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New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt presents the #phylogenomics & revised classification of #Lymexyloidea & #Tenebrionoidea (#Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Cucujiformia)

See the new families & subfamilies🔽
doi.org/10.1111/syen.12683

@gkergoat.bsky.social @lepidochrysops.bsky.social
Graphical abstract of: Phylogenomics and revised classification of Lymexyloidea and Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Cucujiformia)
May 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
oapngob.bsky.social
🔍¡NUEVA ESPECIE DESCUBIERTA!🍄

El archipiélago de Cortegada, integrado en el Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia, vuelve a situarse en el foco de la investigación científica tras el descubrimiento de una nueva especie de hongo: Xylaria polyphaga.
July 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
epantha.bsky.social
Cool little Cryptocephalus tinctus (I think), less than 3mm. Photographed on Common Ivy leaf behind our house today. Temp 58° in East TN.

#bugs #beetles #insects #Coleoptera #macro #macrophoto #macrophotography #Polyphaga #photography #wildlife
From the front, we see a beautiful rust brown beetle with gold horizontal stripes on its back with punctured elytra, thorax, and head with dark brown eyes.
December 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
sidvicious.ca
oh you like the beatles, name 10 members of Polyphaga
July 2, 2024 at 12:43 AM
pmoslatraigh.bsky.social
Coleoptera (Beetles) - Suborder Polyphaga - Superfamily Buprestoidea - Family Buprestidae - Genus Melobasis -
Melobasis nervosa
December 11, 2024 at 12:24 AM
dactylioceras.bsky.social
A new caridean shrimp fossil with exceptionally preserved organs from the Middle Jurassic of La Voulte-sur-Rhône, France

Mandocaris polyphaga gen. et sp. nov.

www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
muimuitime.bsky.social
オブスキュラ(𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢）幼虫が増えてて嬉しい。
それにしても中齢幼虫の素晴らしい保護色。砂漠ゴキブリだけどこういう場所にいるのか？
#𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢
#Bluesky昆虫部
January 13, 2026 at 8:02 AM
rmwaterhouse.bsky.social
For our 2019 #Genome #Biology study we had just 6 beetle 🐞 genomes 🧬 to work with link.springer.com/article/10.1... ... today there are >300 chromosomal-level reference genomes for Coleoptera! #biodiversity #genomics
Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles - Genome Biology
Background The diversity and evolutionary success of beetles (Coleoptera) are proposed to be related to the diversity of plants on which they feed. Indeed, the largest beetle suborder, Polyphaga, most...
link.springer.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
elliejameson.bsky.social
Day 10, Giant. Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus (APMV). the star-shaped feature appears on one side of the virus particle and is linked to a special pentameric vertex and capsomers are arranged at slightly offset angles doi.org/10.1371/jour....
Black and white ink drawing of a virus in a fairly realistic style of an electron microscopy image. The virus is a large slightly rounded hexagon with a star shape on the side facing you. the hexagonal shape is surrounded by dense hairs that stick straight out from the hexagon. The words "Giant virus" are written underneath
October 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
bugwebs.bsky.social
That's difficult, I'm probably some of the smaller aquatic polyphaga.
May 2, 2024 at 11:33 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Batelka et al. Phylogenomics and revised classification of Lymexyloidea and Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: #Cucujiformia) doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Beetle #Beetles #polyphaga #taxonomy
Morphological diversity of Lymexyloidea and the ‘mordelloid clade’. Lymexyloidea: (a) Atractocerinae gen. sp., Singapore (Lymexylidae: Atractocerinae); (b) Lymexylon navale (Linnaeus) (Lymexylidae: Lymexylinae); (c) Elateroides flabellicornis (Schneider) (Hylecoetidae: Hylecoetinae); (d) Melittomma sericeum, USA (Hylecoetidae: Melittommatinae); Tenebrionoidea: ‘mordelloid clade’: (e) Hoshihananomia sp., Malaysia (Mordellidae: Mordellinae: Mordellini); (f) Tomoxia bucephala (Costa), Czech Republic (Mordellidae: Mordellinae: Mordellini); (g) Stenalia testacea (Fabricius), Italy (Mordellidae: Mordellinae: Stenaliini); (h) Pelecotoma flavipes Melsheimer, USA (Ripiphoridae: Pelecotominae); (i) Ptilophorus dufourii (Latreille), Greece (Ripiphoridae: Ptilophorinae); (j) Paleoripiphorus sp., Cretaceous Burmese amber (Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae); (k) Ripidius quadriceps Abeille de Perrin, Spain (Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae: Ripidiini); (l) Ripiphorus sp., USA (Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae: Ripiphorini); (m) Macrosiagon tricuspidata (Goeze), Hungary (Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae: Macrosiagonini); (n) Metoecus paradoxus (Linnaeus), Hungary (Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae: Macrosiagonini).
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
cr2p.bsky.social
Publication | Mandocaris polyphaga, la crevette gloutonne de La Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche)
Une nouvelle crevette caridé fossile de 165 Ma, avec organes et contenu stomacal exceptionnellement préservés, montre qu’elle se nourrissait d’autres crustacés dans la colonne d’eau.
doi.org/10.4202/app....
December 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
gciencia.bsky.social
Novo achado na illa de Cortegada co descubrimento dunha nova especie de fungo para a ciencia: 'Xylaria polyphaga'.
Descuberta unha nova especie fúnxica na illa de Cortegada
O achado de ‘Xylaria polyphaga’ eleva a sete o número de especies novas para a ciencia identificadas no enclave das Illas Atlánticas
www.gciencia.com
June 29, 2026 at 10:43 AM
maitre-poulard.bsky.social
Aucun de ces mots n'est dans la bible
En 2008, une nouvelle souche de Mimivirus, au génome de taille plus grande, a été découverte par l'équipe marseillaise de recherche dirigée par Didier Raoult. Le Mamavirus a été initialement isolé à partir de l'amibe Acanthamoeba polyphaga après que des amibes ont été inoculées avec de l'eau provenant d'une tour de refroidissement située à Paris¹.
May 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
cassandroid.substack.com
This is me trying to save current generations of students (and teachers ;) from embarassment:

