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Student Spotlight: Riley Gott – McGuire Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/news/2022/11/student-spotlight-riley-gott/

Riley Gott began his doctoral studies in August 2022 studying the taxonomy and systematics of the primarily Neotropical butterfly genera Dalla, Ladda, and Piruna (family Hesperiidae), under a joint graduate assistantship from the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and the Entomology and
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2005 Staff and Student Publications – McGuire Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/publications/staff/2005-2/

Calhoun, J., L. D. Miller, and J. Y. Miller. 2005. Melitaea nycteis Doubleday, 1847 (currently Chlosyne nycteis; Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 62(2): 79-83. Covell, C. V. Jr. 2005. A FIELD GUIDE TO EASTERN MOTHS, Virginia M
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Weird, noodle-shaped amphibians known as caecilians found in South Florida canal – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/caecilians-found-in-south-florida/

Caecilians have arrived in Miami. Florida Fish and Wildlife biologists captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal, the first example of an introduced caecilian in the U.S. Florida Museum of Natural History scientists used DNA testing to identify the specimen as the Rio Ca
“Very little is known about these animals in the wild, but there’s nothing particularly

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Carolina Parakeet – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/object/carolina-parakeet/

Naturalists noticed declining populations of the once-common Carolina Parakeets as early as the 1830s. By the end of the 19th century, they were restricted to Florida. These eggs, collected on the Kissimmee Prairie, may be the last sign of this once common bird. Summary Carolina Parakeet Eggs (C
It probably ranged from as far west as Colorado north to the northern part of the

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Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies shows they’re anything but – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/family-tree-of-boring-butterflies-shows-theyre-anything-but/

Walk a short distance through the Amazon Rainforest, and you might witness what look like dead leaves launch from the ground and fly off into the understory. These masters of disguise are euptychiines, one of the most diverse and least understood groups of butterflies in the American Tropics. The
recent example is a large butterfly that used to be known as Pseudodebis celia from western

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Largetooth Sawfish – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/largetooth-sawfish/

Pristis pristis Although sawfish look somewhat like sharks, they are actually rays. They have an elongated snout or „rostrum“ that is studded with teeth that they swing from side to side to stun schooling fishes, crustaceans and invertebrates upon which they feed. Large tooth sawfishes are most c
occasional contemporary records from Central America, Northern Brazil and a few West

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Lepidoptera Type Collection – McGuire Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/news/2023/04/lepidoptera-type-collection/

The McGuire Center Lepidoptera collection includes a modest number of what are known as „type specimens.“ When researchers name and describe a new species or subspecies of butterfly or moth, they have a set of specimens before them that are closely examined in order write a verbal description and il
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2016 Staff and Student Publications – McGuire Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/publications/staff/2016-2017/

Ahmed, M.Z., Breinholt, J.W., Kawahara, A.Y. 2016. Evidence for horizontal transmission of Wolbachia with partial evidence for lateral gene transfer to lepidopteran hosts. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:118. Brandon, C.J and A. Sourakov. 2016. Evaluation of mechanical defense provided by pericarps o
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Green Sawfish – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/green-sawfish/

Pristis zijsron Sawfish look a lot like sharks, but they are actually rays. Their unusual snout, or rostrum, is studded with „teeth“ (specialized scales) and is used to stun schooling fish by swinging side to side. The green sawfish is the largest species of sawfish, growing to 24 feet in length.
Lastly, the Pilbara region of Western Australia has been identified as an important

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