Institute of Evolution and Ecology (EvE)

Erich Lara Spiessberger

Doctoral student
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Postal address
University of Tübingen
Institute of Evolution and Ecology
Auf der Morgenstelle 28
72076 Tübingen
Germany

Short CV

since 2019
Doctoral student

University of Tübingen;

thesis: “Comparative functional head morphology in modern rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)”

2019
M.Sc. in Entomology

Montana State University; thesis: “Studies on West Indian Tenebrionidae”

2016
Biological Sciences degree

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Research Interests

  • Biodiversity of Neotropical Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera)
  • Comparative functional mouthpart morphology of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera)
  • Comparative head anatomy and phylogenetic analysis of Staphylinidae
  • Three-dimensional geometric morphometrics

 

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Selected Publications

  • Spiessberger E. L., Newton AF, Thayer MK, Betz O (2024) Comparative morphology of the feeding apparatus of Staphylinine beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 82: 267–303. doi.org/10.3897/asp.82.e114508
  • Spiessberger E. L., Ivie MA (2020) A New Genus and Fourteen New Species of Anopidiina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae: Gnathidiini) from the West Indies. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(4): 667–695. doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-74.4.667
  • Spiessberger E. L., Ivie MA (2018) Revision of the West Indian Cyrtosoma Perty (Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) with Description of Three New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(4): 825–837. doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.825
  • Spiessberger E. L., Mermudes JRM (2018) Notes on the Distribution and Ovipositor Morphology of Mylaris gigas (Linnaeus, 1767), Mylaris maxima (Germar, 1824) and Taphrosoma dorhni Kirsch, 1866 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(1): 209–213. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.1.209