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Article Reference Carboniferous fossils enlighten the systematics and evolution of Hemiptera
Fossils are witnesses to the evolutionary processes undergone by living lineages. The earliest occurrence of clades provides rich insights into the timing of diversification of lineages and better delimits the groups that compose them. Hemiptera are a remarkable order within the insects due to their high morphological and ecological diversity. However, our understanding of the early evolution of this group remains hampered by the lack of early hemipteran occurrences. In this study we investigate the earliest Carboniferous occurrences of Hemiptera, taking advantage of the redescription of known specimens, and describe three new key hemipteran fossils. We provide thorough taxonomic assessments to describe the earliest occurrences of the Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha lineages that constitute major branches in the Hemiptera tree of life. These new occurrences sharpen the delimitations within the classification of Hemiptera and enable better understanding of forewing venation evolution within this hyper-diverse insect order. The following new taxa are described: Protoprosbolomorpha infraorder nov. for Protoprosbole straeleni Laurentiaux, Carbonaturidae fam. nov., Carbonatura oudardi gen. et sp. nov. and Carbopsyllidium minutum gen. et sp. nov.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2026
Article Reference Caribbean Bulimulus revisited: physical moves and molecular traces (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2016
Article Reference Cariocecus bocagei, a new basal hadrosauroid from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2025
Article Reference Carl Gottfried Semper (1832-1893) and the location of his type specimens of sea cucumbers
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Article Reference Catalogue of the types and illustrated specimens recovered from the ‘black marble’ of Denée, a marine conservation-Lagerstätte from the Mississippian of southern Belgium
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Article Reference Cataulacus nywelendefu sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a New Arboreal Ant from Tanzania
A new species of the genus Cataulacus: Cataulacus nywelendefu sp. nov. is described from the Segoma Forest in Northeastern Tanzania. An addition to the existing key for Afrotropical Cataulacus species is given.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2026 OA
Article Reference Catlog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
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Article Reference Causes and magnitude of body weight changes in trap-confined bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus
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Article Reference Causes of variability in diatom and Phaeocystis blooms in Belgian coastal waters between 1989 and 2003: A model study.
Massive blooms of Phaeocystis colonies usually occur in the Belgian coastal zone (BCZ) between spring and summer diatom blooms but their relative magnitude varies between years. In order to understand this interannual variability, we used the biogeochemical MIRO model to explore the link between diatom and Phaeocystis blooms and changing nutrient loads and meteorological conditions over the last decade. For this application, MIRO was implemented in a simplified 3-box representation of the domain between the Baie de Seine and the BCZ. MIRO was run over the 1989–2003 period using actual photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), seawater temperature and riverine nutrient loads as forcing. The water mass residence time was calculated for each box based on a monthly water budget estimated from 1993–2003 water flow simulations of the three-dimensional hydrodynamical model COHSNS-3D. Overall MIRO simulations compare fairly well with nutrient and phytoplankton data collected in the central BCZ but indicate the importance of the hydrodynamical resolution frame for correctly describing the extremely high nutrient concentrations and biomass observed in the BCZ. Analysis of model results suggests that while interannual variability in diatom biomass depends on both meteorological conditions (light and temperature) and nutrient loads, Phaeocystis blooms are mainly controlled by nutrients. Further sensitivity tests with varying N and P loads suggest that only N reduction will result in significantly decreased Phaeocystis blooms without negative affects on diatoms, while P reduction will negatively affect diatoms. Moreover, Atlantic nutrient loads play such a great role in BCZ enrichment that reduction of Scheldt nutrient loads only is not sufficient to significantly decrease phytoplankton blooms in the BCZ. It is concluded that future nutrient reduction policies aimed to decrease Phaeocystis blooms in the BCZ without impacting diatoms should target the decrease of N loads in both the Seine and the Scheldt rivers.
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Article Reference Cenozoic evolution of Muricidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) in the Southern Ocean, with the description of a new subfamily
Gastropods are among the most studied group in Antarctica, and taxa with an advanced status of systematic knowledge can be used as a model to study how oceanographic and climatic patterns shaped Recent faunal assemblages. Within the ongoing study of the muricid phylogeny, we have analysed molecular and morphological data from species traditionally ascribed to the muricid subfamily Trophoninae. Particularly, the availability of specimens collected in the Southern Ocean and surrounding basins allowed to demonstrate as the genera Pagodula, Xymenopsis, Xymene and Trophonella, which are traditionally classified in the Trophoninae, actually belong to a distinct lineage, for which the new subfamily Pagodulinae is herein introduced. We propose and discuss a possible framework for the origin and radiation of Antarctic muricids.
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