Dr. Joachim Ziegler

Tasks

volunteer collection of Diptera and Siphonaptera

Research

Research projects:

• Diptera Stelviana. A dipterological perspective on a changing alpine landscape. Results from a survey of the biodiversity of Diptera (Insecta) in the Stilfserjoch National Park (Italy).
• Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Germaria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Tachinidae).
• Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Stevenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Rhinophoridae).
• The biodiversity of areas of high endemicity in Iran, and investigations into their historical biogeography based on selected Diptera taxa.

Publications (Selection)

Lutovinovas, E., Malenovský, I., Tóthová, A., Ziegler, J. & Vanhara, J. 2013. Taxonomic approach to the tachinid flies Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Dinera fuscata using molecular and morphometric data. – Journal of Insect Science 13 (139): 1–18, Wisconsin.

Mello, R. L. & Ziegler, J. 2012. Catalogue of the type material of Neriidae (Diptera, Schizophora) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany. – Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59 (1): 147–163; Weinheim Wiley-VCH Verlag.

Ziegler, J. 2010. Revision of the Genus Germaria Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) from Greece, with descriptions of two new species. – Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 57 (1): 43–57; Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim.

Ziegler, J. 2008 (ed.). Diptera Stelviana. A dipterological perspective on a changing alpine landscape. Results from a survey of the biodiversity of Diptera (Insecta) in the Stilfserjoch National Park (Italy). Volume 1 – Studia dipterologica. Suppl. 16: 395 pp. and 4 maps; Halle (Saale), Ampyx-Verlag.

Ziegler, J. 2005. Ordnung Diptera, Zweiflügler (Fliegen und Mücken). – In: Dathe, H. H. (ed.): Lehrbuch der Speziellen Zoologie. Begründet von Alfred Kaestner. 2. Auflage. Band I: Wirbellose Tiere, 5. Teil: Insecta, 756-860. – Spektrum Akademischer Verlag; Heidelberg, Berlin.