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November 12, 2023
Thyreophagus berxi, a mite species new to science discovered in Belgium
Thyreophagus berxi is a new mite species, discovered in Belgium. The species is described together with four other new Thyreophagus species. Members of BINCO's mite workgroup co-authored the article.
June 3, 2020
Sky Islands and Spiders: a brief tale of two contrasting discoveries in southern Africa
Xevioso cepfi was described from samples of the 2016 expedition to the Njesi plateau in Mozambique whereas X. megcummingae was discovered after digging through the RMCA’s spider collections.
April 15, 2020
Declining populations of threatened bird species along the Mekong River, Cambodia
Together with an interdisciplinary team of biologists put together by BINCO, we, Eric Sandvig and John Mittermeier, did a rapid biodiversity assessment along the central section of the Mekong River in Cambodia.
March 3, 2020
MyrmEcoDex, BINCO’s ant work group, studies the ant diversity of Cusuco NP
MyrmEcoDex, the ant work group of BINCO, investigates the ant diversity in CNP using inventories from previous expeditions, museum reference specimens and further sampling in collaboration with Operation Wallacea.
November 12, 2023
Thyreophagus berxi, a mite species new to science discovered in Belgium
Thyreophagus berxi is a new mite species, discovered in Belgium. The species is described together with four other new Thyreophagus species. Members of BINCO's mite workgroup co-authored the article.
LATEST PUBLICATION
Klimov PB, Kolesnikov VB, Demard EP, Stinson CS, Merckx J, Duarte MV, Pedroso LGA, Khaustov AA, Myers-Hansen JL, Wäkers FL & Vangansbeke D 2023. Going Asexual: A Survey of Mites of the Genus Thyreophagus (Acari: Acaridae) Revealing a Large Number of New Parthenogenetic Species in the Holarctic Region. Life, vol. 13, doi: 10.3390/life13112168.
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