Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Newly discovered crocodile mummies of variable quality from an undisturbed tomb at Qubbat al-Hawā (Aswan, Egypt)
- A description is provided of the crocodile remains that were found during an excavation carried out in 2019 at Qubbat al-Hawā (Aswan, Egypt). The material consists of five more or less complete bodies and five heads that were in varying states of preservation and completeness. The absence of resin, which was apparently not used during the preparation of the mummies, and the almost complete loss of linen bandages, due to insect damage, allowed a detailed morphological and osteometric description of the remains. Attention was focused on the general state of preservation of the crocodiles, the completeness of their skeletons and skulls, the presence of cut or other marks that could indicate the cause of death, and the processing of the carcasses. Moreover, the possible provenance of the crocodiles, the methods of capture and killing of the animals and their possible chronological attribution are discussed. It is concluded that the manner in which these specimens were prepared, as well as the variation observed in the type of ‘final product’, are unlike any other crocodile material described so far. The preparation method suggests a pre-Ptolemaic date for the deposit. The morphological and metrical features indicate that both Crocodylus niloticus and the recently resurrected species Crocodylus suchus are present among these individuals that range from 1.8 to 3.5 m in length.
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An apparent mutualism between afrotorpical ant species sharing the same nest.
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Notes on Oriental Asilidae with six new species from Vietnam (Diptera: Brachycera)
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Nieuwe en interessante vondsten van boktorren (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in de omgeving van Brussel
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Editorial
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Note sur le genre Parmena Dejean, 1821 en Belgique (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
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Population genetic structure of the Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus (Diptera, Culicidae), in Belgium suggests multiple introductions
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Une hache polie vieille d'environ 5000 ans découverte à Matignolle en 2020
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Vogels uit de Ijstijd
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Epimeria cleo sp. nov., a new crested amphipod from the Ross Sea, with notes on its affinities (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea, Epimeriidae)
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An unexpected record of an African mangrove crab, Perisesarma alberti Rathbun, 1921, (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) in European waters
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Curnonidae
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Aegosoma vladzubovi sp. n., a new remarkable species from Central Vietnam (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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A new species of the genus Aegosoma Audinet-Serville, 1832 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Prioninae) from South China and Northeast Myanmar
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The genus Lioberus Dall, 1898 (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), some thoughts about its distribution in the Mediterranean Sea
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Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse (1826-1898) 2: contact network and selected correspondence from France, Germany and Spain
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What about Platybrachys & c. planthoppers one century after Henry Hacker? (Hemiptera: Eurybrachidae)
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A myriad of new species of the Tartessini (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Tartessinae) leafhoppers from Queensland
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DNA-based species identification of mosquitoes collected with Malaise traps in the Botanic Garden Jean Massart (Diptera: Culicidae)
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An introduction to the survey of the diversity of the flies (Diptera) in the centennial Botanic Garden Jean Massart (Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium)
