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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-10-21)The fauna of termites (Isoptera) preserved in Early Eocene amber from the Cambay Basin (Gujarat, India) are described and figured. Three new genera and four new species are recognized, all of them Neoisoptera – Parastylotermes ... -
Revision of the orchid bee subgenus Euglossella (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Part I, The decorata species group
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-10-26)Euglossella, one of the most distinctive subgenera of orchid bees of the genus Euglossa, is composed of two characteristic assemblages of species, one of them comprising bees bearing the strongly metallic integument trademark ... -
The identity of the Neotropical stingless bee Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi (Cockerell, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-06-22)A new study of a surviving syntype of Trigona meadewaldoi Cockerell, 1915, was undertaken and several widely employed names for Neotropical stingless bees recognized as junior synonyms. A lectotype is designated for T. ... -
Scientific contributions of Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, 1959 to present
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-09-24)The following list provides citations for 363 scientific contributions, including 13 edited volumes and books, produced by Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn. Naturally, the list presented here is a static representation of Alex’s ... -
New earwigs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera, Neodermaptera)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-09-24)Two new earwigs (Dermaptera) recently discovered in mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) amber from Myanmar are described and figured. Astreptolabis ethirosomatia gen. et sp. n. is represented by a peculiar pygidicranoid female, ... -
Notes on the augochlorine bee genus Chlerogas (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2009-12-01)Supplemental information to the earlier monograph of the rare bee genus Chlerogas Vachal (Halictinae: Augochlorini) is provided. The recently identified males of C. boliviensis Brooks & Engel and C. cyaneus Brooks & Engel ... -
Una especie nueva de Chlerogas de los Andes del centro de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2009)A new species of the long-headed bee genus Chlerogas Vachal (Halictinae: Augochlorini) is described and figured from a male captured at high elevation in central Colombia. Chlerogas tatamaensis Engel & Gonzalez, new species, ... -
The Covert World of Fish Biofluorescence: A Phylogenetically Widespread and Phenotypically Variable Phenomenon
(Public Library of Science, 2014-01-08)The discovery of fluorescent proteins has revolutionized experimental biology. Whereas the majority of fluorescent proteins have been identified from cnidarians, recently several fluorescent proteins have been isolated ... -
New and revised maimetshid wasps from Cretaceous ambers (Hymenoptera, Maimetshidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-09-24)New material of the wasp family Maimetshidae (Apocrita) is presented from four Cretaceous amber deposits – the Neocomian of Lebanon, the Early Albian of Spain, the latest Albian/earliest Cenomanian of France, and the ... -
Miocene honey bees from the Randeck Maar of southwestern Germany (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-03-10)The Miocene Randeck Maar (southwestern Germany) is one of the only sites with abundant material of fossil honey bees. The fauna has been the focus of much scrutiny by early authors who recognized multiple species or ... -
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Traditions in Spider Monkeys Are Biased towards the Social Domain
(Public Library of Science, 2011-02-23)Cross-site comparison studies of behavioral variation can provide evidence for traditions in wild species once ecological and genetic factors are excluded as causes for cross-site differences. These studies ensure behavior ... -
The Power of the Claw
(Public Library of Science, 2013-09-04)Scratches on bones have routinely been attributed to tooth marks (a predominantly untested speculation), ignoring the effects of claws, perhaps because of the general assumption that claws are too soft to damage bone. ... -
Mapping Monkeypox Transmission Risk through Time and Space in the Congo Basin
(Public Library of Science, 2013-09-05)Monkeypox is a major public health concern in the Congo Basin area, with changing patterns of human case occurrences reported in recent years. Whether this trend results from better surveillance and detection methods, ... -
Do Ecological Niche Model Predictions Reflect the Adaptive Landscape of Species?: A Test Using Myristica malabarica Lam., an Endemic Tree in the Western Ghats, India
(Public Library of Science, 2013-11-29)Ecological niche models (ENM) have become a popular tool to define and predict the “ecological niche” of a species. An implicit assumption of the ENMs is that the predicted ecological niche of a species actually reflects ... -
Conclusions about Niche Expansion in Introduced Impatiens walleriana Populations Depend on Method of Analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2010-12-29)Determining the degree to which climate niches are conserved across plant species' native and introduced ranges is valuable to developing successful strategies to limit the introduction and spread of invasive plants, and ... -
Global Priority Conservation Areas in the Face of 21st Century Climate Change
(Public Library of Science, 2013-01-24)In an era when global biodiversity is increasingly impacted by rapidly changing climate, efforts to conserve global biodiversity may be compromised if we do not consider the uneven distribution of climate-induced threats. ... -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lipid Virulence Factors Preserved in the 17,000-Year-Old Skeleton of an Extinct Bison, Bison antiquus
(Public Library of Science, 2012-07-30)Tracing the evolution of ancient diseases depends on the availability and accessibility of suitable biomarkers in archaeological specimens. DNA is potentially information-rich but it depends on a favourable environment for ... -
Discovery of the female of Pyrocoelia prolongata in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-07-07)The female of Pyrocoelia prolongata Jeng & Lai, a diurnal lampyrid species from Taiwan, is described for the first time. A single individual was found in a small, shady, dry streambed at the edge of a mixed forest at 2700 ... -
A second species of Oculogryphus (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), with notes on the phylogenetic affinities of the genus
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-05-11)A second species of the enigmatic lampyrid genus Oculogryphus is described and figured as Oculogryphus bicolor sp. n. from Vietnam. The definition of the genus is slightly modified with consideration of newly detected ...