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Torsten Dikow
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biodiversity researcher at USNM (Smithsonian NMNH) - discovering fly species - deciphering their evolutionary history - natural history collections + digitization + data - #asiloidflies - deserts - photography ORCID orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909
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Animal life and the world of nature: . London: Hutchinson, 1902-1904. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30137697

Puffin illustration, from the source cited in post
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Started field-work in Namibia with @allen_the_entomologist in search of #asiloidflies#fieldwork

rock overhang
person photographing assassin fly under rock overhang
assassin fly perching upside down under rock overhang
assassin fly perching upside down under rock overhang
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Two years ago today, my good friend primatologist Judith Masters and her partner Fabien Genin were killed in their home in Hogsback, South Africa - a few weeks ago justice has been served with 3 men sentenced to 2 life sentences plus 20 years - a relief to learn about that

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Ich habe seit 2010 3 Bücher geschrieben. „Nerd Attack“ handelt davon, warum Deutschland die Digitalisierung vergeigt hat. „Die Große Beschleunigung“ handelt davon, dass man den Anschluss verliert, wenn man exponentielle Entwicklungen verpennt. „Männer, die die Welt verbrennen“..

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Studying #asiloidflies#nathist collections - these rarely collected flies live on sand dunes/in sandy habitats in south-western U.S. + parts of Mexico - long proboscis for pollinating

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Ph.D. position on Tephritidae to ‘untangle taxonomy of 21-species Zeugodacus tau complex using morphological, molecular, and biological evidence’ available in Brisbane, Australia - deadline 30 Sep 2024 - #Dipteraplantbiosecuritycentre.edu.au/resolving-th...

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A free one-hour online onboarding session & introduction to #Wikidata#IBC2024#Botanytepapa.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Conference poster for the International Botanical Congress showing the use to botanists of adding data to Wikidata including visualisations of said data and the queries that can take place. There are QR codes as well as links to further resources.
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journal African Invertebrates is seeking research articles for a topical collection on “Invertebrates in ecosystem interaction and services” - more info here africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/topical_coll...

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Torsten Dikow
@tdikow.bsky.social
biodiversity researcher at USNM (Smithsonian NMNH) - discovering fly species - deciphering their evolutionary history - natural history collections + digitization + data - #asiloidflies - deserts - photography ORCID orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-2909
29 followers53 following11 posts