Thomas Pape
Associate Professor
Current research
Systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of the Calyptratae (Diptera):
- Collaborator on the Systema Dipterorum;
- Comparative larval morphology;
- Phylogeny of the Calyptrata based on molecular data;
- Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of the Sarcophagidae;
- Taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny and phylogeography of the Rhinophoridae;
- Evolution and historical ecology of the Oestridae.
Fields of interest
Systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of two-winged insects (Diptera) with special emphasis on the Tachinidae family-group (Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Rhinophoridae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae). Diptera nomenclature. Large-scale biodiversity inventories.Primary fields of research
Systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of two-winged insects (Diptera) with special emphasis on the calyptrate families. Diptera nomenclature. Large-scale biodiversity inventories.
Teaching
Entomology: structure, phylogeny and biology of terrestrial arthropods (BSc-level course with other staff members/research associates of the Entomology Department).
Field Biology II - Zoology (mandatory field course for early BSc-students).
Ecology and Evolution of East Africa (2-weeks field course in Udzungwa, Tanzania, with Nikolaj Scharff).
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Review of the genus Agria (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from China
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Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758
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Taxonomic review of the Sphecapatodes ornata group (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae), with description of one new species
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