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Article Reference Uncovering ant diversity across forest successional stages in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (DRC): Insights from Winkler and pitfall trap sampling
Litter ant communities constitute an important component of biodiversity in tropical regions. They are currently used in several ecosystem management programmes to as- sess forest health. The aim of this study was to uncover the ant diversity across forest successional stages (fallow land, secondary forest and primary forest) in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These habitats were sam- pled at six localities using pitfall traps and Winkler extractions. In total, 190 ant species belonging to 50 genera and eight subfamilies were recorded in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve. Ant diversity increased significantly along the successional gradient, being lowest in fallow land, intermediate in secondary forest, and highest in primary forest. Sixty ant species were shared across all three habitats, while each habitat supported a distinct assemblage of species. Primary forests contained the greatest number of exclu- sive species, followed by secondary forests and fallow land. Winkler extractors captured substantially more ant species than pitfall traps, recording nearly 50% greater species richness. However, a significant portion of the ant fauna in the Yangambi Biosphere Re- serve likely remains unrecorded, and additional sampling methods (like arboreal traps, net sweeping and baiting) could provide a more complete picture of its biodiversity.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2026 OA
Article Reference New records of the shining guest ant Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Belgium
We report new records of the shining guest ant Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846) from ten sites across Belgium. The species was found in association with Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761, Formica polyctena Förster, 1850 and Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783 nests across six provinces (Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur). Records were obtained using selective traps, placed on the margins of host mounds as well as by direct observations on host nests. These observations indicate that F. nitidulus is more widespread in Belgium than previously thought.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2026 OA
Article Reference Laohiracia acuta, a new genus and species of Parahiraciini planthopper with elongate cephalic process from Laos (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2021
Article Reference Rediscovery after seven decades of Limnephilus ignavus McLachlan, 1865 in Brussels and list of the caddisflies recorded for the botanical garden Jean Massart (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference De zwarte molmkever, Cerophytum elateroides (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae), opnieuw inheems in Belgie
Located in Library / RBINS collections by external author(s)
Book Reference La minérolgie à Richelle
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Article Reference New Paleocene bird fossils from the North Sea Basin in Belgium and France
We describe new avian remains from Paleocene localities of Belgium and France. Four bones from the early to middle Selandian of Maret (Belgium) are among the earliest Cenozoic avian remains known from Europe and include the oldest temporally well constrained European records of the Gastornithidae, as well as tentative records of the palaeognathous Lithornithidae and the Ralloidea. A more comprehensive fossil assemblage from the middle Thanetian of Templeuve (France) contains multiple bones of the Lithornithidae as well as a record of the Pelagornithidae. Specimens from the latest Thanetian of Rivecourt-Petit Pâtis (France) are tentatively assigned to the Ralloidea and Leptosomiformes (cf. Plesiocathartes). Because of the fragmentary nature of the fossils, the taxonomic identity of a number of other specimens remains uncertain. We note, however, that Paleocene avifaunas of Europe and North America appear to have had different compositions and only a few taxa, such as the palaeognathous Lithornithidae, are known from both continents. This suggests that the very similar early Eocene avifaunas of Europe and North America are the result of early Cenozoic dispersal events.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference Four new species of the Oriental lanternfly genus Scamandra Stal, 1863 from Sulawesi and neighbouring islands with taxonomic notes on the genus (Hemiptera, Fulgoromoprha: Fulgoridae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference The lanternflies from Andaman and Nicobar: one new Pyrops species, new records and illustrated key to the species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference New taxa and new synonymy in Muricidae (Neogastropoda: Pagodulinae, Trophoninae, Ocenebrinae) from the Northeast Pacific
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019