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Prof. Dr. Michael Ohl

Prof. Dr. Michael Ohl
  • E-Mail: michael.ohl@mfn.berlin
  • Tel: +49 30 889140 - 8507
  • Fax: +49 30 889140 - 8868
  • Museum für Naturkunde
    Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
    Invalidenstraße 43
    10115 Berlin
    Deutschland
  • Publications

    A. P. Aguiar, A. R. Deans, M. S. Engel, M. Forshage, J. T. Huber, J. T. Jennings, N. F. Johnson, A. S. Lelej, J. T. Longino, V. Lohrmann, I. Mikó1, M. Ohl, C. Rasmussen, A. Taeger and D. Sick Ki Yu. 2013. Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa, 3703, 1–82. www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03703p062.pdf

    Lohrmann, V., Kirschey, L., Krause, S., Schulze, M. & M. Ohl (2012): TIGER-wasps – A preliminary review of the apoid wasp diversity in Thailand (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). – Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 18: 31-34.

    Seltmann, K., Yoder, M., Miko, I., Forshage, M., Bertone, M., Agosti, D., Austin, A., Balhoff, J., Borowiec, M., Brady, S., Broad, G., Brothers, D., Burks, R., Buffington, M., Campbell, H., Dew, K., Ernst, A., Fernandez-Triana, J., Gates, M., Gibson, G., Jennings, J., Johnson, N., Karlsson, D., Kawada, R., Krogmann, L., Kula, R., Mullins, T., Ohl, M., Rasmussen, C., Ronquist, F., Schulmeister, S., Sharkey, M., Talamas, E., Tucker, E., Vilhelmsen, L., Ward, P.S., Wharton, R. & A. Deans (2012): A hymenopterists’ guide to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology: utility, clarification, and future directions. – Journal of Hymenoptera Research 27: 67-88.

    Lohrmann, V., Vohland, K., Ohl, M. & C. Häuser (Hrsg.) (2012): Taxonomische Forschung in Deutschland - Eine Übersichtsstudie. 122 S. DOI: 10.5075/taxo-studie-01-2012
    PDF online: www.biodiversity.de/images/stories/Downloads/taxo-studie-01-2012.pdf

    Snyman L.P., M. Ohl, M.W. Mansell & C.H. Scholtz (2012) A revision and key to the genera of Afrotropical Mantispidae (Neuropterida, Neuroptera), with the description of a new genus. – ZooKeys 184: 67–93. 

    Kimsey, L.S. & M. Ohl (2012) Megalara garuda, a new genus and species of larrine wasps from Indonesia (Larrinae, Crabronidae, Hymenoptera). – ZooKeys 177: 49–57.

    Ohl, M. (2012): The primary types of Mantispidae (Neuropterida) in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin – An annotated catalogue. – Zoosystematics and Evolution 88 (1): 97–124.

    Field, J., M. Ohl & M. Kennedy (2011): A molecular phylogeny for digger wasps in the tribe Ammophilini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Sphecidae). – Systematic Entomology 36: 732-740.

    Ohl, M. & P. Höhn (2011): Taxonomy, bionomics, and ecology of a new species of the blue mud-dauber wasp genus Chalybion from Sulawesi (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). – Zoosystematics and Evolution 87: 335-348.

    Ohl, M. (2011): Aboard a spider – A complex developmental strategy fossilized in amber. – Naturwissenschaften 98: 453-456 (DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0783-2)

    Nemkov, P. G. & M. Ohl (2011): A cladistic analysis and reclassification of the Bembicini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae). – Zootaxa 2801: 27-47.

    Ohl, M. (2011): Order Hymenoptera, family Ampulicidae. In: A. van Harten (ed): Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, Vol. 4. Dar Al Ummah Printing, Abu Dhabi, UAE. p. 475-487.

    Bhattacharjee, S., M. Ohl, S. Saha, S. Sarkar & D. Raychaudhuri (2010): Euclimacia nodosa (Westwood, 1847), a rare and poorly known species of Mantispidae (Neuroptera), recorded for the first time from West Bengal, India. – Zoosystematics and Evolution 86: 221-224.

    Ohl, M. & P. Spahn (2010): A cladistic analysis of the cockroach wasps based on morphological data (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae). – Cladistics 26: 49-61.

    Lohrmann, V. & M. Ohl (2010): World revision of the wasp genus Liosphex Townes, 1977 (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). – Zootaxa 2384: 1-43.

    Ohl, M. (2009): A revision of the mantispid genus Nampista (Neuroptera). – Zoosystematics and Evolution 85: 189-198.

    Ohl, M. (2009): A new species of the wasp genus Sericophorus in New Caledonia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae). – Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 34 (1/2): 27-32

    Ohl, M. (2009): A colorful new species of the digger wasp genus Pseudoplisus Ashmead from the Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae). – Zootaxa 2009: 27-34

    Lohrmann, V. & M. Ohl (2009): Taxonomie und Biogeographie der Wespen-Gattung Liosphex (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) - Wie variabel ist Liosphex varius? – Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 17: 277-280.

    Ohl, M. (2008): Order Hymenoptera, family Heterogynaidae. In: A. van Harten (ed): Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, Vol. 2. Dar Al Ummah Printing, Abu Dhabi, UAE. p. 403-406

    Lohrmann, V., M. Ohl, C. Bleidorn & L. Podsiadlowski (2008): Phylogenie der „Sphecidae“ (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) basierend auf molekularen Daten. – Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 16: 99-102.

