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Dr. Dominic Wanke

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Forschungsreferat

Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)

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Tel.:
0711 / 8936-2812
Fax:
0711 / 8936-100
E-Mail:
dominic.wanke(at)smns-bw.de

Forschungsprofil

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Publikationen

2025

  • Moser, M., Krogmann, L. & Wanke, D. (2025): Some Insects Are More Equal Than Others: A Comparison of Popular Large Language Model Chatbots' Treatment of Different Insect Groups. Integrative Conservation: 1–14.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/inc3.70013
  • Noori, S., Rödder, D., Yusefi, G.H., Hawlitschek, O., Wanke, D., Husemann, M. & Rajaei, H. (2025): Biogeographic Patterns of Iranian Lepidoptera: A Framework for Conservation. – Diversity and Distributions 31: e70010. 
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70010

2024

  • Müller,  S., Fardiansah, R., Schneider, F., Wanke, D., von Wirth, V. & Wendt, I (2024): Description of a new genus and two new species of Ornithoctoninae from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 7 (2): 23–39. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2024.122121
  • Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2024): On the mystery of an Afghan geometrid Triphosa Stephens, 1829 - a call to the collections of lepidopterists. – Newsletter of the Society for European Lepidopterology 70: 11–12.
  • Wanke, D., Skou, P. & Rajaei, H. (2024): Two new records of the genus Idaea Treitschke, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae) for Iran. – Zootaxa 5477 (1): 093–097. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.1.8
  • Müller, S., Mizerakis, V., Wendt, I., Werner, M. J. & Wanke, D. (2024): An anti-slip underlay for the investigation and documentation of arthropod structures in liquid. – Integrative Systematics 7 (1): 127–131. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2024.331770
  • Bartsch, D., König, M., Salmen, M. & Wanke, D. (2024): A phantom returns: rediscovery of Pelochristapfisteri (Obraztsov, 1952) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Germany. – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 7 (1): 43–47. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2024.627662

2023

  • Bartsch, D., Sáfián, S. & Wanke, D. (2023): A new genus and three new species of Paranthrenini from tropical Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 6 (2): 79–89. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2023.643237
  • Bartsch, D., Sáfián, S. & Wanke, D. (2023): On the status of Megalosphecia Le Cerf, 1916, with description of a remarkable new species of Cicinnoscelis Holland, 1893 from West Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiini). – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 6 (2): 71–77. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2023.385895
  • Wanke, D., Hausmann, A., Lee, K. M., Murillo-Ramos, L., Sihvonen, P. & Rajaei, H. (2023): Systematics and integrative taxonomic revision of the tribe Scopulini Duponchel, 1845 in Iran (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae). – Zootaxa 5359 (1): 001–096. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5359.1.1
  • Werner, M. J., Hausmann, A., Kostjuk, I., Wanke, D., & Rajaei, H. (2023): Integrative taxonomic revision of the genus Phaselia Guenée, [1858] (Geometridae: Ennominae) in the Middle East and Central Asia. – Zootaxa 5326 (1): 001–066. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5326.1.1
  • Canty, R. J., Martini, B. & Wanke, D. (2023): Three new species of Neotropical Ceraleurodicus Hempel (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) found in the Natural History Museum (London) collection, with notes and a puparial key to species. – Zootaxa 5277 (2): 313–338. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.4
  • Wanke, D., Shirvani, A., Hausmann, A., Murillo-Ramos, L. & Sihvonen, P. (2023): Tribal assignment of the genus Eumera Staudinger, 1892, using multi-gene analysis and description of a new species from the south Iranian province Kerman (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). – Zootaxa 5270 (1): 092–104. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5270.1.4
  • Rajaei, H., Aarvik, L., Arnscheid, W. R., …Wanke, D., … & Karsholt, O. (2023): Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran. – In: Rajaei, H. & Karsholt, O. (eds.): Lepidoptera Iranica. – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 6 (Special Issue): 121–459. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2023.997558.7
  • Noori, S., Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2023): A gazetteer of elusive localities for Iranian Lepidoptera. – In: Rajaei, H. & Karsholt, O. (eds.): Lepidoptera Iranica. – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 6 (Special Issue): 91–120. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2023.997558.6
  • Rajaei, H., Karsholt, O., Hofmann, A., Nazari, V., Ulmer, J. M., Wanke, D. & Zahiri, R. (2023): A historical review of Lepidopterology in Iran. – In: Rajaei, H. & Karsholt, O. (eds.): Lepidoptera Iranica. – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 6 (Special Issue): 19–62. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2023.997558.2
  • Wanke, D., Hausmann, A., Lees, D. C., Lee, K. M., Martin, G., Sihvonen, P., Staude, H. & Rajaei, H. (2023): The African endemic species “Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) belongs to the genus Aphilopota Warren, 1899. – Nota Lepidopterologica 46: 1–17. 
    https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.46.94940

