Ecuadorian Entomologist | Love the Andes, beetles and photography | Alumni: PUCE, University of Kansas and Clemson University
Currently at Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO)
#Andes #beetles #Ecuador
Sofía Muñoz-Tobar
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Happy to share this new publication describing a new genus and species from Ecuador #Biodivesity #Beetles #Ecuador #INABIO peerj.com/articles/211...
Sofía Muñoz-Tobar
A nice, extended piece on species discovery in Ecuador, featuring many of my sabbatical colleagues:
youtu.be/CuO5iACpVso?...
Please welcome to the world: Metopiellus palamaku and M. chasqui, new species of neotropical Pselaphinae, written with friends/coauthors from INABIO. These are the 8th and 9th species of Metopiellus known, and the first ones from Ecuador.
doi.org/10.3897/zook...
The Bosque Escuela Tena in Ecuador, children learn by exploring nature. The school was recently awarded a Global Citizenship Award - @unesco.org, which recognizes initiatives that build more peaceful and sustainable societies. www.instagram.com/bosque_escue...
New spider species discovered that mimics the Cordyceps fungus - Taczaniwskia waska #Ecuador #Biodiversity #Invertebrates #Araneidae #INABIO mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Sofía Muñoz-Tobar
Happy to share our latest paper documenting the distribution and predatory habits of the rove beetle Platydracus buquetti #Coleoptera #Ecuador #Biodiversity doi.org/10.1649/0010...
Sofía Muñoz-Tobar
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Michael Caterino
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Sofía Muñoz-Tobar
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Aequatobolbus otongachi, gen. et sp. nov., the new South American genus and species of Bolboceratinae, are described from Ecuador. The new genus and species are diagnosed and illustrated, and an updat...
#LiteratureNotice Muñoz-Tobar & Caterino. New species of the Brachyglutine genus #Panabachia Park (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Ecuador doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #newspecies #biodiveristy
A surprising diversity of Panabachia beetle species was revealed from a remarkably small area in Ecuador, with 22 newly described species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#newspecies #paramo #taxonomy @smunoztobar.bsky.social @mcaterino.bsky.social
The Coleopterists Society
These friends are flat-backed millipedes and they feed on decaying vegetation. We found a bunch of them yesterday.
Intag Refugio, Ecuador