African Invertebrates

Fun fact: sandflies are tiny insects that can carry the Leishmania parasite, and this study identified eight different species living in local farmlands.

Curious to find out more? Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.67.177295

🙌 Fresh off their latest keynote talk yesterday, we had Professor Rob Marchant of the University of York drop by our booth at #ECTE2026!

📖 Check out their paper in @africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net: africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/8191/ (1/2)

🏔️ We’re back for Day 2 of the European Conference of Tropical Ecology #ECTE2026 with a keynote talk from Prof. Rob Marchant of the University of York and author in @africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net – “Embedding the Past for Balanced Future Tropical Mountain Social Ecological Systems”.

African 𝘙𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢 wasps have recently received taxonomic investigations, significantly expanding the known diversity within the genus.

This paper describes the male of 𝘙𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴 and provides distribution records for several other 𝘙𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢 species: doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.67.162082

A new species is described as the assassin-fly genus 𝐴𝑐𝑛𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑦𝑖𝑎 is reviewed in the southern Namib Desert.

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Part of: Invertebrates in ecosystem interactions and services.

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Researchers give insights into the occurrence and monthly distribution of sandflies in Kousseri, providing data for combatting visceral leishmaniasis disease.

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It's day two of #Ento25 in Glasgow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Head up to our stand on 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 to learn all about our entomology journals and EU projects. 🐜🐝

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Til moth do us part: new species marks 42 years of marriage “It is without a doubt the prettiest species I have encountered in my long scientific career," said Huemer, who named the moth after his wife.

Misidentified for over a century, a new European moth species has been discovered by Peter Huemer.

“It is without a doubt the prettiest species I have encountered in my long scientific career," said Huemer, who named the moth after his wife.

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Two new species are described and illustrated as part of this review of Chinese species belonging to the spider wasp genus 𝐸𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑦𝑟𝑜𝑛.

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Topical Collection open for submission!

The editors of '𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬' will consider papers on biogeography, biology, ecology and conservation of invertebrates involved in ecosystem interactions and services.

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Three new species are described in this study listing 13 Atherigona species from Angola.

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