Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology (ztm)
The majority of global biodiversity is insufficiently known. However, we need comprehensive and reliable data so that we can protect biodiversity in a targeted and comprehensive manner. Discovering, describing, distinguishing and characterising species is a prerequisite for understanding the evolution of life on Earth and recognising ecological relationships. Our researchers at the Centre for Taxonomy and Morphology (ztm) pursue these core tasks.
Collections as a store of knowledge
Using taxonomic-systematic, morphological and molecular analyses, they generate knowledge about biological diversity, which they interpret using objects from the collections. The scientific collections form the heart of the ztm and provide the information basis for understanding changes and formulating forecasts.
Digitised data accessible to all
The staff at the ztm are continuously developing this "library of life" and making it accessible to researchers from all over the world and to the public. At the ztm, scientists develop strategies for the expansion and digitisation of the collections. They pass on their knowledge of the species to schoolchildren, students, the interested public and members of international co-operation projects.
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HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesMammalogy - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesOrnithology - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesHerpetologie - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesIchthyology - Hamburg
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesMammalogy - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesOrnithology - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesHerpetology - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesIchthyology - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesLeibniz Junior Research Group Minnows - Conversation Genomics - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
VertebratesAnimal husbandry - Bonn
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates HamburgInvertebrates - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates HamburgMollusca - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates HamburgAnnelida - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates HamburgCrustacea - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates HamburgArachnida & Myriapoda - Hamburg
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates HamburgLepidoptera & Trichoptera - Hamburg
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates BonnArachnida - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates BonnMyriapoda - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates BonnHymenoptera - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates BonnLepidoptera & Trichoptera - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates BonnColeoptera - Bonn
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Invertebrates BonnDiptera - Bonn
HamburgCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Central unitsMorphology laboratory - Hamburg
BonnCenter for Taxonomy & Morphology (ztm)
Central unitsMorphology laboratory - Bonn
- Head of Centre for Taxonomy & Morphology
Phone: +49 40 238317 630
E-Mail: m.herberstein@leibniz-lib.de
Contact for enquiries in Hamburg
Contact for enquiries in Bonn
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Publications
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2025/09
Insights for the subtribal-level phylogenetic reconstructions in Paederinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a study on mesoventral plate with elements of comparative morphology
Arthropod Structure & Development, 88
2025/08
New species of Lechytia Balzan, 1892 (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Burmese amber highlights 99 million years of morphological stasis
Cretaceous Research, 127
2025/08
An annotated type catalogue of earwigs (Dermaptera) in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH)
Zootaxa, 4, 5673
2025/07
Amplexus between frogs in different families: a microhylid Nilphamarai Narrow-mouthed Frog, Microhyla nilphamariensis Howlader et al., 2015, grasps a Terai Cricket Frog, Minervarya teraiensis (Dubois, 1984), in Nepal
Herpetology Notes, 18
2025/07
An ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes
Scientific data, 12
2025/07
Fakultatives Eierlegen bei lebendgebärenden Waldeidechsenweibchen, Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Squamata: Lacertidae), in der Kleinen Ungarischen Tiefebene
SAURIA – Zeitschrift für Terraristik & Herpetologie, 2, 47
2025/07
Evaluating the impact of climate change on mountaintop endemic bird species in the Ethiopian highlands: insights from moorland francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema)
Ornithology Research, 1, 33
2025/07
Atriadops Wandolleck, 1897 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae) recorded for the first time from Ecuador
Zootaxa, 4, 5660
2025/07
Vom politischen Mythos der „Bundesgiraffe(n)“ … und anderen hohen Tieren im Museum Koenig Bonn
2025/07
Revision of the genus Bryopharsos Quate, 1996 (Diptera: Psychodidae) with the description of nine new species
European Journal of Taxonomy, 1001
2025/07
Phylogeny and reclassification of Limacodidae worldwide, with emphasis on the ontogeny of larval defenses (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 4, 9
2025/07
Assessing amphibian richness in coastal habitats of Gilé National Park, northern Mozambique, with a key to species identification
Herpetology Notes, 18
2025/07
Krokodile, die nächsten lebenden Verwandten der Vögel
Koenigiana, 19
2025/07
Eine Rettungsmission per Kleinbus in die algerische Sahara – mit dem VW-Bus des Museum Koenig unterwegs in Nordafrika
Koenigiana, 19
2025/07
Buchbesprechung: Böhme, Wolfgang 2025 Von Kiel nach Bonn und anderswohin: Auto- und Allobiographisches, mit herpetologischem Fokus. Mertensiella (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde (DGHT e.V.), Nummer 34, 376 S., ISSN 0934-6643, ISBN978-3-945043-48-6. Koenigiana 19: 77-78
2025/07
Wie wild wollen wir unsere Natur? Gedanken, Konzepte und praktische Erfahrungen zur „Neuen Wildnis“
2025/07
Rapid Ocean Warming Drives Sexually Divergent Habitat Use in a Threatened Predatory Marine Ectotherm
Global Change Biology, 2025; 31:e70331
2025/07
A new species of the wasp mimic flower fly genus Monoceromyia Shannon, 1922 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Dominican Republic
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1, 127
2025/07
A web of canopy discoveries part I (Araneae: Araneidae). New astonishing species of orb-weaving spiders from Ecuador and the first country record of Pozonia Schenkel, 1953
Zootaxa, 4, 5660
2025/07
Revision of the North African Hoverflies of the Genus Xanthogramma Schiner, 1861 (Diptera: Syrphidae), with Description of a New Species
Insects, 8, 16
2025/07
ERGA-BGE genome of Anisus vorticulus (Troschel, 1834): the Lesser Ramshorn Snail, an endangered freshwater snail protected under the EU's Habitats and Species Directive
Open Research Europe, 5
2025/07
Oxyrhopus in Bahia, Brazil: Pholidosis, maturity, sexual dimorphism, and reproduction
Acta Herpetologica, 21
2025/07
Global climate cooling spurred skipper butterfly diversification
Systematic Biology
2025/07
Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia—Biogeography, Conservation Priority Areas, and Potentials for “One Plan Approach” Conservation Measures
Integrative Conservation
2025/06
Diptera (Hexapoda) diversity in the Shivapuri Mountain Range, Nepal — a rather unexpected Oriental fauna above 1,800 m
Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 1, 66