Stefan F. Wirth

Stefan Friedrich Wirth (born June 10, 1972 in Neunkirchen (Saar) ) is a German zoologist , evolutionary biologist and mite specialist . Among other things, Wirth is the first to describe three new mite species: Histiostoma palustre , Bonomoia opuntiae and Histiostoma blomquisti .

Live and act

Wirth studied biology at the Free University of Berlin from 1994 to 2000 and did his doctorate there in 2004 under Walter Sudhaus on mites from an evolutionary perspective. Until 2014, Wirth worked as a freelance lecturer at the Free University of Berlin in the subject areas of evolutionary biology and ecology .

In 2011 Wirth co-authored a publication on computed tomography images of a fossil mite that was trapped in a piece of Baltic amber while sitting on a spider . With a length of less than 0.2 mm, the mite is the smallest animal to date that has been reconstructed three-dimensionally using this method. Thanks to the computer images , she could be assigned as the oldest member of the still living family of the Histiostomatidae .

Selected publications

SF Wirth, AP Garonna: Histiostoma ovalis (Histiostomatidae, Acari) associated with Ips sexdentatus (Scolytinae, Curculionidae, Coleoptera): and mite redescription on the basis of formerly ecology adults and nymphs. In: International Journal of Acarology. 2015. doi: 10.1080 / 01647954.2015.1050062
M. Pernek, S. Wirth, SR Blomquist, DN Avtzis, JC Moser: New associations of phoretic mites on Pityokteines curvidens (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). In: Central European Journal of Biology. Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 63-68.
L. Koller, S. Wirth, G. Raspotnig: Geranial-rich oil gland secretions: a common phenomenon in the Histiostomatidae (Acari, Astigmata)? In: International journal of Acarology. 38 (5-38), 2012, pp. 420-426.
J. Krüger, S. Wirth: Life cycle of Sarraceniopus nipponensis (Histiostomatidae: Astigmata) from the fluid-filled pitchers of Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae). In: Acarologia. 51 (2), 2011, pp. 259-267.
JA Dunlop, S. Wirth, D. Penney, A. McNeil, RS Bradley, PJ Withers, RF Preziosi: A minute fossil phoretic mite recovered by phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography. In: Biology Letters. 8, 2012, pp. 457-460. PMID 22072283 . (rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org)
S. Wirth: Necromenic life style of Histiostoma polypori (Acari, Histiostomatidae). In: Experimental and Applied Acarology. 49, 2009, pp. 317-327. PMID 19697142 , doi: 10.1007 / s10493-009-9295-6 .
S. Wirth: Transformations of copulation structures and observations on the male polyphenism in the phylogeny of the Histiostomatidae. In: International Journal of Acarology. Volume 31, Issue 2/2005, pp. 91-100. doi: 10.1080 / 01647950508683657

Web links

Homepage Stefan Wirth

S. Wirth: Phylogeny, biology and character transformations of the Histiostomatidae (Acari, Astigmata). PhD thesis. Internet publication, 2004. (diss.fu-berlin.de)

Susanne Lummer: Machos in the world of mites. Evolution at work: a Berlin biologist is researching the bizarre world of mites. In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 17, 2005. (tagesspiegel.de)

Marcel Gäding: More than 120 biologists took stock of the zoo at the weekend: wild boars at the Reichstag. In: Berliner Zeitung . June 13, 2005 (berliner-zeitung.de)

Individual evidence

↑ S. Wirth: The stem species pattern of Histiostomatidae and description of Histiostoma palustre n. Sp., A mite species with two types of males. In: Acarologia. Volume 42, No. 3, 2002, pp. 257-270.

↑ S. Wirth: Description of a new species, Bonomia opuntiae n. Sp. (Histiomatidae, Astigmata), with observations on the function of its eyes. In: Acarologia. Volume 45, No. 4, 2005, pp. 303-319.

↑ S. Wirth, JC Moser: Histiostoma blomquisti n. Sp. (Acari: Astigmata: Histiostomatidae), a phoretic mite of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Acarologia. Volume 50, No. 3, 2010, pp. 357-371.

↑ Britta Verlinden: Fossil discovery: Mite enclosed in amber fascinates researchers. In: The time . November 9, 2011. (zeit.de)

↑ Mini mite as a stowaway . Press release of the Museum für Naturkunde, November 9, 2011. (naturkundemuseum-berlin.de) ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Wirth, Stefan F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wirth, Stefan Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German evolutionary biologist and mite scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neunkirchen (Saar)

[1] S. Wirth: The stem species pattern of Histiostomatidae and description of Histiostoma palustre n. Sp., A mite species with two types of males. In: Acarologia. Volume 42, No. 3, 2002, pp. 257-270.

[2] S. Wirth: Description of a new species, Bonomia opuntiae n. Sp. (Histiomatidae, Astigmata), with observations on the function of its eyes. In: Acarologia. Volume 45, No. 4, 2005, pp. 303-319.

[3] S. Wirth, JC Moser: Histiostoma blomquisti n. Sp. (Acari: Astigmata: Histiostomatidae), a phoretic mite of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Acarologia. Volume 50, No. 3, 2010, pp. 357-371.

[4] Britta Verlinden: Fossil discovery: Mite enclosed in amber fascinates researchers. In: The time . November 9, 2011. (zeit.de)