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Latest from the Amazon
News on biodiversity, publications and field updates


Maculambrysus gallicei, a new species of aquatic bug described from Finca Las Piedras
Robert Sites, a taxonomist and one of our research partners, has just described a new species of aquatic saucer bug, Maculambrysus gallicei, from a stream at FLP.


A new species of firefly described from Finca Las Piedras
A new study by Jéssica Herzog Viana and colleagues has just described a new group of fireflies, the genus Saguassu, including a previously undescribed species from Finca Las Piedras.


Nanelmis aguaje, a new species tiny riffle beetle from Finca Las Piedras
A new species of aquatic beetle has been described from Finca Las Piedras! Meet Nanelmis aguaje, a tiny riffle beetle (family Elmidae) that was just described by researchers working at our site in southeastern Peru
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