Rupam Debnath

Read my latest #research on a #newspecies of #parasitoid #hymenoptera, published with @SpringerNature! rdcu.be/eZrRB #phdresearch

🐜🍀 The positive role of ants in biological control is perhaps one of the earliest known. Which interactions occur, where do they take place, and in what contexts? Researchgate: tinyurl.com/2prd4cas Schifani et al. 2026. Journal of Pest Science. doi.org/10.1007/s10340…

From reduviid eggs emerges a new Hadronotus! 🐝 Presenting a newly described species of Hadronotus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. #NewSpecies #Hymenoptera #zootaxa mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

Ants carry with them a lot of interesting things, including tardigrades... Researchgate: tinyurl.com/3ypc5jms Giannetti et al. (2025). Dispersion and new shelters offered by ants: myrmecophoresy of tardigrades. Frontiers in Zoology, 22, 30. doi.org/10.1186/s12983…

A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation | happy to share results of this collaboration with an awesome team! #cienciacriolla annualreviews.org/content/journa…

We had an amazing story to tell, and now it's finally out! 🐜💫 Check it on Researchgate tinyurl.com/mzfw932y @Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

A breakthrough by the Zoological Survey of India! Four new species of microscopic parasitic wasps from the genus Idris Förster have been discovered in West Bengal. #ZSI #NewSpecies #ParasiticWasps #BiodiversityIndia #WestBengal #ScienceNews #DNAbarcoding #Entomology

Four #newspecies of Idris (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) are described from India. #hymenoptera #taxonomy DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20…

Pelecinellidae Doddifoenus sp. 「カッコイイidae」のコバチ

phyddle: software for exploring phylogenetic models with deep learning academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance… @systbiol

Taxonomy of the genera Tropidopsilus Kieffer, 1908 and Masnerolyta Buhl, 1997 (#Diapriidae: #Belytinae) with description of a #newspecies of Tropidopsilus from the Palaearctic region #taxonomy doi.org/10.11646/zoota…

Thrilled to share our globally pioneering research on DNA metabarcoding of spider egg sacs! A proud moment for Indian science - revealing novel host-parasitoid complexes and trophic networks. #DNAmetabarcoding #IndianScience #Biodiversity #Hymenoptera nature.com/articles/s4159…

An ant-mimicking rove beetle, Ecitomorpha cf. nevermanni, walks across a living suspension bridge during a raid of its Eciton burchellii army ant host colony. From my book “Army Ants: Nature’s Ultimate Social Hunters”. amazon.com/Army-Ants-Natu…

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One spider egg -> 10 parasitoids! First ever record of gregarious parasitism in Idris (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… #spider #hymenoptera

Malaise Trap Polka Dots vs. Biodiversity Smudge: Similar latitudinal data deficiency gradients for DNA barcodes and all data. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes in an Era of Insect Decline, Deep Learning, and Genomics" doi.org/10.1146/annure…

First record of the subgenus Megachelonus Baker, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae, genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806) for the Afrotropical region (southwestern region of Saudi Arabia), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa: mapress.com/zt/article/vie… 🔒

The first complete 3D reconstruction and morphofunctional mapping of an insect eye. elifesciences.org/reviewed-prepr…

The The tribe Spilomicrini Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Diapriinae) in Iran, with new records of one genus and five species for Iranian fauna. Journal of the Entomological Research Society Save PDF 👉entomol.org/journal/index.… Fig. 5. Spilomicrus stigmaticalis Westwood.

As part of @insectinvestig8, researchers engaged with schools to collect and describe #insect species. The result? Dozens of inspired young scientists, new insights on miracine wasps, and three new species! blog.pensoft.net/2025/01/27/ins…