Triplehorn Insect Collection asks public to help label butterflies
Check it out! Our recent citizen science expedition on Notes from Nature made the College of Arts and Sciences News today.
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New publication: on tiny parasitic wasp Calixomeria
A new genus and species of the seldom-studied platygastroid subfamily Sceliotrachelinae is described from Australia. Calixomeria is a tiny (less than 1 mm long!), uniparental (females only) parasitic wasp found throughout mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Art & Science meet at Hypotheses!
Evie Moran & Jordan Reynolds, two artists associated with the Triplehorn Insect Collection, are presenting their collection-based, science-inspired art work at "Hypot
Arctic Oeneis butterflies from Ohio State part of citizen science network
Arctic Oeneis butterfly specimens from the Triplehorn Insect Collection at Ohio State are now up on Notes from Nature, a citizen science platform that connects museum collections with the vast community of individuals interested in biodiversity with the goal of expediting the transcripti
We're finalists on the 2018 "Youtube Your Entomology" Contest!
"Wasps to Human Surgery: Inspiration From Nature", video created by Jessika Raisor (Columbus College of Art and Design) in collaboration with Huayan Chen and Luciana Musetti (Ohio State University),
New publication: Revision of Chromoteleia
Chen, H-y, Talamas, EJ, Masner, L, Johnson, NF (2018). Revision of the world species of the genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae). ZooKeys 778: 1-95. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.778.25775.
Thesis defense: Huayan Chen
Huayan Chen defended his PhD thesis on Monday, July 2, with a seminar entitle "Systematics and Evolution of the Superfamily Platygastroidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera)."