2022

  • Rajaei, H., Hausmann, A., Scoble, M., Wanke, D., Plotkin, D., Brehm, G., Murillo Ramos, L. & Sihvonen, P. (2022): An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with an overview of global species richness and systematics. – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 5 (2): 145–192. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.577933
  • Wanke, D. (2022): Interaction of the external and internal genitalia during copulation in Eupithecia abbreviata Stephens, 1831 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 5 (2): 137–143. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.880941
  • Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2022): Taxonomic note on Synopsia centralis (Wiltshire, 1966) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), and additional faunistic data on the genus Synopsia Hübner, 1825 in Iran. – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 5 (1): 105–108. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.556903
  • Wanke, D., Feizpour, S., Hausmann, A., Viidalepp, J., & Rajaei, H. (2022): Taxonomy and systematics of the enigmatic emerald moth Xenochlorodes graminaria (Kollar, 1850) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), and its assignment to a new genus. – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 5 (1): 61–71. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.857803
  • Bartsch, D. & Wanke, D. (2022): A revision of Albuna dybowskii Le Cerf, 1917, with the establishment of a new genus of Osminiini from Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). – Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 5 (1): 53–59. 
    https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.556903

2021

  • Wanke, D., Krogmann, L., Murillo-Ramos, L., Sihvonen, P. & Rajaei, H. (2021): Systematics of Problepsis wiltshirei (Prout, 1938), comb. nov. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Sterrhinae) – an endemic species to the Zagros Mountains in the Middle East. – Nota Lepidopterologica 44: 175–192.
    https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.44.67345
  • Wanke, D., Ulmer, J. M., Wendt, I. & Rajaei, H. (2021): Updates on the Fixator—Facilitating the investigation, mounting, and photography of structures and specimens in liquid. – Zootaxa 4999 (4): 397–400.
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4999.4.9
  • Wanke, D., Leipnitz, M. & Rajaei, H. (2021): First captive rearing of the Iranian endemic Nychiodes subvirida Brandt, 1938 (Geometridae: Ennominae, Boarmiini). – Entomologische Zeitschrift, Schwanfeld 131 (2): 123–125.

2020

  • Wanke, D. & Nimmerfroh, K. (2020): Beschreibung eines Mosaikgynanders von Aglia tau (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Agliinae). – Mitteilungen des Entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart, 55 (1): 31–36.
  • Wanke, D., Hausmann, A., Sihvonen, P., Krogmann, L. & Rajaei, H. (2020): Integrative taxonomic review of the genus Synopsia Hübner, 1825 in the Middle East (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). – Zootaxa 4885 (1): 27–50. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4885.1.2
  • Wanke, D.,Hausmann, A., Krogmann, L., Petrányi, G. & Rajaei, H. (2020): Taxonomic revision of the genus Nychiodes Lederer, 1853 (Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini) with description of three new species—an integrative approach. – Zootaxa 4812 (1): 1–61. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4812.1.1
  • 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 (2): 275–278. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.7.

2019

  • Wanke, D., Rajaei, H. & Hausmann, A. (2019): The enigmatic Triphosa genus: taxonomic revision and three new species from Middle East and Central Asia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Pp. 296 in: Hausmann, A. & Rajaei, H. (eds). Proceedings of the tenth FORUM HERBULOT 2018 (Stuttgart, Germany, 11-16 June 2018). – Spixiana 42 (2).
  • Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2019): Confusing syntypes – appearing issues during the investigation of Triphosa taochata Lederer, 1870 (Geometridae, Larentiinae). Pp. 316-317 in: Hausmann, A. & Rajaei, H. (eds). Proceedings of the tenth FORUM HERBULOT 2018 (Stuttgart, Germany, 11-16 June 2018). – Spixiana 42 (2).
  • Wanke, D., Bigalk, S., Krogmann, L., Wendt, I. & Rajaei, H. (2019): The Fixator–A simple method for mounting of arthropod specimens and photography of complex structures in liquid. – Zootaxa 4657 (2), 385-391. 
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.11
  • Wanke, D., Hausmann, A. & Rajaei, H. (2019): An integrative taxonomic revision of the genus Triphosa Stephens, 1829 (Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Middle East and Central Asia, with description of two new species. – Zootaxa 4603 (1), 039-065. 
    http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.2