    Ohl, M. & S. Krause (2007): A remarkable new species of the digger wasp genus Zanysson Rohwer 1921 from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae). – Zootaxa 1442: 43-54.

    Lohrmann, V. & M. Ohl (2007): The wasp genus Olixon Cameron in Madagascar: first record and description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). – Zootaxa 1465: 39-46.

    Ohl, M. & M. S. Engel. (2007): Die Fossilgeschichte der Bienen und ihrer nächsten Verwandten (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). – Denisia 20: 687-700

    Ohl, M. (2007): Principles of Taxonomy and Classification - Current procedures for naming and classifying organisms. Vol. 1. In: W. Henke & I. Tattersall: Handbook of Palaeoanthropology. 3 vol. Springer Verlag. p. 141-166.

    Ohl, M. (2007): Towards a global inventory of Mantispidae - the state-of-the-art in mantispid taxonomy. - Ann. Mus. civ. St. nat. Ferrara 8 (2005): 79-86.

    Ohl, M. & C. Bleidorn (2006): The phylogenetic position of the enigmatic wasp family Heterogynaidae based on molecular data, with description of a new, nocturnal species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Systematic Entomology 31: 321-337.

    Ohl, M. (2005 ("2004")): A review of the Nearctic wasp genus Microstictia (Apoidea: Bembicinae), with description of two new species from Florida and Arizona. Systematics and Biodiversity 2(4): 341-353 (published online 7 April 2005, print version published 18 April 2005)

    Ohl, M. & J.D. Oswald (2004): Annotated list of the primary type specimens of Megaloptera and Raphidioptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 51: 87-96.

    Ohl, M. (2004): Die Heterogynaidae - Eine seltsame Wespengruppe und die Phylogenie der aculeaten Hymenopteren. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 14: 67-70.

    Ohl, M. (2004): Annotated catalog of the Mantispidae of the world (Neuroptera). Contributions on Entomology, International 5 (3): 129-264

    Ohl, M. (2004): A new wasp-mimicking species of the genus Euclimacia from Thailand (Neuroptera, Mantispidae). Denisia 13: 193-196.

    Ohl, M. (2004): The first fossil representative of the wasp genus Dolichurus Latreille, 1809, with a review of fossil Ampulicidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77: 332-342.

    Ohl, M. & Linde, D. (2003): Ovaries, ovarioles, and oocytes in apoid wasps, with special reference to cleptoparasitic species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, "Sphecidae"). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 147-159.

    Ohl, M. (2002): A revision of the wasp genus Dolichurus Latreille, 1809 in Australia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Ampulicidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 33: 35-51.

    Ohl, M. (2002): Die Neuropterida-Sammlung des Museums für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin – Sammler, Forscher, Typen. Galathea, Supplement 13: 21-29.

    Ohl, M. (2002): A new species of the wasp genus Clitemnestra Spinola 1851 from New Caledonia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae, Bembicinae). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49: 275-278.

    Ohl, M. (1999): A revision of Stizoides Guérin-Méneville, 1844: taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, biogeography, and evolution (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: "Sphecidae"). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin, Zoologische Reihe 75: 63-169.

  • Tasks

    • Curator for Neuropterida, Orthopteroidea and Sphecidae (apoid wasps)
    • Deputy Head of Science Programme Collection Development and Biodiversity Discovery
    • Head of Department Biodiversity Discovery within Science Programme Collection Development and Biodiversity Discovery
    • Head of Entomological Collections
    • Adjunct professor at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin

    Research

    Research interests

    My research focus is on the taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolution of holometabolous insects, with special emphasis on Hymenoptera and Neuropterida. I am particularly interested in the global taxonomy and phylogeny of the highly diverse apoid wasps within the aculeate Hymenoptera. Another focus is on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the Mantispidae, a relatively small but weakly studied group of neuropterid insects.

    As a conceptual framework of my empirical studies, I am also interested in the theoretical and methodological foundation of biological systematics, with special emphasis on taxonomy, and in the history of biology.

    Research projects

    • “The sting apparatus of aculeate Hymenoptera – Morphology, Evolution and significance for reproductive strategies“ (DFG project OH 81/5; 2005-2011)
    • “Morphology of antennae and antennal sensillae of aculeate Hymenoptera and its phylogenetic significance” (DFG project OH 81/6; since 2009).

    Publications (Selection)

    Field, J., Ohl, M., Kennedy, M. (2011): A molecular phylogeny for digger wasps in the tribe Ammophilini (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Sphecidae). – Systematic Entomology 36: 732-740.

    Ohl, M. (2011): Aboard a spider – A complex developmental strategy fossilized in amber. – Naturwissenschaften 98: 453-456.

    Nemkov, P.G., Ohl, M. (2011): A cladistic analysis and reclassification of the Bembicini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae). – Zootaxa 2801: 27-47.

    Ohl, M., Spahn, P. (2010): A cladistic analysis of the cockroach wasps based on morphological data (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae). – Cladistics 26: 49-61.

    Ohl, M. (2007): Principles of Taxonomy and Classification - Current procedures for naming and classifying organisms. Vol. 1. In: Henke, W, Tattersall, I: Handbook of Palaeoanthropology. 3 vol. Springer Verlag. p. 141-166.