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Article Reference Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856) an expected species finally discovered in Belgium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2018
Article Reference The Oriental stick insect genus Orestes Redtenbacher, 1906: Taxon omical notes and six new species from Vietnam (Phasmida: Hetropterygidae: Dataminae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2018
Inproceedings Reference Locomotor behavior of Paleocene mammals: Insights from the semicircular canals of the inner ear
The end-Cretaceous mass extinction triggered the collapse of ecosystems and a drastic turnover in mammalian communities leading to the demise of many ecologically specialized species. While Mesozoic mammals were ecomorphologically diverse, recognizable ecological richness was only truly established in the Eocene. Questions remain about the ecology of the first wave of mammals radiating after the extinction. Here, we use the semicircular canals of the inner ear as a proxy for locomotor behavior. Thirty new inner ear virtual endocasts were generated using high-resolution computed tomography scanning. This sample was supplemented by data from the literature to construct a dataset of 79 fossils spanning the Jurassic to the Eocene alongside 262 extant mammals. Vestibular sensitivity was measured using the radius of curvature against body mass and the residuals of this relationship were analyzed. The petrosal lobule size relative to body mass were compared with the inner ear data as they have a role in maintaining gaze stabilization during motion. Paleocene mammals exhibited smaller canal radius of curvature, compared to Mesozoic, Eocene, and extant taxa. In the early Paleocene, canal radius and associated petrosal lobules were relatively smaller on average compared to other temporal groups, suggesting less ability for fast movements. Our results support previous work on tarsal morphology and locomotor behavioral ancestral state reconstructions suggesting that ground dwelling mammalian species were more common than arboreal taxa during the Paleocene. Ultimately, this may indicate that the collapse of forested environments immediately after extinction led to the preferential survivorship of more terrestrially adapted mammals.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Article Reference Four new species of Nyctonympha Thomson, 1868 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Article Reference Review of Indo-Pacific Dicercina GISTL (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Cyphosoma MNNH to Touzalinia Thy.
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Article Reference New records of the genus Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera Eulophidae) from Southeast Asia, South Asia and Oceania, with desription of three new species and a key
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Article Reference How well are the northern whelks known? The genus Anomalisipho Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in the North Atlantic Ocean
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2021
Article Reference Addition au catalogue des Dynastinae de Thaïlande avec le signalement de Trichogomphus rongi Dechambre & Drumont (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2021
Article Reference Scaldiporia vandokkumi, a new pontoporiid (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene of the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939), een ongewenste exoot in de Benelux (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017