky 🌿 #entomology

This is an interesting interaction for entomology folks. Found some ants that looked like they were aphid farming, but they were walking around with abdomens up, which seemed weird. Well, there was a phorid fly lurking around. Mammoth, AZ

Volume 8 (1) of @integsyst.bsky.social was published on 30 June 2025. It includes the descriptions of 7 new genera and 31 new species of insects. The articles are Open Access and available for download at @bioone.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yeytj2bh

0.8mm tiny Aphelinidae wasp (Centrodora sp.?) I found in some hay last autumn Single shot using Mitutoyo MPlan APO10X on a tube lens with variable aperture on a mirrorless aps-c camera. #hymenoptera #Aphelinidae #insects #insect #macrophotography #macrophoto #ultramacro #parasitoid #parasitoidwasp

Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists.

Whip spider (Paraphrynus laevifrons) covered with chloropid fly puparia. The parasitoid fly attacks the eggs carried by the female. When done, the maggots climb on the "childless" mom's back and pupate. She protects them during this period thanks to her motherly instincts.

We're new on @bsky.app! You can explore our latest issue in this thread. It includes a new genus of tarantulas, a new genus of tachinid ("bristle") flies and several new invertebrate species. The articles are Open Access and available for download at @bioone.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yh22fb6s