Meetings
of the Biodiversity & Ecology Journal Club
Department
of Biological Sciences, The National University of Singapore
"Mozart,
the Vienna Museum, and the astonishing diversity of Southeast Asian water
bugs"
by
Herbert Zettel
Wednesday 23rd January 2002: 2.30pm - 3.30pm
at
DBS Conference Room
Level 5, Block
S3, Science Drive 4, Science Faculty,
The National University of Singapore
Visitors
may park at Carpark 10.
See
map.
About the speaker
Dr Zettel is from the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. He is currently a visitor with RMBR and will be staying util the end of the month. More at his webpage.
Abstract
Originating from the private collection of the Austrian emperor Franz Stephan I, for more than 250 years, the Natural History Museum Vienna has maintained a tradition in exploring, documenting, and describing nature. Earlier expeditions reached all continents, and today, more than 50 scientists work in earth sciences and biodiversity research. In Southeast Asia, true aquatic bugs (Nepomorpha) and semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha) are represented by 16 families and an uncounted number of genera and species. They display a large variety of morphological adaptations and life strategies. The species diversity is still insufficiently documented, and in remote areas, up to 40% of species may be undescribed. Geographical species diversification and general distribution patterns are explained with some examples.
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