A new genus and species of Trechinae discovered from the ~100 Ma French Charentese amber! Dedicated to the famous English rock band MUSE, Cydonius musei helps refining the age of the subfamily in a TED framework. doi.org/10.1093/isd/... @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @davidperis.bsky.social

Ens fa molta il·lusió compartir que Josefa González (@gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social), investigadora de l’IBB, ha estat elegida membre d’@embo.org! 🧬 Un reconeixement a una trajectòria científica d’excel·lència. 🔗 Notícia aquí: www.ibb.csic.es/2026/06/30/j...

A deep dive into the fossil record of diving beetles (Dytiscidae): origins & pulsed diversification onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @datadryad.bsky.social @jules2701.bsky.social @cocomacro.bsky.social @davidperis.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @paleodb.bsky.social

🚨PAPER ALERT🚨 A new work led by @jules2701.bsky.social explains the evolutionary dispersion of bark beetles (Scolytinae) and the angiosperms to gymnosperm host shifts during the Cretaceous. @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gondwanan Origin of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles and Their Rapid Worldwide Diversification During the Cretaceous

Aim It is not trivial to estimate the relative contributions of dispersal, vicariance, and range contraction in explaining the present-day distribution of ancient clades. In this study, we aim to in...

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🚨PAPER ALERT🚨 This is the (great!) first paper from @jules2701.bsky.social PhD project. Three different dating methods using fossil record point to the same results: Scolytinae predated the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution. @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...

Multiple Dating Methods and Insights from the Fossil Record Reveal that Bark Beetles Predate the Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution

Abstract. Estimating the age of a given clade is not trivial. Most dating studies rely on a node dating approach, which is highly sensitive to fossil place

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🚨New publication🚨 Beetles are not only neglected pollinators! The Evolution of Flower Beetles as Visitors and Pollinators - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... #LabPaleoecology @ibb-botanic.bsky.social

The Evolution of Flower Beetles as Visitors and Pollinators

An estimated 20% of about 400,000 species of beetles (Coleoptera) are flower visitors. Despite this huge taxonomic and natural history diversity, beetle–flower interactions have historically been over...

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#LabPaleoecology from the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social visited ALBA synchrotron for the first time to scan fossil insects embedded in amber. Results are very promising!

2️⃣punto del #PactoXLaCiencia 💆‍♀️Simplificación y eficiencia burocrática 👇🧵Vamos con el hilo para que también les quede bien explicado a @cienciagob.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social @crueuniversidades.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social

📢TWO JOB VACANCIES!! Interested in Paleoecology, fossil insects or plants? 🪲🌸 These temporary research assistant positions may be for you! Join the #LabPaleoecology at the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social Botanical Institute of Barcelona (Spain). Check details here👇

Congratulations to Laura Pajot, PhD candidate in #PaleoecologyGroup, at @ibb-botanic.bsky.social, for the prize Fairon-Demaret to the best poster at Agora Palebotanica (Paris, France). Title: Cretaceous–Paleogene angiosperm woodiness

🔴La convocatoria “Consolidación Investigadora” de este año vuelve a sufrir un recorte 📉Es un 50% menos que 2024, que a su vez ya fue recortada otro 50% respecto a 2023 👉¿Consecuencia? Aún más problemas para la estabilización @cienciagob.bsky.social @ageinves.bsky.social @dianamorantr.bsky.social 🧵

some recent changes for #Systematic_Entomology @royentsoc.bsky.social ! We welcome new people on our board of EiCs ( #Ligia_Benavides, #Christopher_Owen and #Emmanuel_Toussaint) and expand our scope to include most non-terrestrial arthropods 🕷️ resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Developing Systematic Entomology and expanding its scope

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Minúscula hembra de Sphaerophoria scripta (~7 mm) comiendo granos de polen en una flor de Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Caryophyllaceae). En su vida anterior como larva se buscó la vida devorando pulgones entre las hierbas. Ahora en su vida adulta sigue ayudando a las plantas, pero ahora como polinizador

Tip si estás buscando un #postdoc por Europa: Hace poco salieron los últimos resultados de las #ERC Advanced: erc.europa.eu/sites/defaul... así que si estáis buscando grupos que puedan tener bastante financiación ahora, potencialmente ahí están ;) Yo conseguí mi 1er postdoc así hace 10 años.

Postdoc Job offer for Arthropod Ecologists 🪲🕷️ Michael Staab @leuphana.bsky.social offers a 3 year postdoc starting in October latest. Arthropod diversity, interactions & functions in different research programs, e.g. @bexplo.bsky.social Apply by June 19th www.leuphana.de/en/universit...

