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

 Kolkata, India
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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@enricoschifaniJan 8
🐜🍀 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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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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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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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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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_shampooh4 Jun 2025
Pelecinellidae Doddifoenus sp. 「カッコイイidae」のコバチ
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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@Zootaxa24 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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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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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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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@eLife27 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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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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