Dirk Ahrens

Projects

1KITE
Management: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof

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2025

2025/12
Ahrens, D., Pham, P.V.
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A new Trioserica species from Ko Kut Island, Thailand (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericinae)
Nak jaṃnāñ khāng pāṇakasāstr Iṇḍūcin =, 88, 1
2025/10
Ahrens, D., Pacheco, T.L.
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The Sericinae collection of Petr Pacholátko found a new home: the Museum Koenig Bonn (Germany) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
2025/10
Dietz, L., Eberle, J., Kukowka, S., Podsiadlowski, L., Bazzato, E., Stange, M., Warnock, R.C.M., Niehuis, O., Mayer, C., Ahrens, D.
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Cryptic Species Can Be Phylogenetically Old Despite Strong Sex-Biased Dispersal
Systematic Biology
2025/09
SREEDEVI, K., AHRENS, D.
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Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Zootaxa, 1, 5692
2025/09
PHAM, P.V., PACHOLÁTKO, P., AHRENS, D.
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New species and records of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5691
2025/09
Sabatinelli, G., Pham, P.V., Ahrens, D.
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Dedalopterus huongae new species from northern Vietnam (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini)
Faunitaxys - Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 43, 13
2025/08
Pacheco, T.L., Lago, P., Ahrens, D.
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On the identity of Serica elongata Nonfried from Honduras (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2025/07
Ahrens, D., Pham, P.
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Erforschung der Artenvielfalt der Maikäfer in Vietnam: mehr als nur das Sammeln und Beschreiben neuer Arten von “Dark Taxa” (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
2025/07
Zhao, M., Huang, G., Huang, H., Ahrens, D.
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Description of two new species of Sericini from Zhuhai City, Guangdong, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Nak jaṃnāñ khāng pāṇakasāstr Iṇḍūcin =, 49, 1
2025/03
Ahrens, D., Haas, A., Pacheco, T.L., Grobe, P.
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Extracting specimen label data rapidly with a smartphone—a great help for simple digitization in taxonomy and collection management
ZooKeys, 1233
2025/03
GUPTA, D., BHUNIA, D., AHRENS, D., CHANDRA, K.
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New species and records of Sericinae from India and Nepal (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5613
2025/02
HADDAD, N., AHRENS, D., SMAILI, M.C.
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First record of Maladera insanabilis (Brenske, 1894) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) in Morocco
Zootaxa, 3, 5590
2025/01
Ranasinghe, U.S.L., Eberle, J., Benjamin, S.P., Scherber, C., Ahrens, D.
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Morphospace disparity and species diversity in Sri Lankan phytophagous scarab beetles—A comparison by forest types, altitude and sites
Ecological Entomology

2024

2024/12
Dietz, L., Kukowka, S., Eberle, J., Mayer, C., Niehuis, O., Podsiadlowski, L., Ahrens, D.
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Museomics reveal origins of East African Pleophylla forest chafers and Miocene forest connectivity
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201
2024/10
LI, W., YANG, Z., LIU, W., AHRENS, D., ZHENG, Y., BAI, M., LIU, Y.
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The Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) from the Nanling Mountains, China
Zootaxa, 1, 5528
2024/10
AHRENS, D., BEZDĚK, A.
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Catalogue of Palaearctic Sericinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)—revised and updated fourth edition
Zootaxa, 1, 5520
2024/08
AHRENS, D., ZHAO, M., PHAM, P.V., LIU, W.
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Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Zootaxa, 1, 5491
2024/07
Jiménez-Mejías, P., Manzano, S., Gowda, V., Krell, F., Lin, M., Martín-Bravo, S., Martín-Torrijos, L., Nieto Feliner, G., Mosyakin, S.L., Naczi, R.F.C., Acedo, C., Álvarez, I., Crisci, J.V., Luceño Garcés, M., Manning, J., Moreno Saiz, J.C., Muasya, A.M., Riina, R., Meseguer, A.S., Sánchez-Mata, D., El-Hawagry, M.S.A., Rad, M.A., Blandin, P., Schmitt, M., Hayashi, R., Kim, S., Ronikier, A., Ronikier, M., Chozas, S., Anjos, A., Garbino, G.S.T., Rogov, M., Morales, M.B., Verde, C.L.L., Çilden, E., Shuka, D., Gjeta, E., Shuka, L., Meco, M., Shumka, S., Benghanem, A.N., Tahri, D., Hocine, L., Meddour, R., Boubar, S., Benhouhou, S., Pladevall, C., Gonçalves, F.M.P., Pérez-González, A., Carranza, A.V., Prina, A.O., Prado, D.E., Gutiérrez, D.G., Guerrero, E.L., Lavilla, E.O., Minghetti, E., Agnolín, F., Alfosno, G.L., Cantero, J.J., Faivovich, J., Katinas, L., Laurito, M., Arana, M., Melo, M.C., Ponce, M.J., Fabbroni, M., Ortiz, P.E., Demaio, P.H., Dellapé, P.M., Teta, P., Kiesling, R., Aleksanyan, A., Fayvush, G., Jones, B., Bickel, D.J., Håkansson, E., Kupriyanova, E., Shea, G., Kellermann, J., Wilson, K.L., Mucina, L., Morris, N., Cranston, P., Crossing, P., Allsopp, P.G., Weston, P., Hoser, R., Pethiyagoda, R., Eipper, S., Worthy, T.H., Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld, V.R., Frajman, B., Pachschwöll, C., Schneeweiss, G.M., Pils, G., Voglmayr, H., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Agiadi, K., Barfuss, M.H.J., Schönswetter, P., Willner, W., Lukashuk, A., Tikhomirov, V.N., Dorchin, A., Henrard, A., Hans, D.B., Verloove, F., Smagghe, G., Verniers, J., Bosselaers, J., Degreef, J., Meganck, K., Chatrou, L., Beyens, L., da Costa, L.M., Sosef, M., Pauwels, O.S.G., Rosa, P., Schoolmeesters, P., Limbourg, P., Gradstein, R., Speijer, R., Ntore, S., Wood, T.J., De Prins, W., Yorou, N.S., Wangchuk, J., Siles, L., Aguirre, L.F., Urioste, L.F.A., Mercado U, M., Pareses-Rodríguez, M.A., Ocampo, M., Bacarreza, P.J.C., Adrović, A., Trožić-Borovac, S., Fanta, D.T., Kury, A.B., Hoffmann, A., Fernandes, A.S., Katz, A.M., Walter, B.M.T., de Moura, C.O., Lopes-Andrade, C., Amorim, D.d.S., Cavallari, D.C., Loebmann, D., Fachin, D.A., da Silva, D.N., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Neto, F.L., Lopes, G.P., Costa, H.C., Büneker, H.M., Gonçalves, I.P., Lattke, J.E., Rafael, J.A., Nascimento, J., Pirani, J.R., Külkamp, J., Silva Junior, J.C.G., Araujo-Vieira, K., Giacomin, L.L., Vieira, L.M., Vieira, L.T.A., Borges, L.M., Versieux, L.M., Marinho, L.C., Jordão, L.S.B., de Queiroz, L.P., Trovó, M., Weksler, M., Lhano, M.G., Caruzo, M.B.R., Hoogmoed, M.S., Figueira, M., Medrano, M., Groppo, M., Padilla, O.R., da Silva, O.L.M., Thyssen, P.J., Cardoso, P.H., Silva, R.A.P.F., Trevizan, R., Secco, R.d.S., Simão-Bianchini, R., Thomsom, S., Melo dos Santos, T.C., Caramaschi, U., Sudré dos Santos, V., da Graça, W.J., Rossine, Y., Slik, J.W.F., Grafe, U., Tosheva, A., Asenov, A., Pavlova, D., Konstantinov, F., Kunev, G., Simov, N., Missoup, A.D., Bennett, A.M.R., Hann, B., Morgan, C., Lacroix-Carignan, É., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Sperling, F., Brodo, F., Allen, G.A., Pohl, G.R., Basinger, J., Landry, J., Maunder, J.E., Huber, J., Reynolds, J.W., Cazabonne, J., Aguilar, J.C.V., Buck, M., Costea, M., Barden, O., Cronk, Q., Otfinowski, R., Claramunt, S., Darbyshire, S., Dickinson, T., Crins, W.J., Garri, A.M., Abarca, D.A., Squeo, F.A., Pérez-Schultheiss, J., García-Beltrán, J.A., Rivadeneira, M.M., Rodríguez, S.M., Teillier, S., Nielsen, S.N., Borzee, A., Zhao, B., Shah, B., Yuan, C., Liu, C., Liao, C., Liu, C., Gao, C., Tang, C., Zhang, C., Lau, C.S., Zhou, D., Gustafsson, D.R., Rédei, D., Duan, F., Jia, F., Chen, F., Zhou, G., Huang, G., Xu, H., Gao, H., Yan, H., Naveed, H., Zhu, H., Shi, H., Li, H., Han, H., Liu, J., Huang, J., Liu, J., qiang Cao, J., Sun, J., Guo, J., Chen, J., Guo, J., Sun, J., Wang, J., Zhai, J., Lin, J., Zhang, J., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Tong, J., Kang, K., Wang, K., Cai, K., Ma, K., Xu, K., Zhang, K., Ren, L., Tang, L., Luo, L., Meng, L., Lin, M., Xie, M., Liu, M., Hassan, M.A., Fei, P., Rioual, P., Li, P., Li, P., Bhandari, P., Xu, Q., Gao, Q., GUO, Q., Shen, R., Huang, R., Gao, S., Feng, S., Li, S., Qiu, S., Wang, S., Zhang, S., Zhang, S., Ge, S., Xu, S., Yang, T., Hu, T., He, T., Gao, T., Yin, W., Sun, X., Jin, X., Yang, X., Zeng, X., Zhao, X., Li, X., Yang, X., Bai, X., Liu, X., Duan, X., Zheng, X., Li, X., Zhang, X., Jiang, X., Zhao, Y., Zhao, Y., Fan, Y., Lu, Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, Y., Yu, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Yan, Y., Zhao, Y., Li, Y., Dai, Y., Hou, Z., Pan, Z., Wang, Z., Huang, Z., Qi, Z., Lyu, Z., He, Z., Jiang, Z., Gao, Z., Chen, Z., Peng, Z., Hongbin, Z., Li, Z., He, Z., Song, Z., Yin, Z., Shen, Z., Yin, Z., Liang, Z., Mai, Z., Idárraga, A., Rial, A., Agudelo R, A.A., Henao, C.A.A., Robayo, D.S., Cardona, F.J.S., Chaves, H.R., Pinto-Zárate, J., Noriega, J.A., Avendaño, J.E., Guzman, L.E.U., del Pilar Sepúlveda, M., Espitia, M.R., cortes, O., Herrera, S.C., Feldman, S.R., Bouka, G., Karremans, A.P., Bolanos, B.A., Rojas-Alvarado, G., Chinchilla, I.F., Klank, J., Mardones, M., Fateryga, A., Vojta, A., Bielen, A., Maguire, I., Rešetnik, I., Godrijan, J., Skejo, J., Ivković, M., Piria, M., Pavlek, M., Kasalo, N., Hudina, S., Bosak, S., Stankovic, V.M., Palmarola, A., López, C.E.M., Bécquer, E.R., Santos, I.E.M., Iturralde, R.B., Petrusek, A., Bezděk, A., Lisner, A., Quirós-de-la-Peña, B., Vondráček, D., Krahulec, F., Malenovský, I., Sammarco, I., Čepička, I., Bezděk, J., Kaštovský, J., Kollár, J., Leps, J., Pergl, J., Prančl, J., Vondrák, J., Votypka, J., Haxaire, J., Danihelka, J., Hadrava, J., Hájek, J., Malicek, J., Skuhrovec, J., Velebil, J., Lukes, J., Štajerová, K., Ekrt, L., Nedbalová, L., Sekerka, L., Lučanová, M., Eliáš, M., Polášek, M., Lepší, M., Vácha, M., Straka, M., Chytrý, M., Štech, M., Sedláček, O., Šída, O., Mráz, P., Skaloud, P., Bureš, P., Dvořák, P., Kment, P., Koutecký, P., Lepší, P., Pařil, P., Pyšek, P., Šmarda, P., Volf, P., Vasut, R.J., Mally, R., Kundrata, R., Geriš, R., Hlaváček, R., Fer, T., Hauer, T., Urfus, T., Latzel, V., Hampl, V., Yurchenko, V., Nemcova, Y., Fric, Z.F., Kaplan, Z., Romeo, C., Bruun, H.H., Svenning, J., Tan, K., Borregaard, M.K., Thibault, N., Molgaard, P., Jiménez, A.L.M., Jiménez, S.C., Freire-Fierro, A., Loaiza-Lange, A., Jiménez, D.N.O., Armijos-Ojeda, D., Gutiérrez del Pozo, D., Nava, G.P., Pabón-Garcés, G., Ordóñez-Delgado, L., Oleas, N., Székely, P., Burneo, S.F., Romero, V., Nour, I., Badry, M.O., Pototski, A., Prous, M., Kurina, O., Soon, V., DT Gillett, C.P., Losacco, F., Hyvönen, J., Mattila, J., Vihavainen, J., Paukkunen, J., Vuorinen, J., Muona, J., Kaila, L., Myllys, L., Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Uotila, P., Lampinen, R., Lehtonen, S., Tarasov, S., Clayhills, T., Peregrym, M., Dubois, A., Delobe, A., Ohler, A., Huguenin, A., Matocq, A., Mériguet, B., Del Rio, C., Boudouresque, C., Denys, C., Dufresnes, C., Villemant, C., Jouault, C., Jouet, D., Herbin, D., Zuccon, D., Geraads, D., Keith, D., Bellan-Santini, D., Vivent, D., Saliba, E.M., Vela, E., Condamine, F.L., Maddi, F.A., Dusoulier, F., Chalie, F., Debierre-Grockiego, F., Danet, F., Ducarme, F., Kergoat, G., Rouhan, G., Gerriet, ., Gateble, G., Cuny, G., Karadjian, G., Viscardi, G., Savina, H., Jourdan, H., Ineich, I., Fernández-López, J., Huchet, J., Gantier, J., de Massary, J., Josso, J., Trape, J., Harmelin, J., Latil, J., Tison, J., Barbut, J., Depaquit, J., Munzinger, J., Prosperi, J., Engel, J., Leonetti, L., Philippe, M., Rabiller, M., Laguerre, M., Vianey-Liaud, M., Boury-Esnault, N., Montreuil, O., Leraut, P., Bouchet, P., Moretto, P., Maquart, P., Garrouste, R., Rémi, R., Gadoum, S., Buord, S., Stutz, ., Leroy, S.A.G., Deschamps, S., Bruy, T., Ramage, T., Bourgoin, T., Deuve, T., Luccisano, V., Nicolas, V., Felicien, L.J., Kuate, A., Skale, A., Kopetz, A., Reichenbach, A., Weigel, A., Tarieiev, A., Balkenhol, B., Rulik, B., Höpel, C., Oberprieler, C., Reute, C., Montesinos-Tubée, D.B., Ahrens, D., Albach, D.C., Mattern, D., Fischer, E., Marabuto, E., Anton, E., Hita-Garcia, F., Creutzburg, F., Fritzlar, F., Fery, H., Esser, H.(., Lack, H., Freitag, H., Dombrow, H., Kippenberg, H., Riedel, J., Kipping, J., Schmidt, J., Mülle, J., Rova, J., Hutchinson, J.M.C., Gebert, J., Sigwart, J., Wiesner, J., Wesche, K., Ulitzka, M., Müller, M., Espeland, M., Hartmann, M., Weigend, M., Solórzano-Kraemer, M.M., Lamkowski, P., Lommatzsch, P., Zahiri, R., Gebauer, S., Ingrisch, S., Gregor, T., Chepinoga, V., Puthz, V., von Wirth, V., Zografidis, A., Mermygkas, D., Fotiadis, G., Dimopoulos, P., Aju-Torres, J., Morales-Esquivel, O., Ferrufino-Acosta, L., Móra, A., Tóth, B., Pernecker, B., Páll-Gergely, B., Csuzdi, C., Szita, É., Kontschán, J., Balog, L.E., Boda, P., Kóbor, P., Hornok, S., Németh, T., Szűts, T., Szők, V., Csabai, Z., Fehér, Z., Vas, Z., Guðmundsson, G., Ajayan, A.P., Kalawate, A., Watve, A., Ghosh, A., Prabhakar, C.S., Pal, G.S., Goswami, H.K., Prathapan, K.D., Garlani, L., Palaniswami, M.S., Thapa, M.K., Javid, O., Nagar, P.S., Rajan, P.D., Salini, S., Rathod, S.G., Molur, S., Singh, S.K., Phartyal, S.S., Karuppusamy, S., Sheikh, T., Irham, M., Muhaimin, M., Mustaqim, W.A., Yonvitner, ., Mahdavi, A., Zeraatkar, A., Pahlevani, A.H., Pirani, A., Memarian, F., Moazzeni, H., Habibi, M., Doostmohammadi, M., Azani, N., Pourghorban, Z., Griffin, B., Guiry, M., Wyse Jackson, P.N., Bouskila, A., Shacham, B., Gossa, T., Ballerio, A., Allievi, A., Bisi, A., Chiarucci, A., Hilpold, A., Rosso, A., Mingozzi, A., Giovanni, B., Massa, B., Giusto, C., Lombardi, C., Nepi, C., Scaccini, D., Fontaneto, D., Banfi, E., Gallo, E., Bertasi, F., Bartolucci, F., Fabbriciani, F., Rigato, F., Marrone, F., Sciuto, F., Andreone, F., Galasso, G., de Jager, G., Polgar, G., Chiozzi, G., Tessa, G., Gardini, G., Petroni, G., Fenu, G., Filibeck, G., Mazzini, I., Langeneck, J., Peruzzi, L., Bartolozzi, L., Vecchioni, L., Bologna, M.A., , ., Dellacasa, M., Uliana, M., Faccoli, M., Zilioli, M., Novarini, N., Majorano, P., Raia, P., Cerretti, P., Guarino, R., Poggi, R., Bertolino, S., Orsenigo, S., Martellos, S., Abeli, T., Serra, V., Greuter, W., Kouakou, L.M., Kato, D., Yadav, H., Chiba, H., Yoshitomi, H., Kakui, K., Ikuno, K., Kwak, M.L., Genka, M., Dick, M.H., Yano, O., Kakizoe, S., Hellemans, S., Kai, T., Jashenko, R., Dujsebayeva, T., Kabak, I., Katumo, D.M., baasanmunkh, S., Choi, H.J., Shin, J., Eun, L.J., Jung, E., KIM, Y., Berisha, N., Lazkov, G., Strijk, J.S., Shavrin, A., Greķe, K., Kalnins, M., Petrašiūnas, A., Uogintas, D., Stonis, J.R., Gudžinskas, Z., Sokolova, E., Kharchenko, V., Andriambololonera, S., Kumaran, J.V., Appalasamy, S., Prozorov, A.M., Dembele, J., Alipi, A.M.H., Gomez, A.R.S., Maruri-Aguilar, B., Díaz, C.J.R., Delgadillo-Moya, C., Torres, D.A.P., Murugan, D.G., Sánchez, E.R., Martínez, E.S., Gómez-Noguez, F., Fernández-Concha, G.C., Canales, G.M., Ramírez-Morillo, I.M., Tejero-Díez, J.D., Bastida-Zavala, J.R., Meave, J.A., Rodríguez, J.F.A., Mata, L.L., Cárdenas, L.O.A., González-Elizondo, M.S., Ledesma, M.G., del Socorro García-Madrigal, M., Martínez, M.M.H., Elizondo, M.G., Ramírez-Marcial, N., Guzman, R.C., Duno, R.S., Martínez-Camilo, R., Terrazas, T., Shalisko, V., Barradas, V.L., Pinedo-Escatel, J.A., Boldgiv, B., Mathieu, C., Lermmel, C., Léger, J., Farooq, H., Irish, J., Shrestha, K., Dop, A.J., van der Geer, A., van Eck, A.P.W., Jaramillo, A.C., Gielis, C.(., Egberts, E., Peeters, E., Simons, E., Sival, F., Sangster, G., Kronenberg, G.C., Kessels, H., Schekkerman, H., Rutjes, H.A., Pillot, H.M., van Dam, H., Huang, H., van Eck, I., Graveland, J., Henrot, J., van der Vleuten, J., Arntzen, J.W., van Zuijlen, J.W., Stroom, J., van Valkenburg, J., Melis, J., Monsch, K.A., Duistermaat, L., Bruins, L., Klinge, M., Knapp, M., Soesbergen, M., Schilthuizen, M., , ., Collombon, M., Beuk, P.L.T., van Els, P., Torenbeek, R., Haveman, R., Lansdown, R., Suijkerbuijk, R., Pot, R., van Manen, W., Marshall, A., Blanchon, D., Leduc, D., Lowe, D.J., Gordon, D., Gordon, D.P., Bird, G., Early, J.W., Ford, K., Harper, M., Kelly, M., Marinov, M., de Lange, P.J., Maes, J., Pérez, R.M.R., Seid, A.G., Langangen, A., Tandberg, A.H.S., Andersson, C., Bjorå, C.S., Martino, E.D., Nakrem, H.A., Lifjeld, J.T., Westergaard, K.B., Malaquias, M.A.E., Eidesen, P.B., Elven, R., Ekrem, T., Gusarov, V.I., Majid, A., Hanif, U., Aiello, A., Carrión, J.F., Garcete-Barrett, B.R., Rey, N.S., Cano, A., Rodriguez, C.R., Huarino, D.O.H., Palomino, E.F., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Pino, G., Zevallos, I.F.T., Rojas-Fox, J., Meléndez, J.L.C., Valqui, T., Dupo, A.L., Lucanas, C.C., General, D.E.M., Tolentino, H.J., Lit, I.L., Calaramo, M.A., Kaczmarek, A., Kaim, A., Taszakowski, A., Tokarska-Guzik, B., Wiśniowski, B., Moniuszko, H., Więcław, H., García-Cunchillos, I., Koopman, J., Tyszka, J., Lis, J., De Baets, K., Hryniewicz, K., Piątek, M., Wanat, M., Zakrzewska, M., Tałanda, M., Kuklinski, P., Sałamatin, R., Solarz, W., Carapeto, A.d.M.C.J., Muriel, A.S., Calado, A.J., Sá, A.A., Serrano, A.R.M., Góis-Marques, C.A., Penedo, C.D., Vila-Viçosa, C., Parrinha, D., Sampaio, I., Farminhão, J., Capelo, J., Piçarra d´Almeida, J.M., Grosso-Silva, J.M., Pereira, L., Lopes, L.F., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bento, M., Corley, M., de Sequeira, M.M., Sillero, N., Mateus, O., Esquete, P., Oliveira, P., Naves, P., Carvalho, R., Juan-Ovejero, R., Keller, R., Timóteo, S., Semedo, T., Schwarzer, U., and about 600 more, a.
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Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal
BioScience
2024/05
Ahrens, D.
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Unter den Blinden ist der Einäugige König – (m)eine Taxonomie-Geschichte.
2024/05
PACHECO, T.L., AHRENS, D.
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Omaloplia nitida Mannerheim, 1829 is a species of Blepharotoma Blanchard, 1850 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericoidinae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5447
2024/04
Dietz, L., Eberle, J., Mayer, C., Kukowka, S., Bohacz, C., Baur, H., Espeland, M., Huber, B., Hutter, C., Mengual, X., Peters, R., Vences, M., Wesener, T., Willmott, K., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Ahrens, D.
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Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa (vol 14, pg 543, 2023)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 15
2024/03
AHRENS, D., BEZDĚK, A.
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On the publication year of Sericini genera and species described by Brenske in “Die Serica-Arten der Erde” (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Zootaxa, 5, 5418
2024/02
PHAM, P.V., AHRENS, D., SABATINELLI, G.
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The genus Dedalopterus Sabatinelli & Pontuale, 1998 (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini) in Laos and Vietnam, with description of a new species
Zootaxa, 1, 5406
2024/02
Ahrens, D., Lukic, D., Wipfler, B., Pham, P.
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A revision of the Trioserica species from continental southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini)1
Insect Systematics & Evolution, 3, 55
2024/01
Ahrens, D.
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Species Diagnosis and DNA Taxonomy

2023

2023/12
Dietz, L., Mayer, C., Stolle, E., Eberle, J., Misof, B., Podsiadłowski, L., Niehuis, O., Ahrens, D.
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Metazoa‐level USCOs as markers in species delimitation and classification
Molecular Ecology resources, 3, 24
2023/11
AHRENS, D., LUKIC, D., PHAM, P., LI, W., LIU, W.
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Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 of continental Southeast Asia: new records, new species, and an updated key to species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini)
Zootaxa, 4, 5374
2023/11
ZHAO, M., AHRENS, D.
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New species of the tribe Sericini Kirby, 1837 from China, with further updates on their taxonomy and distribution (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Zootaxa, 2, 5361
2023/10
BHUNIA, D., GUPTA, D., SARKAR, S.K., AHRENS, D.
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A new species and new records of Sericini chafers from the Lower Gangetic Plains in India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
Zootaxa, 4, 5353
2023/09
AHRENS, D., PHAM, P.
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Updates on the taxonomy and distribution of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897, Microserica Brenske, 1894, and Moronoserica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, 2023 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae: Sericini)
Zootaxa, 5, 5346
2023/06
Dietz, L., Seidel, M., Eberle, J., Misof, B., Pacheco, T.L., Podsiadłowski, L., Ranasinghe, S., Gunter, N.L., Niehuis, O., Mayer, C., Ahrens, D.
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A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)
Systematic entomology, 4, 48
2023/02
Dietz, L., Eberle, J., Mayer, C., Kukowka, S., Bohacz, C., Baur, H., Espeland, M., Huber, B.A., Hutter, C.R., Mengual, X., Peters, R.S., Vences, M., Wesener‍, T., Willmott, K.R., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Ahrens, D.
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Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14
2023/01
Pacheco, T.L., Monné, M.L., Ahrens, D.
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Morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of South American Sericini chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) contrasts patterns of morphological disparity and current classification
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 302

2022

2022/09
Köhler, J., Rulik, B., Eberle, J., Thormann, J., Köhler, F., Ahrens, D.
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Does monitoring of saproxylic beetles benefit from inclusion of larvae?
Insect Conservation and Diversity, 5, 15
2022/08
Ahrens, D., Eberle, J., Ranasinghe, S., Benjamin, S., Bezdek, A., Thormann, J.
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Contrasting results of multiple species delimitation approaches cause uncertainty in synecological studies
2022/05
Pacheco, T.L., Monné, M.L., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Ahrens, D.
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First non-feeding Sericini beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): new genus from Amazonia and phylogenetic position
Organisms diversity & evolution, 3, 22
2022/02
Pacheco, T.L., Wipfler, B., Monné, M.L., Ahrens, D.
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The genus Raysymmela Saylor, 1947 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Sericini): taxonomy and phylogenetic analysis
Insect Systematics & Evolution, 4, 53

