SDEI Kustodiat Hemimetabola
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Snow Mountain area, China, 2009. Photo: Dr. Stephan M. Blank.

Senckenberg German Entomological Institute

Hemimetabola Section

Hemimetabolous insects, such as dragonflies, cicadas or even bugs undergo an incomplete metamorphosis, with each molt the juvenile stages look more similar to the adult animal (imago).

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SDEI Hemimetabola Section
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Dr. Andreas Taeger, SDEI

Hemimetabola Collection

The SDEI Müncheberg Hemimetabola Section houses an extensive collection of hemimetabolous insects rich in type material.

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Hemimetabola Team

Dr. Stephan Blank is curator of the SDEI Hemimetabola section, supportedt by technical assistant Arne Köhler.

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Systematics and Biogeography

The SDEI focuses its research on phylogenetic systematics as well as on biogeography. That means the examination of phylogeny and classification of species within the megadiverse insect orders such as Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

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Entomology Information Centre

Entomology Information Centre is part of the SDEI in Müncheberg Germany an provides numerous instruments for entomological research.

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Entomological Library

The SDEI Entomological Library in Müncheberg provides a wide range of entomological litterature: monographs, series, journals, both recent and historical.

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SDEI Molekularlabor
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Molecular Lab Projects

Current projects of the SDEI Molecular Lab deal with population genetics, phylogeny and biogeography up to population genomics.

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