Dirk Ahrens

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Dirk Ahrens (* 1971 in Neubrandenburg ) is a German biologist and taxonomist at the Museum Alexander Koenig , Bonn. He specializes in scarab beetles and has been the new custodian of the Coleoptera section since May 1st, 2010 .

Life

Ahrens studied biology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald with a focus on zoology and ecology. He graduated with a diploma in 1997 and worked as a research assistant at the State Animal Museum in Dresden. From 2001 to 2004 he did his doctorate at the German Entomological Institute, Eberswalde and received his title from the Free University of Berlin . In 2005 he worked for the Swiss development cooperation agency Helvetas . From 2006 to 2008 he was a post-doctoral student at the Natural History Museum in Munich, before moving to the Zoological Research Museum Koenig in Bonn in 2010.

His research area includes the molecular systematics of beetles, as well as evolutionary biology and integrative taxonomy. So far, he has described nearly 500 new species in scientific publications.

Publications (selection)

Including monographs, book chapters and journal articles:

  • MJTN Timmermans, S. Dodsworth, CL Culverwell, L. Bocak, D. Ahrens, DTJ Littlewood, J. Pons, AP Vogler: Why barcode? High-throughput multiplex sequencing of mitochondrial genomes for molecular systematics. In: Nucleic Acids Research . 2010, pp. 1–14.
  • D. Keith, E. Rössner, D. Ahrens: On the identity of Triodontella alni (Blanchard, 1850) and Serica luteipes Fairmaire, 1881 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Sericini). In: Entomological Journal. 120, 2010, pp. 103-107.
  • E. Rössner, J. Scheuert, D. Ahrens: Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) medius (Kugelann, 1792) -a good western palaearctic species in the Onthophagus vacca complex ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini). In: Zootaxa. 2629, 2010, pp. 1-28.
  • D. Ahrens, YD Gc, PK Lago, P. Nagel: Seasonal fluctuation, phenology and turnover of chafer assemblages - insight to the structural plasticity of insect communities in tropical farmland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 11, 2009, pp. 265-274.
  • D. Ahrens, S. Fabrizi: New species of Sericini from the Eastern Himalaya and Tibet (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). In: M. Hartmann, M. Weipert (Ed.): Biodiversity and natural features in the Himalaya III. Association of Friends and Supporters of the Natural History Museum Erfurt eV Erfurt 2009, pp. 249–284.
  • D. Ahrens: Sericinae. In: I. Löbl, A. Smetana (Ed.): The Catalog of the Order Coleoptera of the Palaearctic Region. Apollo Books, 2006, pp. 229-248.
  • D. Ahrens: A taxonomic review on the Serica (s. Str.) MacLeay, 1819 species of Asiatic mainland (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). In: Nova Supplementa Entomologica. 18, 2005, pp. 1-163.
  • E. Rössner, D. Ahrens: Taxonomy and chorology of the genus Omaloplia, Schoenherr, 1817 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Sericini). dissertation.de - Verlag im Internet, Berlin 2004.
  • D. Ahrens, V. Assing, A. Bellmann, R. Bellstedt , D. Eisinger, J. Esser, J. Frank, R. Geider, S. Gürlich, M. Hartmann, B. Klausnitzer, R. Klinger, F. Köhler, E. Konzelmann, G. Möller, L. Schmidt, P. Schnitter, D. Spitzenberg, P. Sprick, H. Terlutter: Directory of beetles in Germany - Entomofauna Germanica. In: Entomological News and Reports. Supplement 4, Dresden 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual Report 2010 (PDF; 2.0 MB) Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, accessed on February 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ List of publications on the ZMFK website
personal data
SURNAME Ahrens, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biologist and taxonomist
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Neubrandenburg , GDR