Lech Karpiński's Avatar

Lech Karpiński

@ceramb.bsky.social

cerambycid enthusiast and Central Asian explorer, assistant professor at MiIZ_PAS, FulbrightPoland alum. Systematics & Evolution #Cerambycidae #Coleoptera https://sites.google.com/view/lech-karpinski-phd/

75 Followers  |  72 Following  |  17 Posts  |  Joined: 17.01.2025  |  2.0349

Latest posts by ceramb.bsky.social on Bluesky

Everyone's welcome

12.02.2026 14:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

• characterization of hybrid zones across ecological gradients,
• impacts of gene flow on adaptation, reproductive isolation, and species limits,
• biogeographic or ecological drivers influencing opportunities for hybridization
• other related issues

27.12.2025 12:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

we welcome contributions that explore empirical, theoretical, or methodological aspects of reticulate evolution and speciation in Coleoptera 🐞🪲

❗️We're calling for:
• molecular and morphological signatures of hybridization and introgression,

27.12.2025 12:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Frontiers | Reticulate Evolution and Speciation Dynamics in Beetles (Coleoptera) Beetles (Coleoptera) represent one of the most diverse radiations on Earth, occupying an extraordinary diversity of ecological niches. Understanding the proc...

www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

27.12.2025 12:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🔥🔥New Research Topic alert!

'Reticulate Evolution and Speciation Dynamics in Beetles (Coleoptera)' is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ❗️

Submit your article by 07 July 2026 (MS summary deadline 31 Mar 26) ➡️

27.12.2025 12:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It was a very fruitful visit indeed 🤓 See you next year!

10.12.2025 15:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Join the upcoming on-line MIZ PAS seminar!
"Genomic Insights into the Evolutionary History and Conservation of Sloths in a Changing World"
📅4th Dec (Thursday), 14:00 CET
🔗https://tinyurl.com/2uf75twe
👉Speaker: Dr Larissa Souza Arantes larissasarantes.wixsite.com/research
📷Instituto Tamanduá

01.12.2025 21:40 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Congrats! 🔥🔥⚡️

01.12.2025 15:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's great - I see that MIZ has a very active and rich educational offer! 🔥

07.11.2025 16:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Program cover for the 2025 Entomological Collections Network meeting, feature a beautifully fluffy Pleocoma specimen. Meeting taking place November 8-9, in Portland, Oregon.

Program cover for the 2025 Entomological Collections Network meeting, feature a beautifully fluffy Pleocoma specimen. Meeting taking place November 8-9, in Portland, Oregon.

Just ONE WEEK until #ECN2025! 🪲

Head to the website to check out the full program:
ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...

This year’s program cover features a beautiful Rain beetle (Pleocoma sp.). Photograph courtesy of @ageofarthropods.bsky.social & the Purdue Entomological Research Collection.

01.11.2025 17:56 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Once again, a strong representation of @mizpas.bsky.social , this time at the 10th Immature Beetles Meeting, Prague 🔥
Great talks of @barsadas.bsky.social and Marcin Kamiński
#Coleoptera #Eodorcadion

04.10.2025 22:30 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
☹️

☹️

25.09.2025 18:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Two versions of the Mesquite icon. At left is a Mesquite tree leaf against a black background. At right is leaf against a blue sky and sun.

Two versions of the Mesquite icon. At left is a Mesquite tree leaf against a black background. At right is leaf against a blue sky and sun.

Update! — Mesquite 4.01 released, fixing a few small and one substantive bug (for details see response post). New: NINJA (for neighbour joining), new merge taxa options, node spots, Google Earth mapping. www.mesquiteproject.org 🧪 #evolbio
@bembidion.bsky.social

10.07.2025 03:05 — 👍 24    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1
Preview
Anoles on the Edge: Adapting to the Andes Discover the latest news from The Linnean Society of London.

Ever wondered how temperature affects species in mountain ranges such as the Andes? Our guest blogger Rosie Ryland has written a great blog about this, shining a spotlight on how temperature shapes life in one of Earth's most complex ecosystems! (1/3) 🌍🧪🦎

www.linnean.org/news/2025/06...

05.06.2025 15:36 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 2
The Mesquite icon shown, as a Mesquite leaf against a black background, and as a leave against the sun and a blue sky.

The Mesquite icon shown, as a Mesquite leaf against a black background, and as a leave against the sun and a blue sky.

Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy.

Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).

