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Publications of the ZFMK staff
2022
Zizka, V. M., Geiger, M. F., Hörren, T., Kirse, A., Noll, N. W., Schäffler, L., Scherges, A. M., Sorg, M. (2022): Repeated subsamples during DNA extraction reveal increased diversity estimates in DNA metabarcoding of Malaise traps. - Ecology and Evolution, 12(11), e9502.
2021
Ahrens, D. (2021): New Sericini from the Zoological Institute St. Petersburg (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). p 427-433.- In: Hartmann, M., Barclay, M. & Weipert, J. (eds.): Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya VII. - Erfurt 2021
Mengual, X., Kazerani, F., Zamani, S. M. (2021): New species records of flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) for Iran. - Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología 45 (1-2): 21-29.
Pacheco, T.L., Monné, M.L., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Ahrens, D. (2021): Revision of type specimens of Astaena (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini) described by L.W. Saylor.- European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 94–123.
Mengual, X. (2021): Fascinating book for kids! - Fly Times 66: 69.
Mengual, X., Ståhls, G., Skevington, J. H. (2021): Life on an island: the phylogenetic placement of Loveridgeana and Afrotropical Sphaerophoria (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from molecular characters. Systematics and Biodiversity 19: 22-53.
Wachkoo, A. A., Van Steenis, J., Maqbool, A., Akbar, S. A., Skevington, J. H., Mengual, X. (2021): Two flower fly species (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to India. - Journal of Insect Biodiversity 29: 44-52.
Bandyan S, Peters RS, Kadir N, Ferrer-Suay M, Kirchner W (2021) A survey of aphid parasitoids and hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera) on six crops in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 81: 9-21. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.81.59784
Ahrens, D. & Pham, P. (2021): Additions to the Neoserica calva group from continental South East Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini).- Zootaxa 5032: 357-378.
Rajkov J, El Taher A, Böhne A, Salzburger W and Egger B. (2021) Gene expression remodelling and immune response during adaptive divergence in an African cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 30(1):274-296, doi: 10.1111/mec.15709.
Lillo, I., Pérez-Bañón, C., Arcaya, E., Mengual, X., Rojo, S. (2021): First data about the preimaginal morphology of Austroscaeva occidentalis (Shannon, 1927) and re-description of larvae and pupae of Dioprosopa clavata (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Syrphidae). - Austral Entomology, 60: 535– 548.
Scherber, C., T. Beduschi and T. Tscharntke (2021). A Grid-Based Sampling Approach to Insect Biodiversity Monitoring in Agricultural Landscapes. Exploring and Optimizing Agricultural Landscapes. L. Mueller, V. G. Sychev, N. M. Dronin and F. Eulenstein. Cham, Springer International Publishing: 415-424.
Wegner, F., Roloff, T., Huber, M., Cordey, S., Ramette, A., Gerth, Y., Bertelli, C., Stange, M., Seth-Smith, H., Mari, A., Leuzinger, K., Cerutti, L., Harshman, K., Xenarios, I., Le Mercier, P., Bittel, P., Neuenschwander, S., Opota, O., Fuchs, J., Panning, M., … Egli, A. (2021). External quality assessment of SARS-CoV-2-sequencing: An ESGMD-SSM pilot trial across 15 European laboratories. Journal of clinical microbiology, JCM0169821. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01698-21
Gassmann, D. (2021): Der Ruf der Libelle – ein Expeditionsbericht. - Science Notes - Das Magazin für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft 6: 16–23.
Albrecht J, Peters MK, Becker JN, Behler C, Classen A, Ensslin A, Ferger SW, Gebert F, Gerschlauer F, Helbig-Boniz M, Kindeketa W, Kühnel A, Mayr AV, Njovu HK, Pabst H, Pommer U, Röder J, Rutten G, Schellenberger Costa D, Sierra-Cornejo N, Vogeler A, Vollstädt MGR, Dulle HI, Eardley CD, Howell KM, Keller A, Peters RS, Kakengi V, Hemp C, Zhang J, Manning P, Mueller T, Bogner C, Böhning-Gaese K, Brandl R, Hertel D, Huwe B, Kiese R, Kleyer M, Leuschner C, Kuzyakov Y, Nauss T, Tschapka M, Fischer M, Hemp A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Schleuning M (2021) Species richness is more important for ecosystem functioning than species turnover along an elevational gradient. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01550-9
Quah, E., Lwin, K., Cota, M., Grismer, L., Neang, T., Wogan, G., McGuire, ... A. Koch (2021): Common Water Monitor – Varanus salvator. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021
Fabrizi, S., Liu, W.G., Bai, M., Yang, X.K., Ahrens, D. (2021) A monograph of the genus Maladera of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). Zootaxa 4922 (1): 1–400.
Elbrecht V, Bourlat SJ, Hörren T, Lindner A, Mordente A, Noll NW, Schäffler L, Sorg M, Zizka VMA. 2021. Pooling size sorted Malaise trap fractions to maximize taxon recovery with metabarcoding. PeerJ 9:e12177 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12177
Lukic, D., Eberle, J., Thormann, J., Holzschuh, C., Ahrens, D. (2021): Excluding spatial sampling bias does not eliminate over-splitting in species delimitation analyses.- Ecology and Evolution 11(15):10327-10337.
Brandmeier J., Reininghaus H., Pappagallo S., Karley A. J., Kiær L. P., Scherber C. (2021) Intercropping in high input agriculture supports arthropod diversity without risking significant yield losses. Basic and Applied Ecology