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🦉 Don't forget that #ZoologyCon2026 is coming to Bucharest early next month! 📋 Accommodation details have now been added and can be accessed on the official site: zoologycon.ro/scientific-p... #zoology #conservation #taxonomy

🍁 The invasive Japanese maple leafhopper, Japananus hyalinus, has been recorded in Greece for the first time, having been found infesting field maples in urban areas of Diavata and Nea Magnisia, Central Macedonia. 👉 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e181050

🦉 ZoologyCon 2026 | 4-7 Nov, Bucharest 🔬 Taxonomy to genomics, ecology to conservation - join zoologists from around the world. 📋 Preliminary programme now live: zoologycon.ro/scientific-p... ⏰ Register by 20 September: zoologycon.ro/registration... #ZoologyCon2026 #Zoology

In memoriam of Gabriela Andrei, a passionate malacologist and museologist who dedicated her lifetime to the Museum and its collections: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e197414

🦎 The first recorded instance of predation on Swinhoe's White-eye by the introduced Blue-crested lizard has been documented in Hong Kong, with an adult female lizard observed consuming a nestling in a peri-urban parkland: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e192880

🐟 A new museum record of Plagiognathops microlepis has been reported in Romania, with the specimen linked to fish ponds at Nucet where the species was introduced from China. 👉 Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e186906

🦗 The bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima has been discovered in an urban park in Bucharest, a finding consistent with the species' known ecological adaptability. 👉 Full study: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e199407

🐝 Three parasitoid wasp species - Proctotrupes gravidator, Dirhinus hesperidum and Oodera formosa - have been recorded in Greece for the first time. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e182586

🪲 A comprehensive faunistic study of 21 carrion and burying beetle species and subspecies in Romania has been carried out, drawing on records from the Grigore Antipa Museum's collections. 🗺️ Distribution maps have been produced for every species for the first time: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e190699

📢 The abstract submission deadline for ZoologyCon 2026 is fast approaching! 📝 Abstracts are invited across all six congress themes, from taxonomy and genomics to conservation and citizen science. ⏰ Submissions are only being accepted until 31 July 2026 - get yours in soon! zoologycon.ro/home/

📸 A wasp species new to Japan, Eupelmus curvator, was discovered after striking photos of it parasitising a praying mantis egg case were shared on Twitter (now X). ➡️ @pensoft.net's latest blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/07/01/s... 👉 Full study: doi.org/10.3897/travaux.69.e171809 #citizenscience

🎉 Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" has received a 2025 Scopus CiteScore of 0.7! 🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: travaux.pensoft.net/news/1304 #OpenAccess #JIF2026 #Scopus

🏛️ Happy International #Museum Day and a very special 80th anniversary to the International Council of Museums! ✨ Visit our latest blog to explore our "Best of the Archive" collection and find out more about the articles we have selected for this year's celebration: #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2026

🦋 Abstract submission for ZoologyCon 2026 is now open! ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement to learn more: travaux.pensoft.net/news/1209 ➡️ Official website of ZoologyCon: zoologycon.ro/home/

🦋 ZoologyCon 2026 is coming to Bucharest! Join us 4-7 Nov 2026 for an international congress hosted by Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History. 📅 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝟏 𝐀𝐩𝐫: Reg/Abstracts open 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧: Abstract deadline 𝟏𝟓 𝐎𝐜𝐭: Reg deadline 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: travaux.pensoft.net/journal_news...

First record of the #invasive mealybug 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦 in Egypt. 📖 Read the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/trav... #pest #morphology

First record of three rare #spider species from the Republic of Moldova: 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘬𝘺𝘪, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 and 𝘖𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴. ➡ doi.org/10.3897/trav... #newrecord #biodiversity #Araneae

A four-year study of the #fish #fauna of the lower reaches of the Cerna River (Danube river system) identified 19 species and documented the first occurrence of 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢 in this river ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/trav... #freshwater #biodiversity

Going south: the first record of the dead log #beetle (𝘗𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴) in Greece marks its southernmost distribution. ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/trav... #saproxylic #newrecord

🦗Two bush-cricket #species, 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴 and 𝘐𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢, are recorded for the first time in the Eastern Carpathians, extending the range of 𝘗. 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴 and indicating a #biogeographical link among 𝘐. 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢 populations in Transylvania, Wallachia, and Dobrogea. ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/trav...

New study reports on the #diversity and distribution of #ectoparasites on the Little Grebe (T𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘺𝘣𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴) and the Great Crested Grebe (𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) in Algeria revealing new host-parasite: doi.org/10.3897/trav...

In Romania, the first record of the tent caterpillar 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 (from a male specimen) was found on the southwest shore of the Danube, near the Serbian border. Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/trav... #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity

❄️ Over 5,900 hours of #acoustic #data collected during two winter seasons (2018–2020) in three #Natura2000 sites were used to assess hunting pressure on the vulnerable Red-breasted Goose (𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴). 🔎See the results here: doi.org/10.3897/trav... #audiomoth #bioacoustics

A new species of shallow-water tanaid represents the first record of the genus 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠 from the Sea of Crete. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse....

This study highlights the simplicity and extremity of the teasel aquatic environment and provides insights into ecological processes, such as distribution, colonisation and species interactions within the teasel ecosystem. doi.org/10.3897/trav...

Researchers compile new records based on field surveys and citizen science platforms, confirming the presence of Sphenophorus venatus in Albania, Bulgaria, mainland Greece, Italy, Israel and Turkey. doi.org/10.3897/trav...

New records and host-parasite associations are presented in this study of the feather mites detected on 29 dead birds in Türkiye. doi.org/10.3897/trav...

A newly discovered species of soldier beetle has been identified from the Sarmatian deposits located near Vlădiceni, Iaşi County, Romania. travaux.pensoft.net/article/1434...

Lycidae, Elateridae Prostomidae and Pyrochroidae in the Coleoptera collections of “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History are presented with the first record of Pyrochroa bifoveata in Romania. doi.org/10.3897/trav...

A specimen collected during the first “Galathea” expedition (1845–1847) represents the first documented record of Saptha divitiosa from the Nicobar Islands, extending and reshaping the known western limit of this species’ distribution range. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

The Asian mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron curvatum is reported for the first time in Cyprus. Researchers present an identification key and notes on the species' possible impacts. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

New records and findings derived from 37 years of pitfall-trap samplings by the Natural History Museum of Crete raise the total number of Orthoptera known for Crete and its satellite islands to 83 taxa. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

48 species are recorded in a checklist of leaf beetle diversity in Algeti National Park, Georgia, and its environs. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

Data for grey wolf prey preference show considerable seasonality in the Central Balkan Mts., reinforcing the carnivore's pronounced adaptability in terms of prey selectivity. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

Researchers present the first report of kleptoparasitism (food theft) for Leptodeira rhombifera in Nicaragua. Learn more about their battle for a yellow toad (Incilius luetkenii) here: ‬🔗 doi.org/10.3897/trav...

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