duo-nat.web.app?pairId=3487&...

give it a try; happy to get feedback!

I set it so all pairs will be Polyphaga. swipe left for next pair.

#DuoNat #biodiversity #beetles #iNaturalist
DuoNat playing Geotrupidae vs Scarabaeidae
May 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
pacyc184.bsky.social
A giant virus forms a specialized subcellular environment within its amoeba host for efficient translation | Nature Microbiology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02234-x?utm_source=%5Btwitter%5D&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=%5Bnimcrobiol%5D
A giant virus forms a specialized subcellular environment within its amoeba host for efficient translation - Nature Microbiology
Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus generates a subcellular area in host cells that overcomes the mismatch between host and viral tRNA supply and demand.
www.nature.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:56 AM
rmwaterhouse.bsky.social
#beetles 🪲 #ladybirds 🐞 diet & immunity #evolution
🟣 Genomic signatures of phytophagy link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🟪 Horizontal antibacterial gene transfer link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🟣 From fungivory to carnivory and herbivory link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Genomic signatures accompanying the dietary shift to phytophagy in polyphagan beetles - Genome Biology
Background The diversity and evolutionary success of beetles (Coleoptera) are proposed to be related to the diversity of plants on which they feed. Indeed, the largest beetle suborder, Polyphaga, most...
link.springer.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
worm98.bsky.social
found this cool Black Blister Beetle (Epicauta pensylvanica) i found a while back!
#bugsky #insect #insects #beetle #beetles #arthropod #arthropods #invertebrate #invertebrates #animal #cute
#blister-beetle #black-blister-beetle #Epicauta-pensylvanica #Epicauta #Meloidae #Polyphaga #Coleoptera
small beetle, with a rough grainy exoskeleton. entirely black, apart from the short dark brown antennae. small head and thorax when compared to the abdomen.
October 23, 2024 at 1:22 AM
skulleigh.com
As @donutage.bsky.social said, “That flower is one popular hang-out spot!”

I couldn’t tease an ID out of iNat other than Suborder Polyphaga.
A group of six tiny beetles hanging out on a pink and white flower that has a yellow center, and a long squiggly stem. It is in front of a dead tree trunk that has obviously been through a fire at some point. A closer look at the flower and group of beetles. They are brown with a lighter brown, almost digital camouflage pattern on their wing cases. The ends of their body are very pointy.
April 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM
ellisor.net
beetle on my chair.

it’s only about 4-5m long.
Polyphaga beetle. Iridescent electric blue wings with red-orange sides and thorax and long antennae.
May 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
moremilvus.bsky.social
#Käfer ( #Coleoptera) 1
Untergruppe #Adephaga: #Laufkäfer ( #Carabidae), #Schwimmkäfer ( #Dytiscidae), #Polyphaga, #Staphylinoidea, #Scarabaeoidea

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March 30, 2024 at 9:18 PM
elwedraws.bsky.social
Perfectly shaped sand roach Polyphaga saussurei. Also known as Saussure's Tortoise. They reproduce without males.
Oval chunky sand roach, Polyphaga saussurei, with slightly brown lower half, symmetric light spots on darker upper half. The legs are spiky to help it move and dig through the soil. Here it sits on the lid of it's usual container
December 22, 2024 at 3:37 PM
effingunicorns.bsky.social
I understand you're trying to help, but please take a look at OP's profile, the alt text, and the photos on the following pages:

www.inaturalist.org/taxa/313246-...
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48484-H...
Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (Olla v-nigrum)
Olla v-nigrum is a species in the family Coccinellidae ('lady beetles'), in the suborder Polyphaga ('water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf and snout beetles'). The species is known generally as the '...
www.inaturalist.org
July 29, 2026 at 1:38 AM
howtrite.bsky.social
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Dynastes
Species: D. hercules
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule...
Bugz r fun.
Ask him if he knows Jeffrey.
Hercules beetle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
lonelyseventeen.bsky.social
尼有看過古埃及ㄉ蟑螂ㄇwwwww

vocus.cc/post/67866ec...
對蟑螂的愛恨情仇，超越時空與種族！｜方格子 vocus
#埃及文物 最近看到網路上有人分享古埃及人自古就會物理攻擊蟑螂的圖片 蟑螂真的是超越時空令大家頭痛的害蟲啊～～～ 埃及沙漠蟑螂（Polyphaga aegyptiaca）和東方蜚蠊（Blatta orientalis）等種類的蟑螂在古埃及時期就是令人頭痛的害蟲之一 【修正：古埃及時期的蟑螂種類不只有
vocus.cc
January 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM