Bakgrunn og aktiviteter
Forskning
Jeg interesserer meg for evolusjon, biosystematikk og biogeografi, spesielt til tovingefamilien fjærmygg (Diptera: Chironomidae). Forskningsfokuset er rettet mot taksonomi, biologi, fylogeni, zoogeografi og molekylærsystematikk til tribus Tanytarsini, men omfatter også andre artsgrupper av både planter og dyr.
De siste årene har jeg arbeidet mye med DNA-strekkoding og leder for tiden Norwegian Barcode of Life (NorBOL), et nettverk av 16 institusjoner i Norge med interesse for DNA-strekkoding. NorBOL er også et prosjekt som tar mål av seg å bli nasjonal infrastruktur på DNA-strekkoding i Norge.
Undervisning
De siste årene har jeg undervist på kursene BI1002 (Faunistikk og floristikk i norske økosystemer), BI2001 (Biogeografi og biosystematikk) og BI2019 (Molekylære teknikker innen økologi og evolusjonsbiologi) ved Institutt for Biologi ved NTNU.
Vitenskapelige samlinger
Jeg er konservator for deler av insektsamlingen ved NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
Vitenskapelig, faglig og kunstnerisk arbeid
Viser et utvalg av aktivitet. Se alle publikasjoner i databasen
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
- (2012) Inventories - what are they good for?. Chironomus. vol. 25.
- (2012) Insects inhabiting freshwater and humid habitats in Finnmark, northern Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology. vol. 59 (2).
- (2012) Phenotypic and genetic variation within the Cricotopus sylvestris species-group (Diptera, Chironomidae), across a Nearctic - Palaearctic gradient. Fauna Norvegica. vol. 31.
- (2012) A review of the Ephemeroptera of Finnmark – DNA barcodes identify Holarctic relations. Norwegian Journal of Entomology. vol. 59 (2).
- (2011) Distribution and diversity of the soil mites of Svalbard, with redescriptions of three known species (Acari: Oribatida). International journal of acarology. vol. 37 (6).
- (2011) Revision of Labrundinia maculata Roback, 1971, a new junior synonym of L. longipalpis (Goetghebuer, 1921) (Diptera: Chironomidae:Tanypodinae). Aquatic Insects. vol. 33 (4).
- (2011) Exploring unknown life stages of Arctic Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) with DNA barcoding. Zootaxa.
- (2010) Females do count: Documenting Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity using DNA barcoding. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. vol. 10 (5).
- (2010) Phylogenetic utility of five genes for dipteran phylogeny: A test case in the Chironomidae leads to generic synonymies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. vol. 57 (2).
- (2008) Description of the Alpine Micropsectra oberaarensis sp. n. with taxonomic comments on the attenuata group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica Fennica. vol. 19 (3).
- (2007) A comprehensive DNA sequence library is essential for identification with DNA barcodes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. vol. 43 (2).
- (2006) A revision of West Palaearctic species of the Micropsectra atrofasciata species group (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. vol. 146.
- (2006) A redescription of Neozavrelia cuneipennis (Edwards) comb. nov., with a checklist of Neozavrelia species of the world (Diptera : Chironomidae). Zootaxa. vol. 1153.
- (2005) Non-biting midges as hosts for water mite larvae in spring habitats in Luxembourg. Annales de Limnologie. vol. 41 (4).
- (2004) Immature stages of European Tanytarsus species I. The eminulus-, gregarius-, luegns- and mendax species groups (Diptera, Chironomidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. vol. 51 (1).
- (2004) Exploring Tanytarsini relationships (Diptera: Chironomidae) using mitochondrial COII gene sequences. Insect Systematics & Evolution. vol. 35.
- (2003) Towards a phylogeny of Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae). Is morphology sufficient to reconstruct the genealogical relationships?. Insect Systematics & Evolution. vol. 34.
- (2003) North American Tanytarsus I. Descriptions and keys to species in the eminulus, gregarius, lugens and mendax species groups (Diptera: Chironomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. vol. 96.
- (2003) Biogeography of Afrotropical Chironomidae (Diptera), with special reference to Gondwanaland. Cimbebasia : journal of the State Museum, Windhoek. vol. 19.
- (2001) A review of Afrotropical Tanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. vol. 144.
- (2001) Diagnoses and immature stages of some Australian Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae). Australian Journal of Entomology. vol. 40.
- (2000) Tanytarsus usambarae spec. nov. from West Usambara Mts., Tanzania, East Africa. (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana. vol. 23.
- (1999) Cladotanytarsus bukavus (Lehmann, 1979) comb. n. and Cladotanytarsus congolensis (Lehmann, 1979) comb. n. from Central Africa (Diptera: Chironomidae). Annales de Limnologie. vol. 35 (3).
- (1999) Six new Tanytarsus species from Ghana, West Africa (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana. vol. 22.
- (1999) Tanytarsus minutipalpus spec. nov. from the saline lakes in the Rift Valley, East Africa (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana. vol. 22 (3).
- (1999) Two new Tanytarsus species (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Brazil, with reduced median volsella. Aquatic Insects. vol. 21 (3).
- (1999) Tanytarsus mancospinosus sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from eutrophic lakes in Europe. Norwegian Journal of Entomology. vol. 46.
- (1999) Molleriella calcarella a new terrestrial orthoclad genus from the Netherlands (Diptera: Chironomidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. vol. 45 (2).
Del av bok/rapport
- (2011) Taxonomy and bionomics of Tanytarsus recurvatus Brundin, 1947. Contemporary Chironomid Studies - Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Chironomidae.
- (2010) A new species of Paratanytarsus Thienemann and Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae) with unusual larval and adult male morphology. Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Chironomidae.
- (2007) Taxonomy of Tanytarsus lapponicus Lindeberg, 1970, a species with larval mandible of ‘lugens-type’ (Diptera: Chironomidae). Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of aquatic Diptera: a Tribute to Ole A. Sæther.
- (2007) Description of Tanytarsus hjulorum, new species, with notes and DNAbarcodes of some South African Tanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of aquatic Diptera: a Tribute to Ole A. Sæther.
- (2000) Seppia, a new Afrotropical tanytarsine genus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Late 20th Century Research on Chironomidae. An Anthology from the 13th International Symposium on Chironomidae.
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- (2006) Description and DNA barcodes of the Alpine Micropsectra oberaarensis, a new species in the attenuata group. 16th International Chironomid Symposium . Centro de Estudos da Macaronesia, Universidade da Madeira; Funchal, Madeira. 2006-07-25 - 2006-07-28.
- (2004) Systematics and biogeography of Zavrelia and Stempellinella (Diptera: Chironomidae). Web-presentasjon [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] ; 2004-11-12.