Learn about a newly discovered ladybird from the Shirkuh mountain range in Iran, only confirmed as a new species in 2020.
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of a ladybird's genitalia.
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Massive thank you to Mehdi Zare Khormizi for all the help he gave me on this episode. You can follow him on @ladybugs.ir.
Picture by Alexander Slutsky: http://www.alsphotopage.com/gallery/index/id/15304
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirkuh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazd_Province
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/46390/ - Oenopia shirkuhensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Iran mimicking Adalia bipunctata.
https://researchoutreach.org/articles/scientists-join-dots-between-lady-beetles-iran/
https://bioone.org/journals/the-coleopterists-bulletin/volume-74/issue-1/0010-065X-74.1.161/Potential-M%c3%bcllerian-Mimicry-between-Adalia-bipunctata-Linnaeus-and-Oenopia-conglobata/10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.161.short#:~:text=Zakharov%20and%20Shaikevich%20provided%20molecular%20genetic%20evidence%20that,form%20fasciatopunctata%20occurs%20in%20Kazakhstan%2C%20Siberia%2C%20and%20Mongolia. - Unusual two-spots in the orchards.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mehdi-Zare-Khormizi - Mehdi's research page.
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Episode 26: Hippodamia arctica - Tundramarihøne
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Episode 24: Ladybirds in the Winter
Episode 23: Listeners' Questions
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Episode 20 - Anatis ocellata, the Eyed Ladybird
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