M.Sc. Raffaele Gamba

Stocker, F.C.B., Gamba, R., Van de Kamp, T., Hamann, E., Zuber, M., Vagovič, P., Staniczek, A.H. (2026): When mayflies have an erection: Functional morphology of the genitalia in Ecdyonurus (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 10(2): ixag011. DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixag011

• Participant in the symposium “Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddisflies of Germany and Bordering Regions” at the Gustav Stresemann Institute, Bad Bevensen

  • Specialist lecture on “The Copula of the Mayfly Ecdyonurus venosus (Fabricius, 1775) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)”

• Participant in the symposium of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft e.V. at Kiel University, Germany

  • Poster presentation on “The Host Range Assessment of Lariophagus distinguendus (Förster, 1841) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)"

• Master thesis under the supervision of Dr. A.H. Staniczek, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany  and Prof. Dr. J.Steidle, University of Hohenheim on “The Copula of the Mayfly Ecdyonurus venosus (Fabricius, 1775) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)”

• Study of biology (Master’s degree) at University of Hohenheim, Germany

  • Diploma examinations at University of Hohenheim, Germany in plant physiology, vegetational history, bio-sensorics and entomology

• Study of environmental engineering at University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany

  • Diploma examinations at University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Germany in water and soil protection and waste management
  • Diploma thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. A. Alf, University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, on the “Composition and Orthophosphate Content of the Altmühl Sediments in the Upper Reaches and Estimation of their Eutrophication Potential for the Altmühlsee”

• Project Member in the statewide monitoring program for flying insects of Baden-Württemberg (in cooperation with LUBW – the State Institute For The Environment of Baden-Württemberg)

• Research internship and Student assistant

  • Studies on the host-finding behaviour of parasitoid wasps (in cooperation with the University of Hohenheim)

• Internship semester at the Besigheim Water Direction, Department Of Water Monitoring And Maintenance
  • Creation of the Concept for Water Development (morphology and ecology) on the water body of secondary category Zaber, district of Heilbronn