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New to nature No 104: Meenoplus roddenberryi

The presence of isolated bug Meenoplus Roddenberryi on Gran Canaria suggests important things about the evolution of cave-dwelling speciesThings are looking up for bugs underground. Among the 132 cave-dwelling invertebrate species of the Canary Islands…

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New to nature No 103: Tinkerbella nana

An impossibly small species of fairyfly owes its name to two characters in Peter PanThe family Mymaridae includes more than 1,400 species of diminutive insects called fairyflies. They are not flies at all, but tiny wasps that deposit their eggs inside …

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New to Nature No 102: Lobariella sipmanii

A beautiful, newly discovered lichen from Colombia is the result of a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a photosynthetic algaA new species of lichen was found growing on lower to mid-height stems and small trunks of Diplostephium revolutum, a…

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New to nature No 101: Lanonia centralis

The palm used to make traditional Vietnamese cone-shaped hats has been elevated to its own genusSampling across the 137 species of the palm genus reveals three geographic areas of high species diversity: the Sunda Shelf of the Malaysian peninsula and …

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New to Nature No 100: Eleodes wheeleri

To defend themselves, these beetles perform ‘headstands’ before spraying a noxious chemical mixtureDarkling beetles are a conspicuous part of the insect fauna of many arid regions of the world. In the south-western United States and Mexico, for example…

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New to nature No 99: Phagocata flamenca

This Andalucian flatworm, with its flamenco ruffles, is among six new species discovered on the Iberian peninsulaPlanarians are freshwater flatworms of the order Tricladida, scavengers and predators on other invertebrates, hermaphroditic, and capable o…

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New to Nature No 98: Xerophytacolus claviverpus

Two new genera of leafhoppers have amazing waterproofing properties, and are happy to be herded about – by antsTwo new genera of leafhoppers, Xerophytavorus and Xerophytacolus, were recently described by Michael Stiller of the biosystematics division…

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New to nature No 97: Ferrisia uzinuri

Pinpointing new species of mealy bug is of huge benefit to the agricultural industries of afflicted nations worldwideMealy bugs are small, soft-bodied scale insects that attach themselves to plants where they feed on fluids, weakening or damaging the h…

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New to Nature No 96: Oncopodura fadriquei

Springtails, among the most abundant arthropods on Earth, have been newly documented in Spanish cavesCollembola (aka springtails) are among the most abundant and widespread arthropods on Earth. This is due to secretive habits and generally small sizes,…

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New to nature No 95: Culiseta lemniscata

The 46m-year-old fossil of an ancient mosquito discovered in shale in north-western Montana offers a rare insight into the species’ evolutionary historyMosquitoes have been around from at least the Mesozoic and are an impressively ecologically and evol…

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