Universidad Nacional de Colombia

A Colombian Researcher’s Big Problem With Sticky Assassin Bugs

2023-08-30 12:32 AM by Jessica Irvine

Adult Bee Assassin Bug of the Genus Apiomerus getty A Colombian researcher has spent years scouring museum collections around the world to help answer a big question: how many different kinds of assassin bugs are there? The New World resin bugs (assassin bugs from the tribe Apiomerini) in the genus Apiomerus, use sticky plant resin …

Weird, Pink, Endangered, Flower Found On The Side Of A Colombian Road

2023-08-28 07:40 AM by Jessica Irvine

Flower of Glossolomamagenticristatum J.L.Clark, D.Hoyos & Clavijo David Sanín A plant species new to science, already characterized as endangered, faces a very specific threat: periodic roadside maintenance. Glossoloma ranges from southern Mexico to Bolivia, 16 species found in the western lowland Andean forests of Colombia and Ecuador, but a new species, Glossolomamagenticristatum, was found in …