2021

2021/10
Pacheco, T.L., Monné, M.L., Ahrens, D.
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Comparative analysis of morphospace of Neotropical Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): disparity in the light of species diversity and activity patterns
Organisms diversity & evolution, 1, 22
2021/08
Ahrens, D., Ahyong, S.T., Ballerio, A., Barclay, M.V., Eberle, J., Espeland, M., Huber, B.A., Mengual, X., Pacheco, T.L., Peters, R.S., RULIK, B., Vaz-De-Mello, F., Wesener, T., Krell, F.
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Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa, 2, 5027
2021/08
Ahrens, D., Ahyong, S.T., Ballerio, A., Barclay, M.V.L., Eberle, J., Espeland, M., Huber, B.A., Mengual, X., Pacheco, T.L., Peters, R.S., Rulik, B., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Wesener‍, T., Krell, F.
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Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa, 2, 5027
2021/05
Pacheco, T.L., Monné, M.L., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Ahrens, D.
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Revision of type specimens of Astaena (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini) described by L.W. Saylor
European Journal of Taxonomy, 750

2020

2020/12
Ahrens, D.
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Two new species of the Neoserica (sensu stricto) group from China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)
Journal of Natural History, 45-46, 54
2020/11
Pacheco, T.L., Monné, M.L., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Ahrens, D.
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Notes on the taxonomy of some “Astaena” species described by Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4885
2020/04
Ahrens, D., Pacheco, T.L.
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Maladera rugosa (Blanchard, 1850) new combination—a valid species and senior synonym of Maladera graeca Petrovitz, 1969 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)
Zootaxa, 3, 4759
2020/01
Buschbacher, K., Ahrens, D., Espeland, M., Steinhage, V.
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Image-based species identification of wild bees using convolutional neural networks
Ecological informatics, 55

2019

2019/12
Thormann, J., Ahrens, D., Anderson, C., Astrin, J., Mumladze, L., Rulik, B., Tarkhnishvili, D., Espeland, M., Geiger, M., Hein, N., Iankoshvili, G., Mengual, X., Morkel, C., Neiber, M.T., Peters, R., Reimann, A., Ssymank, A., Wesener, T., Ziegler, J., Misof, B.
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A prelude to the Caucasus Barcode of Life Platform (CaBOL): Biodiversity days in Georgia in 2018 and 2019
Bonn zoological bulletin, 2, 68

2017

2017/12
Rulik, B., Eberle, J., Mark, L.v.d., Thormann, J., Jung, M., Köhler, F., Apfel, W., Weigel, A., Kopetz, A., Köhler, J., Fritzlar, F., Hartmann, M., Hadulla, K., Schmidt, J., Hörren, T., Krebs, D., Theves, F., Eulitz, U., Skale, A., Rohwedder, D., Kleeberg, A., Astrin, J.J., Geiger, M.F., Wägele, J.W., Grobe, P., Ahrens, D.
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Using taxonomic consistency with semi‐automated data pre‐processing for high quality DNA barcodes
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 8
2017/01
Eberle, J., Rödder, D., Beckett, M., Ahrens, D.
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Landscape genetics indicate recently increased habitat fragmentation in African forest‐associated chafers
Global change biology, 5, 23

2012

2012/04
Astrin, J.J., Stüben, P.E., Misof, B., Wägele, J., Gimnich, F., Raupach, M.J., Ahrens, D.
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Exploring diversity in cryptorhynchine weevils (Coleoptera) using distance-, character- and tree-based species delineation
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 1, 63

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