Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants)
In addition to the Hymenoptera, the Hymenoptera section also curates the Heteroptera, "Homoptera", Orthopteroidea (including Mantodea, Blattodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea and Saltatoria) and Phthiraptera. It currently comprises approx. 160,000 individuals from approx. 15,500 taxa, including collections (or parts thereof) from Wilhelm Aerts, Dietrich Bornhalm, Johannes Gallasch, Sigfrid Ingrisch, A. Jacobi, Johann Klapperich, Heinrich Klockenhoff, Richard Meinertzhagen, Rene Oberthür, August Reichensperger, R. Roesler, A. Schoop, Josef Szijj as well as the insect collections of Cologne Zoo and the disbanded Fuhlrott Museum in Wuppertal.
Projects
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GBOL@LIB
Management: Dipl. Biol. Björn Rulik, Dr. Ralph S. Peters
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Unknown Germany
Management: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof, Dr. Ralph S. Peters
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Phenotypic evolution in bumblebees
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
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Thelytokia in honey bees
Management: Dr. Eckart Stolle
Publications
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2026/05
Species identification, discovery, and biomonitoring: Strategic priorities for DNA barcoding in Europe, set in a global context
BioScience
2026/04
Update on the enigmatic Pteroceraphron mirabilipennis Dessart, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronidae): description of male and first record from the Neotropics, including first DNA barcodes
Biodiversity Data Journal, 14
2026/02
Genome and transcriptome‐based identification and expression profiling of chemosensory gene families across developmental stages and tissues in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
Insect Molecular Biology
2025/11
Assessing the Allergenic Relevance of Vespula alascensis Venom: Implications for Venom Immunotherapy
Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 2, 36
2025/11
Unknown Germany - An integrative biodiversity discovery program
npj Biodiversity, 1, 4
2025/10
The Leptopilina Förster, 1869 of the Western Palearctic, and an updated list of the world species (Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Eucoilinae)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research/Journal of Hymenoptera research, 98
2025/09
Biodiversitätsentdeckung mit Fokus auf parasitoide Wespen
2025/08
First Record of the genus Lagynodes Förster, 1840 (Megaspilidae: Lagynodinae) from India, with the description of a new species and a molecular analysis
Zootaxa, 2, 5673
2025/06
Review of the subgenus Larsoceraphron Dessart, 1981 of the genus Ceraphron Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronidae) with the description of a new species from Thailand
Journal of Hymenoptera Research/Journal of Hymenoptera research, 98
2025/04
Final report GBOL III: Dark Taxa
2024/11
Synthesis of the host associations of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera): a key to illuminating a dark taxon
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 6, 8
2010/11
Insect types in the ZFMK collection, Bonn: Blattodea, Dermaptera, Heteroptera, “Homoptera”, Hymenoptera, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Phthiraptera and Siphonaptera
Bonn zoological Bulletin, 58
2026
2025
2024
2010
Employees
Dr. Sergio Leonardo Avila Calero
ztm Hymenoptera Postdoctoral researcherPhone: +49 228 9122 412
E-mail: s.avila-calero@leibniz-lib.de/leibniz-lib.de/fileadmin/user_upload/home/Bilder/LIB/Ueber_das_LIB/Mitarbeitende/Bonn/01_20241119_MKB_Portraits_LowRes_PetersRalph_FKurceren_6N0A4316.jpg%3F1739188440)
Dr. Ralph S. Peters
ztm Hymenoptera ScientistPhone: +49 228 9122 290
E-mail: r.peters@leibniz-lib.de/leibniz-lib.de/fileadmin/user_upload/home/Bilder/LIB/Ueber_das_LIB/Mitarbeitende/Bonn/20241119_MKB_Portraits_LowRes_RohwedderDirk_FKurceren_6N0A4303.jpg%3F1743070736)
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