Research
Four connected areas of research
We discover and describe insect species, study their anatomy and its evolution, organise the resulting knowledge as open data, and use collections to document how diversity changes.
- ESpecies Exploration→Taxonomy and systematics of parasitoid wasps — above all Ichneumonidae — and other insects: new species, revisions, phylogenies and fieldwork.
- PPhenomics→Comparative anatomy, imaging and anatomy ontologies to measure form at scale and trace how morphological traits evolve.
- IInformatics→Biodiversity databases, digitization and data standards that link specimens, names, images and literature — WID, Syrphidae of Italy and the Enns Museum.
- CConservation→Historical specimens as a baseline: resurveys, regional checklists and data that help track — and protect — insect diversity over time.
How the areas connect
Exploration → Phenomics
New species and revisions require detailed anatomy, and raise questions about how traits evolve.
Phenomics → Informatics
Images and ontology-based descriptions become structured data that can be shared and compared.
Informatics → Conservation
Digitized, open collection data provide a baseline for tracking where species occur and how that changes.
Conservation → Exploration
Gaps and declines indicate where further survey and taxonomic work are needed.
Species described
Type localities on a map, and the full list of new taxa with their original publications.