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A. Ricarte delivers his plenary talk in the main auditorium of the Congress. Source: M. París
4️⃣ Antonio Ricarte delivered an oral presentation titled: 'The conservation of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Spain', in which he mentioned the important contribution of enterprises such as #INCSTEP to this cause.
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Conference poster. It provides information on the dates, location, organising institutions and a QR code for accessing the website. Source: Congress organisers
Last week, some #INCSTEP members participated in the XXI Iberian Entomology Congress.
The focus this year was on #pollinators! 🪰🐝🦋
Our initiative presented two virtual posters and two oral contributions! 🎓
#NameItToSaveIt #TETTRIsEU
Robert J. Wilson stands with a hot cup of tea in front of his poster, 'Developing a National Reference Collection for Pollinating Insects in Spain'. Source: R. J. Wilson
A general view of the Congress's poster room. Source: R. J. Wilson
Hey! How are you coping with the post-holiday blues? We're ready for anything! 🏁
Take a look at @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social contribution to #Ento25 in Glasgow. It's another chance to show off our progress on the #INCSTEP reference collection!
#NameItToSaveIt 🐝🪰🦋
Take a look to what @incstep.bsky.social did yesterday in the workshop held in #Madrid !! 👇👀
It was focus in #pollinators conservation to foster coneections and raise awareness of #TETTRIsEU and #INCSTEP 🐝
#taxonomy #biodiversity
A3 sheets provided to answer the questions mentioned above, which were discussed at a table with several participants.
General view of the room where the group discussions take place. Participants were asked to form four diverse teams.
After the lunch break, we moved on to the participatory evaluation 🔍👥 of the #INCSTEP tools: 📄 ID-sheets, 🖥️ databases, 🗺️ RC distribution map...
❓ Participants need to respond:
How can the tools in this project help you? 🙌
How can you contribute to them? 🤲
What improvements would you suggest? ☝️
Arturo H. Ariño giving his section of the presentation on database standardisation and preliminary results.
David Galicia lecturing the other section of the presentation on database standardisation and preliminary results.
Arturo H. Ariño and David Galicia (UNAV) have just finished their presentation on #INCSTEP preliminary results #GAPAnalysis 📊🕳️
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As NHCs-based data is inherently patchy, so it is essential to identify our geographical 🌍, taxonomic 🧬 and phenological 📅 gaps in order to fill them!
From left to right: Isabel Rey, Domingo Marquina and Rafael Zardoya in the assembly hall of the Biology Faculty at the UCM, during the opening talk of the day.
Starting up! 🙌☀️
Opening words from Domingo Marquina (UCM), Isabel Rey (MNCN-CSIC) and Rafael Zardoya (MNCN-CSIC) 🗣️
The focus is on #pollinator declines 📉 and the importance of collaborative projects like #INCSTEP in addressing them! 🐝🪰🦋
#NHMs and reference collections are key to monitoring them!
Poster with information about the event. It features an illustration of a butterfly (genus Iphiclides) on a flower. The background is cream yellow. The poster reads: ‘First Meeting of Scientific Reference Collections. Pollinators: Towards a National Network for Their Management.’ It provides information about the date and location of the event. It also displays the logos of all the participating and collaborating entities, as well as the organising project. Source: our own
🚨'Pollinators: Towards a National Network for Their Management'
Next week, #INCSTEP is organising the first meeting of pollinator reference collections, aimed to build connections between national entities related with #pollinator conservation! 🎉
#NameItToSaveIt 🦋🐝🪰
If you have not yet left your comments for the Nature Restoration Regulations, hurry up! The feedback period ends on 17 July. 📅
#TETTRIsEU #biodiversity #taxonomy #ARCADE #BalkanPolliS #INCSTEP
Infographic illustrating some preliminary results our focal-taxa the genus Bombus (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Its taxonomic difficulty is considered high (shown in red). The INC-STEP referecen collection comprises over 9,400 specimens (photo of a entomological box, pic no. 2) belonging to 36 out of 38 species (photo of a mounted specimen, pic no. 1). The species with the most specimens is 'Bombus terrestris' (represented by a photo of a live specimen over a flower, pic no. 3). Source: our own Photo credits: MNCN Ent. Coll. & Joan Parera Riera (CC BY-NC-ND)
Our partner institutions #INCSTEP together house >9.4K specimens belonging to 36 of the 38 recognised species in our territory! 🌍
The top species are B. #terrestris 🥇 and #pascuorum 🥈, with >2,000 specimens each! However, B. #flavidus and #gerstaeckeri are absent from our collection... 🫙
Come and check out this week's summary about another of our #INCSTEP #TETRIsEU focal taxa: the fly subfamily Eristalinae! 🪰🌻
Find out more about these fascinating pollinators in our previous Twitter post: x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...