2018

  • Wanke, D., Rajaei, H. (2018): An effective method for the close up photography of insect genitalia: A case study on the Lepidoptera. – Nota Lepidopterologica 41 (2), 219-223.https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.41.27831

 

Präsentationen

2022

  • Werner, M. J., Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2022): A riddle in the Middle East and Central Asia: the taxonomic status of two Phaselia moths, P. serrularia and P. narynaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). Poster. XXII European Congress of Lepidopterology, 06. – 11.06.2022, Laulasmaa, Estland.
  • Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2022): Progress on the Sterrhinae moths of Iran (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Poster. XXII European Congress of Lepidopterology, 06. – 11.06.2022, Laulasmaa, Estland.

2019

  • Wanke, D., Hausmann, A. & Rajaei, H. (2019): The enigma of Triphosa taochata Lederer, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) clarified with morphological methods and DNA barcoding. Talk. XXI European Congress of Lepidopterology, 03.–07.6.2019, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italien.

2018

  • Schultz, L.,  Naumann, A., Wanke D., & Kupfer A. (2018): Sexualdimorphismen bei Amphibien und deren Evolution. Poster. 7. Studentische Jahrestagung Humboldt Reloaded, 23.10.2018, Universität Hohenheim, Deutschland.
  • Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2018): Confusing syntypes – Appearing issues during investigation and its solution. Poster. Annual meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society and Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica 10.–15.7.2018, Ottawa, Canada. 
  • Wanke, D., Hausmann, A. & Rajaei, H. (2018): The enigmatic Triphosa genus: Taxonomic revision and three new species from Middle East and Central Asia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Vortrag. 10thForum Herbulot, 11.–16.6.2018, Stuttgart, Deutschland. 
  • Wanke, D. & Rajaei, H. (2018): Confusing syntypes – Appearing issues during investigation and its solution. Poster and talk. 10thForum Herbulot, 11.–16.6.2018, Stuttgart, Deutschland. 

2017

  • Dehlinger, C., Sedlmeier, J.E., Laschenko, J., Wanke, D. & Kupfer, A. (2017): Klein und anders? Sexualdimorphismus der amazonischen Zwergkröten (Gattung Amazophrynella) Poster. 6. Studentische Jahrestagung Humboldt Reloaded, 26.10.2017, Universität Hohenheim, Deutschland.

2015

  • Wanke, D., Müller, L. & Tingler, M. (2015): Was sucht ein „Sex-Gen“ in der Haut von Xenopus laevis? Poster. 4. Studentische Jahrestagung Humboldt Reloaded, 22.10.2015, Universität Hohenheim, Deutschland. Auszeichnung für das beste Tagungsposter.   

Lebenslauf

seit 2023

  • Wissenschaftsmanager am Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

2020-2023

  • Doktorand am Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart im Fachgebiet Systematische Entomologie bei Prof. Dr. Lars Krogmann, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart; Doktorarbeit: “Integrative taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of geometrid moths in a Middle Eastern biodiversity hotspot“

2018-2019

  • Freier Mitarbeiter am Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

2016-2019

  • Studium der Biologie an der Universität Hohenheim mit Abschluss als Master of Science (M.Sc.); Masterarbeit: “Taxonomic revision of the genus Triphosa Stephens, 1829 (Geometridae, Larentiinae) in Europe, Middle East and Central Asia, an integrative approach”

2013-2016

  • Studium der Biologie an der Universität Hohenheim mit Abschluss als Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.); Bachelorarbeit: „Mikrodiversität von Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto in Europa”

Mitgliedschaften

  • Entomologischer Verein Stuttgart 1869 e.V.
  • Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL).
  • Deutsche Arachnologische Gesellschaft e.V.