23.05.2025 00:04 — 👍 126    🔁 60    💬 1    📌 5

@ncn.gov.pl
@mizpas.bsky.social
@polskaakademianauk.bsky.social

13.05.2025 02:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

However, no less important is sampling around the Issyk-Kul, an endorheic saline lake in the western #Tianshan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan (considered the second largest mountain lake in the world), to investigate the potential case of #ringspecies

12.05.2025 17:08 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

The last of the three expeditions to Central Asia in the @ncn.gov. project is currently underway. Kyrgyzstan is home to phylogenetically important taxa of flightless #Dorcadionini s.l. (Coleoptera: #Cerambycidae). Collaboration with Manas University
...

12.05.2025 17:05 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Sounds very interesting! 🧐

23.04.2025 21:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join the upcoming on-line MIZ PAS seminar!
👉When: 25th April (Friday), 12:00 pm CET
👉Speaker: Dr. Stephen Venn, Łódź University, Poland
👉Title: "The functional diversity of beetle assemblages of park habitats in Warsaw”
👉Link: tinyurl.com/a4ssayb8
Everyone is welcome!
#entomology #diversity #urban

23.04.2025 19:07 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
Habitus of Spinosodus rufomaculatus Breuning, 1973 a, b holotype c the individual from Oudomxay, Laos d, e individuals from Guangxi, China f individual from Phrae, Thailand.

Habitus of Spinosodus rufomaculatus Breuning, 1973 a, b holotype c the individual from Oudomxay, Laos d, e individuals from Guangxi, China f individual from Phrae, Thailand.

#LiteratureNotice Zhao et al. Taxonomic notes on the genus Spinosodus Breuning & de Jong, 1941 ( #Coleoptera, #Cerambycidae) with a generic and specific synonym doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #LonghornBeetles #Taxonomy #NewRecords

13.04.2025 04:30 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

unbelievable! This is the only one I use, and it's clear and simple. what a waste...
what can you recommend as a good replacement? Galaxy?

01.04.2025 17:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

📌 Znamy już pełny skład uczestników wtorkowej debaty o ewaluacji współorganizowanej przez FA i
@polskaakademianauk.bsky.social. Udział w niej weźmie wiceministra @karolinaziolopuzuk.bsky.social. Widzowie również będą mogli zadawać pytania. Zapraszamy!

forumakademickie.pl/sprawy-nauki...

07.03.2025 11:18 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Post image

🌟 Exciting news! IRBI is proud to host the 8th International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC) from July 1-4, 2025. Join scientists worldwide to explore the latest in parasitoid and predator biology! #IEIC2025 #Entomology #ScienceCommunity

ieic2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en

28.02.2025 08:11 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

#LiteratureNotice Griotti et al. The South American genus Cnemalobus ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae: #Cnemalobini): phylogeny and biogeographic analysis with the description of four #NewSpecies from extra-Andean Patagonian mountains doi.org/10.1071/IS23... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

21.02.2025 04:00 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

#BRIGHT - it was really valuable and professionally conducted workshop on advanced barcoding and genomics methods!
Thanks to all organisers and partners @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

12.02.2025 22:12 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Cartoon Ichneumonid faces! One genus for each subfamily is represented.

Cartoon Ichneumonid faces! One genus for each subfamily is represented.

Cartoon Ichneumonid faces! One genus for each subfamily is represented. It was a fun project that I worked on in December of 2023. Hopefully the genera listed below are visible at this resolution! #Ichneumonidae

08.02.2025 12:04 — 👍 30    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
Advetisement: Most Honors, Awards, and Grants offered by The Coleopterists Society are due on March 1.
To learn more visit https://www.coleopsoc.org/society-info/prizes-and-awards/
Bottom row decorated with anterior region of beetles: Leiodidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae

Advetisement: Most Honors, Awards, and Grants offered by The Coleopterists Society are due on March 1. To learn more visit https://www.coleopsoc.org/society-info/prizes-and-awards/ Bottom row decorated with anterior region of beetles: Leiodidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae

#Proposals or #nominations for our honors, #awards, and #grants are due on March 1.
More info and requirements at www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...

18.01.2025 21:58 — 👍 24    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

It's time for our annual awards! As you might know, each year BDJ recognises its most active editors as well as the authors of prominent research published in the journal.

We got a lot of interesting studies in 2021 - here are the three studies that our team decided to highlight:

16.01.2025 12:13 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Join us in celebrating our authors and editors as we announce the ZooKeys 2024 awards!

16.01.2025 10:13 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

@ceramb is following 20 prominent accounts