SeabirdSentinel · @SeabirdSentinel
54 followers · 79 posts · Server climatejustice.social
BIG SCIENCE NEWS: #NewSpecies of adorable #insect 🪳 found in #WudjariCountry. The pea-sized stink bug resembles the spiky leaves of its host plant (Hakea sp.). The discovery was made by entomologists from #UNSW and WA #Museum with the help of #EsperanceTjaltjraak #IndigenousRangers at a place of cultural significance to the Wudjari people of the region. #wudjariboodja #speciesdiscovery #BushBlitz #taxonomy
#newspecies #insect #wudjaricountry #UNSW #museum #esperancetjaltjraak #indigenousrangers #wudjariboodja #speciesdiscovery #bushblitz #Taxonomy
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1399 followers · 15007 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#NewStudy in #MycoKeys contrasts accumulation of #FungalSpecies recovered using traditional #mycological approaches w/those recovered w/ #environmental #DNA sequencing. Even when allowing for various kinds of biases, authors found that #SpeciesDiscovery through #environmental sequencing vastly outpaces traditional #species #recovery in a strongly increasing trend over the last 5 years. The authors conclude that dark #fungi form a defining feature of the #fungal kingdom.
#newstudy #mycokeys #fungalspecies #mycological #environmental #dna #speciesdiscovery #species #recovery #fungi #fungal