Do you remember #TypeSpecimenTuesday? Take a look at some of the type material from #INCSTEP! 👀
🪰 Serycomyia hispanica (paratype) bsky.app/profile/incs...
🐝 Colletes merceti (syntype) bsky.app/profile/incs...
🦋 Spialia rosae (holotype) bsky.app/profile/incs...
Here's another look at our preliminary results! 🚨
This time, we're looking at a butterfly family that is more taxonomically challenging: the #Hesperiidae family! 🦋
Are you ready for the big numbers? 📊 #INCSTEP
In case you don't know them ℹ️⤵️
x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...
More preliminary results of our Task 1. Taxonomic review and validation of #INCSTEP focal taxa holdings!
It is the turn of the #Papilionidae family! 🦋📢 (check our previous post in the link below). We also have a new infographics about this group! 📊
x.com/INCSTEP_EU/s...
Close-up of one corner of an organised entomological box containing 'Bombus' specimens from the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Apidae). The specimens are organised with a pinned ID label at the start of each row to facilitate subsequent cataloguing. Source: MCNB Author: I. Lobato
During last months, you’ve probably heard about #INCSTEP pollinator reference collection… 🐝 But, do you know what a Reference Collection (RC) is? 🤔
Today we kick off a series of knowledge capsules to unpack this and other key concepts in taxonomy!
#TaxonomicBites 📚
Exciting news! 📢🆕
After all the hard work, we can finally report some preliminary but promising results from the #INCSTEP reference collection!
Starting today, we will be revealing some of them over the next few weeks. Let's get started with #Xylocopa! 📡🐝
#NameItToSaveIt
M. González posing in front of her poster titled "Illustrating the challenges of creating a pollinator reference collection using skipper butterflies and carpenter bees". Source: our own Author: A. Sánchez Albert
RJ. Wilson on the stage during his talk, in which he emphasised the importance of reference collections in supporting entomological research. Source: our own Author: A. Sánchez Albert
Our colleagues from @mncn-csic.bsky.social are in Wageningen (Netherlands) 🇳🇱, presenting the #INCSTEP project to the lepidopterist community!
Marina González (poster) and Robert J. Wilson (oral presentation) spreading the word about the importance of NHCs and taxonomy! #NameItToSaveIt 🦋💪
Photo of the stand with educational material. It should be noted the display of two entomological boxes: one representing general iberian entomodiversity and another exhibiting INC-STEP focal taxa. Author: A. Sánchez Albert Source: our own
Mercedes París, curator of the Entomology Collection at MNCN-CSIC attending a visitor. Author: A. Sánchez Albert Source: our own
Marina González, curator assistant of the Entomology Collection at MNCN-CSIC presenting the project to attenders. Author: A. Sánchez Albert Source: our own
Adrián Sánchdez, curator assistant of the Entomology Collection at MNCN-CSIC pointing at specimens while chatting with some visitors. Author: A. Sánchez Albert Source: our own
Once again the #INCSTEP @mncn-csic.bsky.social team representing the Natural History Collections! 🏛️🎉
This time at the XIV Feria de Ciencias de Madrid, with many surprised faces to get to know part of our pollinator entomodiversity! #MadridEsCiencia
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Photo of H. Barril sorting bee specimens in an entomological box at the MCNB. Author: I. Lobato
Today we have the pleasure to chat with Helena Barril! 🗣️
She is a biologist and research technician specialised in hymenopteran identification and pollination ecology.
At #INCSTEP she has been one of the people in charge of identifying Bombus and Xylocopa specimens! 🐝
Now, let's unveil the secret life of the Colletidae family with @alexnunez23.bsky.social!
The genus Colletes is one of the target taxa of the project #INCSTEP! Also known as cellophane bees, this genus smooth the walls of their nests with a cellophane-like secretion by using their mouthparts 😉.
