Thomas Pape

Thomas Pape

Associate Professor

Member of:

    ORCID: 0000-0001-6609-0609

    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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