Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Contribution à l'étude des Prioninae asiatiques. Notes taxonomiques. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
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Femoral curvature variability in modern humans using three-dimensional quadric surface fitting
- This study analysed femoral curvature in a population from Belgium in conjunction with other morphological characteristics by the use of three-dimensional (3D) quadric surfaces (QS) modelled from the bone surface. Methods: 3D models were created from computed tomography (CT) data of 75 femoral modern human bones. Anatomical landmarks (ALs) were palpated in specific bony areas of the femur (shaft, condyles, neck and head). QS were then created from the surface vertices which enclose these ALs. The diaphyseal shaft was divided into five QS shapes to analyse curvature in different parts of the shaft. Results: Femoral bending differs in different parts of the diaphyseal shaft. The greatest degree of curvature was found in the distal shaft (mean 4.5°: range – 0.2°-10°) followed by the proximal (mean 4.4°: range – 1.5°-10.2°), proximal intermediate (mean 3.7°: range – 0.9°-7.9°) and distal intermediate (mean: 1.7°: range – 1.6°- 5.6°) shaft sections. The proximal and distal angles were significantly more bowed than the intermediate proximal and the intermediate distal angle. There was no significant difference between the proximal and distal angle. No significant correlations were found between morphological characteristics and femoral curvature. There was also found to be an extremely large variability of femoral curvature with several bones displaying very high or low degrees of femoral curvature. Conclusion: 3D QS fitting enables the creation of accurate models which can discriminate between different patterns in similar curvatures and demonstrates there is a clear difference between curvature in different parts of the shaft.
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Contribution à l'étude des Batocera africains avec la confirmation de Batocera granulipennis comme bonne espèce (stat.n.) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
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Contribution à l'étude de la faune entomologique de la Gaume: Les Cerambycidae
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Une nouvelle espèce de Trichogomphus de Chine (Coleoptera, Dynastidae)
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Première contribution à l'étude du genre Casiphia Fairmaire: description d'une nouvelle espèce et notes synonymiques (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Description of a new genus and species of Macrotomini from Borneo (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Lansbergia du Katanga (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae)
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Description of a new prionine genus intermediate between Megopis and Eurypoda (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Seconde contribution à l'étude du genre Casiphia Fairmaire et notes taxonomiques concernant le genre Flabelloprionus Heyrovsky (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Contribution à l'étude du genre Miniprionus Danilevsky avec la description de la femelle de Miniprionus pavlovskii (Semenov-Tian-Shanskij) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Contribution à l'étude du genre Megopis Serville, 1832 du Sri Lanka avec la description d'une nouvelle espèce Megopis morettoi n.sp. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Considérations sur la vraie position systématique de la famille des Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845, sur base de l'étude de l'édéage (Coleoptera)
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Notes on the Japanese species of Prionus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) and the related species from continental Asia
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Tree-ring analysis of archaeological charcoal as a tool to identify past woodland management: The case from a 14th century site from Oudenaarde (Belgium)
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Contribution à l'étude des longicornes de l'ardenne avec la découverte d'une nouvelle espèce pour la Belgique (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
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Supplement to the genus Ziglipton (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae) with description of a new species from the Philippines
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Données additionnelles sur la répartition géographique de Pentodon algeriunum (Herbst) en Europe: confirmation de sa présence en Crète et première capture pour l'Ille de Rhodes (Coleoptera, Dynastidae)
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Le genre Haploscapanes Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera, Dynastidae)
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Compléments à l"étude du genre Cantharocnemis (1ere note): revalidation du sous-genre Paracantharocnemis Plavilstshikov, 1933 et premières capture de Cantharocnemis (Cantharocnemis) spondyloides Audinet-Serville, 1832 en Afrique du Sud et au Sultanat d'Om