In a new study just published, I teamed up with some Brazilian colleagues to explore how the different features of garden flowers help sustain #pollinators throughout the year in a subtropical urban garden. Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/05/30/a... #biodiversity #ecology #bees

A new study shows how garden flowers keep city pollinators flying all year round

When we think of cities, gardens might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But these green patches — whether in private yards, parks, or balconies — play a surprisingly important role in sup…

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🚨🚨🚨!Post doc opportunity! 🚨🚨🚨 35 month post doc on niche modelling of migratory whales in my lab with Katrina Jones. Job advert below: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Please get in touch with questions!

💸¿Cuánto cobra un postdoc en España en 2025? 📉 Spoiler: muy poco, seguimos perdiendo poder adquisitivo desde 2008 @cienciagob.bsky.social 📢Un año más, llega uno de nuestros informes estrella. ¡Acompáñanos en este hilo!🧵 🔗 fji.precarios.org/cuanto-cobra...

Any young paleo workers will be hard pressed to find a better opportunity than this.

Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠）@lhliow.bsky.social · last yr.

Come postdoc in Oslo! 3 years. You design the project! Get in touch with me or others at our museum! Deadline 23 june www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... share and repost !

Insects and #pollination will have room at @pintofscience.es in Barcelona 🪲🪷 🗓️ 19th of May ⏰ 19:00 h 📍Bocca di Bonifacio Tetuan - Ausiàs March, 43, Barcelona Science & Beer 🍻 @ibb-botanic.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology

We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher: - Teaching in ecology and nature conservation - Research on plant-pollinator interactions - Supervision of students - Contribution to our major collaborative projects Start 01.09.2025 Salary according to TV-L E13, 100% 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

🦋🌿 Convidem a les famílies a venir a la propera Jornada “Plantes i petits animals”! Ciència i art convergiran en tallers, jocs i activitats per a infants de 3 a 12 anys.✨ 📍Institut Botànic de Barcelona 🗓️Dissabte 24 de maig, d’11h a 17h 👉Les places són limitades! Inscriu-te aquí: bit.ly/4k5rSz0

Hace dos meses denunciábamos la violencia burocrática y pedíamos un CV unificado: bsky.app/profile/fjip... Pero la violencia burocrática también es papeles y más papeles para justificaciones mínimas. Como dice @fpalazon.bsky.social, ¡queremos tiempo para hacer ciencia!

Paco Palazón@fpalazon.bsky.social · last yr.

Varias rondas de papeles, firmas y justificaciones para un marcador/cortador de vidrio de menos de 50 euros. Y así todo. De hecho esta es de las fáciles... 😩 Que lo he justificado POCO... ¿Y el tiempo para hacer #ciencia cuando es? #burrocracia

• Botànica funerària al Cementiri de Montjuïc (27/04) bit.ly/42a89s7 • Visites al papilionari per a escoles • V Biomarató de Flora: sortida al Jardí Botànic (17/05) i a Collserola (19/05) • Jornada Art i Ciència per famílies (24/05) Anirem donant més informació

🚨New publication in @cp-iscience.bsky.social 🚨 Peñalver et al. describe diverse Mesozoic thrips carrying pollen during the gymnosperm to angiosperm plant-host ecological shift doi.org/10.1016/j.is... @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @amberia-team.bsky.social #LabPaleoecology

Amazing #beetle

iNaturalist@inaturalist.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Observation of the Day is this beetle (potentially in the genus Cyphagogus), seen in China by jiangyou! More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Do you love #fossil plants? Are you searching for a #PhD position? I am recruiting a doctoral student to join my group at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt/M! Deadline on the 11th of May #paleobotany #paleontology #plants #botany www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

📢 Buscamos candidato/a para beca JAE Intro Conexión GENOMA-02 "Papel de los elementos transponibles en la diversificación del sistema nervioso" Estudiantes de grado/máster 800 €/mes (20h) Grupo: @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social ⏳ Deadline: 16 de abril 👉 bit.ly/3QPrBDW

This interesting article on reviewer fatigue prompts me to publicize my most over-used web resource: JANE - the Journal Author Name Estimator jane.biosemantics.org which, based on an abstract, can help authors find a home for their manuscripts and help editors to find reviewers for submissions

Amigos y amigas abejologas, estos cursos van a ser top y creo que pueden estar financiados por la EU, así que si os interesa la taxonomía, hacer una expresión de interés: pollinatoracademy.eu/training/eu-...