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Rupam Debnath @the_rdth

PhD Student @ZoologicalI • Systematics (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) • Host-parasitoid associations • He/him

Joined July 2022
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Described 10 new Duta (Scelionidae) species from India 🇮🇳 using morphology COI DNA barcoding ML phylogeny. Also revealed range extensions of known species across Asia. Supported by @ANRFIndia Zootaxa: mapress.com/zt/article/view/… #NewSpecies #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #hymenoptera
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Read my latest #research on a #newspecies of #parasitoid #hymenoptera, published with @SpringerNature! rdcu.be/eZrRB #phdresearch
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EnricoSchifani@enricoschifani
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🐜🍀 The positive role of ants in biological control is perhaps one of the earliest known. Which interactions occur, where do they take place, and in what contexts? Researchgate: tinyurl.com/2prd4cas Schifani et al. 2026. Journal of Pest Science. doi.org/10.1007/s10340-025-0…
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From reduviid eggs emerges a new Hadronotus! 🐝 Presenting a newly described species of Hadronotus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. #NewSpecies #Hymenoptera #zootaxa mapress.com/zt/article/view/…
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EnricoSchifani@enricoschifani
9 Oct 2025
Ants carry with them a lot of interesting things, including tardigrades... Researchgate: tinyurl.com/3ypc5jms Giannetti et al. (2025). Dispersion and new shelters offered by ants: myrmecophoresy of tardigrades. Frontiers in Zoology, 22, 30. doi.org/10.1186/s12983-025-0…
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daniel cadena@cdanielcadena
4 Sep 2025
A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation | happy to share results of this collaboration with an awesome team! #cienciacriolla annualreviews.org/content/jo…
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EnricoSchifani@enricoschifani
4 Sep 2025
We had an amazing story to tell, and now it's finally out! 🐜💫 Check it on Researchgate tinyurl.com/mzfw932y @Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Zoological Survey of India@ZoologicalI
24 Jul 2025
A breakthrough by the Zoological Survey of India! Four new species of microscopic parasitic wasps from the genus Idris Förster have been discovered in West Bengal. #ZSI #NewSpecies #ParasiticWasps #BiodiversityIndia #WestBengal #ScienceNews #DNAbarcoding #Entomology
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Four #newspecies of Idris (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) are described from India. #hymenoptera #taxonomy DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997…
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Hsuan-Pu Chen@chp_shampooh
4 Jun 2025
Pelecinellidae Doddifoenus sp. 「カッコイイidae」のコバチ
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Evolutionary Genomics@evol_genomics
15 May 2025
phyddle: software for exploring phylogenetic models with deep learning academic.oup.com/sysbio/adva… @systbiol

phyddle: Software for Exploring Phylogenetic Models with Deep Learning

Abstract. Phylogenies contain a wealth of information about the evolutionary history and process that gave rise to the diversity of life. This information

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Zootaxa updates@Zootaxa
24 Apr 2025
Taxonomy of the genera Tropidopsilus Kieffer, 1908 and Masnerolyta Buhl, 1997 (#Diapriidae: #Belytinae) with description of a #newspecies of Tropidopsilus from the Palaearctic region #taxonomy doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.562…
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Thrilled to share our globally pioneering research on DNA metabarcoding of spider egg sacs! A proud moment for Indian science - revealing novel host-parasitoid complexes and trophic networks. #DNAmetabarcoding #IndianScience #Biodiversity #Hymenoptera nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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Daniel Kronauer@DanielKronauer
30 Mar 2025
An ant-mimicking rove beetle, Ecitomorpha cf. nevermanni, walks across a living suspension bridge during a raid of its Eciton burchellii army ant host colony. From my book “Army Ants: Nature’s Ultimate Social Hunters”. amazon.com/Army-Ants-Natures…
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One spider egg -> 10 parasitoids! First ever record of gregarious parasitism in Idris (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… #spider #hymenoptera
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Spot them out!
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Rudolf Meier @rudolf-meier.bsky.soci@RudolfMeier15
8 Feb 2025
Malaise Trap Polka Dots vs. Biodiversity Smudge: Similar latitudinal data deficiency gradients for DNA barcodes and all data. Read more in "Illuminating Entomological Dark Matter with DNA Barcodes in an Era of Insect Decline, Deep Learning, and Genomics" doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento…
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Hymenoptera Research@HymenopteraR
31 Jan 2025
First record of the subgenus Megachelonus Baker, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae, genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806) for the Afrotropical region (southwestern region of Saudi Arabia), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa: mapress.com/zt/article/view/… 🔒
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eLife - the journal@eLife
27 Jan 2025
The first complete 3D reconstruction and morphofunctional mapping of an insect eye. elifesciences.org/reviewed-p…
A 3D reconstruction of a compound eye

ALT A 3D reconstruction of a compound eye

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Hymenoptera Research@HymenopteraR
28 Jan 2025
The The tribe Spilomicrini Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Diapriinae) in Iran, with new records of one genus and five species for Iranian fauna. Journal of the Entomological Research Society Save PDF 👉entomol.org/journal/index.ph… Fig. 5. Spilomicrus stigmaticalis Westwood.
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