{"podcast":{"title":"New Species","slug":"new-species-3517520","podcast_index_feed_id":3517520,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a86c1f0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://newspeciespodcast.net","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/9719100/9719100-1610727875130-8fb32f66eadd8.jpg","author":"New Species Podcast","episode_count":121,"summary":"Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every day. This podcast talks to the authors of these new species to get the behind-the-scenes stories of how new species are found and named, as well as why these discoveries should matter to everyone, not just scientists. Join us on our journey to better understand the wonderful biodiversity of our planet! Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies), and support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:21.275280+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520"},"episode":{"title":"Two New Tachinid Flies with Rodrigo Dios","slug":"two-new-tachinid-flies-with-rodrigo-dios","published_at":"2026-03-24T14:09:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520/two-new-tachinid-flies-with-rodrigo-dios","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newspeciespodcast/episodes/Two-New-Tachinid-Flies-with-Rodrigo-Dios-e3gtebq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3a86c1f0/podcast/play/117405498/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-24%2F4d9762ec-c9e7-6a58-1ceb-e813c336f548.mp3","summary":"There are plenty of taxonomists who use museum collections as a resource, but not everyone makes collections the basis of their work. Rodrigo Dios studies Tachinid flies, a group that displays some of the most diverse parasitism behavior of all animals. By reorganizing and rediscribing museum specimens, he finds that we have a lot to learn from both flies and museum collections. “It's crazy,” says Rodrigo, about working in collections. “You can actually assess all this knowledge, all this variation between time and between space as well. It's like infinite knowledge.” Rodrigo Dios’ paper “Taxonomic update on Cordyligasterini, new generic synonyms and new species of Neosophia Guimarães” is in volume 29 of Entomological Science. It can be found here: www.doi.org/10.1111/ens.70003 A transcript of this episode can be found here: Rodrigo Dios - English Transcript This transcript translated into portuguese: Rodrigo Dios - Portuguese Transcript New Species: Neosophia argentifasciata, Neosophia pakitza Episode image credit: Rodrigo Dios Follow Rodrigo on Instagram: @rodrigodios Rodrigo’s paper about the fly that lays eggs on plants: www.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2024.63-54 Connect with Rodrigo on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/rodrigodios Don’t be shy! Contact Rodrigo about flies: rodrigodios@gmail.com Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doi…","meta_description":"There are plenty of taxonomists who use museum collections as a resource, but not everyone makes collections the basis of their work. Rodrigo Dios studies…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2466,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-species-3517520/episodes/two-new-tachinid-flies-with-rodrigo-dios/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-species-3517520/two-new-tachinid-flies-with-rodrigo-dios.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}