Florida State Collection of Arthropods
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Florida State Collection of Arthropods
@theFSCA
Official Twitter account of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA).
Gainesville, FL Katılım Kasım 2018
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The Florida State Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services recently published "Click Beetles (#Coleoptera: #Elateridae) of the Southeastern States. A limited run of hardcopies will be made. If you are interested contact Paul.Skelley(at)fdacs . gov for info.

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Titanus giganteus #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae. The biggest longhorn of them all, and what a fitting name.
#AmazingBeetles #FSCA #WappesCollection

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#InsectQuiz
What creature do we have here? Very unusual looking for the family. Will reveal later today.
#AmazingBeetles #FSCA


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Cosmisoma plumicorne #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae. Fancy antennae = fancy longhorn
#AmazingBeetles #FSCA #WappesCollection #Panama

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Eriocharis lanaris #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae Setae (~hairs) make every #beetle better.
#AmazingBeetles #FSCA #WappesCollection #Argentina



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Unxia gracilior #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae. Longhorns know what they are doing with their antennae
#AmazingBeetles #FSCA #WappesCollection

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I was the "lucky" one to assess the collection of the late Jim Wappes after it arrived at #FSCA. 82681 #beetles and #truebugs later I am finally done. We are lucky to have received 36618 longhorns representing around 5000 different species.
#AmazingBeetles #NaturalHistoryMuseums


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#FireflyMagic Day 345. #Fireflies from the West Indies identified, databased and with a barcode label added. Ready to go back to #FSCA.
#AmazingBeetles #Lampyridae

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And because Acrocinus longimanus #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae is my favorite #beetle I was gifted this amazing cake in 2016.
#AmazingBeetles #SciArt #Baking

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My absolute favorite #beetle. Acrocinus longimanus the harlequin beetle #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae. This one will go in my WOW box but one day I will collect one myself IRL.
#AmazingBeetles

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Travel Grant Announcement!
Please everyone check out the new CSE travel grants. We thank Stewart and Jarmila Peck for their generosity.
More info here:
centerforsystematicentomology.org/default.asp?ac…
Please share!

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#NewLiterature Skelley. 2021. New genus of Rhyparini (#Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) in amber from the Dominican Republic. Insecta Mundi 0896: 1–5.
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0…

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#NewLiterature Huerta, Spinelli, Grogan Jr. 2021. A new Neotropical predaceous midge in the genus Parabezzia Malloch from Guerrero, Mexico, and a second Mexican record of P. alexanderi Wirth (#Diptera: #Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 0895: 1–9.
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0…

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#NewLiterature Orfinger, De Jong. 2021. The first record of the jumping bristletail Pedetontus gershneri Allen, 1995 (#Microcoryphia: #Machilidae) from Alabama, USA significantly extends its known range. Insecta Mundi 0894: 1–4.
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0…

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#NewLiterature Huchet. 2021. Two new species of Nothochodaeus Nikolajev, 2005 from Palawan Island, Philippines (#Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: #Ochodaeidae). Insecta Mundi 0893: 1–12.
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0…

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#NewLiterature Skelley. 2021. A new species of Leptorhyparus Howden, 2003 (#Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini) in amber from the Dominican Republic, with comments on extant species. Insecta Mundi 0892: 1–7.
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0…

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#NewLiterature Janicki, Young. 2021. Survey of the #Attelabidae of Wisconsin (#Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Insecta Mundi 0891: 1–61.
centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0…

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