Dr. Michael Haas

Profilbild Michael Haas

Research associate

Hymenoptera

Contact

Tel.:
+49 (0) 711 / 8936-240
Fax:
+49 (0) 711 / 8936-100

Research interests

Chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) comprise over 22,500 species worldwide and are estimated to be more than ten times as specious. They are therefore one of the most species rich, but at the same time most understudied group of insects. This is despite their key role as regulators due to their parasitoid life style. Part of my research aims to assess the chalcid fauna in Europe via DNA-barcoding to identify unknown and taxonomically problematic species. I also focus on studying the Cretaceous chalcid fauna, to better understand extant diversity.

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Projects

Publications

2022

  • Ziegler, A., Meyer, H., Otte, I., Peters, M.K., Appelhans, T., Behler, C., Böhning-Gaese, K., Classen, A., Detsch, F., Deckert, J., Eardley, C.D., Ferger, S.W., Fischer, M., Gebert, F., Haas, M., Helbig-Bonitz, M., Hemp, A., Hemp, C., Kakengi, V., Mayr, A. V., Ngereza, C., Reudenbach, C., Röder, J., Rutten, G., Costa, D.S., Schleuning, M., Ssymank, A., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Tardanico, J., Tschapka, M., Vollstädt, M.G.R., Wöllauer, S., Zhang, J., Brandl, R. & Nauss, T. (2022) Potential of Airborne LiDAR Derived Vegetation Structure for the Prediction of Animal Species Richness at Mount Kilimanjaro. Remote Sensing 14, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030786

2021

  • Haas, M., Baur, H., Schweizer, T., Monje, J., Moser, M., Bigalk, S. & Krogmann, L. (2021) Tiny wasps, huge diversity – A review of German Pteromalidae with new generic and species records (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e77092. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e77092

2020

  • Haas, M., Burks, R., Janšta, P. & Krogmann, L. (2020) Redescription and phylogenetic placement of the Cretaceous wasp Parviformosus wohlrabeae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha). Palaeontologia Electronica 23. https://doi.org/10.26879/1031
  • Schweizer, T., Wanke, D., Haas, M. & Krogmann, L. (2020) Biodiversi-TEA—A quick and easy handling method for arthropod trap material in ethanol. Zootaxa 4731, 275–278. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.7

2018

  • Haas, M., Burks, R.A. & Krogmann, L. (2018) A new lineage of Cretaceous jewel wasps (Chalcidoidea: Diversinitidae). PeerJ 2018, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4633

2016

  • Peters, M.K., Hemp, A., Appelhans, T., Behler, C., Classen, A., Detsch, F., Ensslin, A., Ferger, S.W., Frederiksen, S.B., Gebert, F., Haas, M., Helbig-Bonitz, M., Hemp, C., Kindeketa, W.J., Mwangomo, E., Ngereza, C., Otte, I., Röder, J., Rutten, G., Schellenberger Costa, D., Tardanico, J., Zancolli, G., Deckert, J., Eardley, C.D., Peters, R.S., Rödel, M.-O., Schleuning, M., Ssymank, A., Kakengi, V., Zhang, J., Böhning-Gaese, K., Brandl, R., Kalko, E.K. V, Kleyer, M., Nauss, T., Tschapka, M., Fischer, M. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. (2016) Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level. Nature Communications 7, 13736. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13736

Curriculum vitae

2022

Dissertation, supervised by Prof Dr. L. Krogmann, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, as well as University of Hohenheim; Thesis: Elucidating the megadiversity of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) with a multi-taxonomic approach

Since 2020

Local coordination of the German Barcode of Life III: Dark Taxa project

2019 - 2020

Research associate in the German Barcode of Life Projekt

2018 – 2020

Coordination of LUBW-Project: „Landesweites Insektenmonitoring: Indikator Biomasse-Luft“ at Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History

2015 - 2018

PhD position at Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, department of entomology

2015 - 2022

PhD student at Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History and the University of Hohenheim; Topic: The diversity of European Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

2012 - 2015

Master of Science in  "Biodiversity and nature conservation", specialisation: Animal ecoology, University of Marburg; Thesis: “The influence of elevation on community composition and trophic position of spiders”

2009 - 2012

Bachelor of Science in Biology; specialisation: Zoology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart; Thesis: “Distribution of the tick parasitoid Ixodiphagus hookeri in Southern Germany”

Awards

2021:

  • Award for best student presentation: International Society of Hymenopterists online symposium

2018:

  • Award for best student presentation: 13. Hymenopterologentagung, Stuttgart

2016:

  • Travel award of the International Society of Hymenopterists zur Teilnahme to participate at the International Congress of Entomology 2016, Orlando, USA

Professional Associations

Travels

2019:

  • Switzerland (Bern) – method training with the GBOL-partner at  the Natural History Museum of Bern

2018:

  • Slovakia (Bratislava) – Attendance at the CETAF BiodivMG strategy workshop
  • Czech Republic (Prag) – Attendance at the international workshop for a new chalcidoid-phylogeny

2016:

  • Sweden (Öland) – Cooperation meeting with the partners of the SMTP-Projekt

2014:

  • Cape Verde – Philipps University Marburg: Fieldwork in the project BIS-Fogo