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Western Palaearctic Cryptinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the National Museums of Scotland, with nomenclatural changes, taxonomic notes, rearing records and special reference to the British checklist. Part 3. Tribe Phygadeuontini, subtribes Chiroticina, Acrolytina, Hemitelina and Gelina (excluding Gelis), with descriptions of a new species
Distribution, phenological and, in many cases, rearing data are given for 67 species of Western Palaearctic Cryptinae, including 6 newly described species. The new species include: Acrolyta pseudonens sp. nov. from woodlands in Scotland, England and Austria, which has been reared from cocoons of Braconidae and Noctuidae; and Neopimpla aleiodesi...Schwarz, M ; Shaw, Mark R
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Book chapter
Gleaming eyes and the elaboration of Anglo-Saxon sculpture
This paper presents the results of the analysis of an Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft fragment from Aberlady, East Lothian that confirm the long-suspected belief that the drilled eye sockets found among Northumbrian and Mercian sculpture originally contained separate eye insets. A tin lining was positively identified in one of the drilled eye...Blackwell, Alice
polychromy, colour, iconography, Early Medieval, sculpture, Anglo-Saxon, and Insular
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Journal article
Geschichte erleben
Historic reconstructions have become a decisive tool in many areas of science and technology studies over the past few decades. In this article I present some highly significant scientific apparatus designed during the 19th century. I show how, by rebuilding these artefacts and practising with them, significant historical insights can...Staubermann, Klaus
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Journal article
Modern and ancient gold jewellery attributed to the Etruscans: a science based study
A fibula with a lion and a pair of cluster earrings from the collection of the Florence National Museum of Archaeology, attributed to the Etruscans and said to originate from Populonia but suspected to be modern productions, were studied in the framework of the European project AUTHENTICO. They were compared...Rastrelli, A ; Miccio, M ; Troalen, Lore ; Martinón-Torres, M ; Guerra, Maria Filomena …
SEM, Etruscan, fake, goldwork, stereomicroscope, LIPS, and XRF
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The neglect of parasitic Hymenoptera in insect conservation strategies: The British fauna as a prime example
Parasitic Hymenoptera, the major group of insects having the parasitoid life style, are extremely species rich and of wide significance in terrestrial ecosystems. Although the nature of their role with respect to species richness and stability in their host communities is unclear, the evidence that parasitoids can have a profound...Shaw, Mark R ; Hochberg, M E
British fauna - conservation strategy - ecological roles parasitic Hymenoptera - threats
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British and European Tryphonini, Exenterini, Eclytini and Idiogrammatini (Hym., Ichneumonidae; Tryphoninae) in the National Museaums of Scotland, including 19 species new to Britain
Includes Irish occurrences of Polyblastus wahlbergi Holmgren, Monoblastus brachyacanthus (Gmelin), Cteniscus pedatorius (Panzer) and Eridolius basalis (Stephens); most with minimal data.Shaw, Mark R ; Kasparyan, D R
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Survey of parasitoids of British butterflies
Shaw, Mark R ; Fitton, M G