Entomological box (on a platform) and text at the hall of the MNCN-CSIC. It contains 20 Iberian specimens of pollinators from different groups: 6 species of butterflies (Papilionidae and Hesperiidae), 3 flies (Eristalinae) and 11 bees (Xylocopinae, Colletidae and Bombinae). Photo credit: J. M. Cazcarra Source: MNCN-CSIC, Vicedirección de Comunicación y Cultura Científica
Come and see the piece of the month at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social!
You can meet some representatives of our focal taxa at the entrance of the museum! This outreach box illustrates the diversity of Iberian pollinators covered by #INCSTEP! 🐝🦋🪰
Want to know more?
www.mncn.csic.es/es/visita-el...
Irene Lobato in front of the participants of the talk commenting on the efforts made by the Arthropod Collection of the MCNB. The INC-STEP project is mentioned in the projected slide. Source: I. Lobato Author: J. Mederos
Hey! You know what? ‼️
Today the ‘IX Trobada de Tècniques i Tècnics de Col.leccions de Ciències Naturals de Catalunya’ has been held in the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social, where our colleague @entomodaily.bsky.social has informed about the #INCSTEP project. 🐝🦋🪰
This kind of exchanges are essential!
Photo of Marina González observing through a telescope in the field. Source: M. González Author: C. González
Once again we meet the people behind #INCSTEP!
Today is the time of Marina González, a young biologist and MS in zoology associated to the entomological collection of the MNCN-CSIC 🏛️ in Madrid.
Her work is mainly focused on the Hesperiidae family! 🦋
Photo of Leopoldo Castro holding his digital camera. Source: L. Castro
Today we meet Leopoldo Castro! 🐝
He is a former secondary school teacher, expert in several Hymenoptera taxa (e.g. Bombinae, Eumeninae), focused on faunistic, geographical and taxonomic studies 👨🏻🏫🏫
His main task for #INCSTEP is the revision of #Bombus specimens! 🔬
Display on the Entomology Collection table that evening. Visitors were able to view specimens through two binoculars and inspect an entomological box containing several focal taxa. Source: our own
Photo of part of the Collection team (Marina González and Mercedes París) interacting with some of the visitors at some point during the evening. Source: our own
Last Saturday was Darwin's & Wallace's Night at @mncn-csic.bsky.social, and the #INCSTEP project couldn't miss out! 🙌
Visitors were taught how to identify Iberian #Xylocopa species, informed about the project's aims and warned about the importance of NHCs for pollinator conservation 🐝🛡️🏛️
Don't miss this! 👀
Another course on #pollinators is just around the corner 🐝🦋🪲. Organised by the @ucm.es, one of the #INCSTEP consortium institutions.
More info here: fundacioncomplutense.es/ecv/curso/in...
Photo of the material presented at the event. It mainly consists of some 3D printed models and an entomological box with specimens representing the focal taxa of the project. Source: our own Photo credit: A. Sánchez
Photo of M. González talking to the participants. Source: our own Photo credit: A. Sánchez
Photo of M. González posing with the presented material. In the background it can be observed a vertical sign announcing the event ("El MNCN en femenino"). Source: our own Photo credit: A. Sánchez
Today is Women and Girls in Science Day, and our colleague Marina González is representing our project and sharing the valuable work of NHCs in entomology, taxonomy and conservation! 🙌💜
For a diverse and equal science! 💪🧪
#WomenInSTEM #INCSTEP
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Photo of Antonio Ricarte sitting in front of an open entomological box containing hoverflies (Syrphidae) during his visit to the Arthropod collection of the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona (MCNB). Photo credit: Berta Caballero (MCNB)
Entomological collections are sustained by all those involved in their study and management. From #INCSTEP @tettris.eu we want to give them voice 🗣️, so we will publish a series of short interviews to introduce some of these people linked to the project.
Today, let's meet Antonio Ricarte! 🪰🌼
Photo of all attendees occupying various seats in the Eduard Boscà science library listening to Rob Wilson (MNCN-CSIC), who is giving a talk to open the meeting.
Last January 10, the #INCSTEP consortium celebrated its project mid-term meeting! 👥🔈
Representatives of the five institutions that make up the consortium attended the encounter held by the Museu de la Universitat de València d'Història Natural 🏛️ at the Eduard Boscà scientific library of the @uv.es
Syrphids like this species –and other non-syrphid flies– are important pollinators, often neglected! ⚠️
Much remains to be done on their taxonomy and biogeography, although our knowledge of them has improved! 📈🔬
#NameItToSaveIt #INCSTEP
