Research Projects

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This is a short summary of research activities in the Invertebrate Animals Sciences Department.

Christian Kropf
Functional morphology, phylogeny, systematics, biogeography and faunistics of Araneae and Scorpiones.
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Charles Huber
Coleoptera, Carabidae: genera Nebria and Oreonebria (Palaearctics).
Field of work: systematics, biogeography, faunistics. Larvae in the genera Nebria and Oreonebria.
Determination of all species of the genera Nebria and Oreonebria (Carabidae) of the western palaearctics (northern Africa, Europe from the Iberian peninsula to the Caucasus mountains).
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Eike Neubert
Type catalogue of molluscan taxa in Swiss museum collections.
Ecology and diversity of land molluscs.
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Hannes Baur
Taxonomy and systematics of mainly Holarctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae, Eulophidae, Leucospidae). Taxonomy and faunistics of Central European Ensifera, Caelifera, and Blattodea. Identification of Palearctic chalcidoid wasps and Central European grasshoppers and cockroaches.
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Elsa Obrecht
She is interested in problems around applied entomology, especially concerning Diptera, e.g. forensic entomology, house pests, parasites.
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