1000 new species discovered and described Event

Sechs Wissenschaftler der Abteilung Arthropoda (Gliedertiere) am Zoologischen Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig – Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere in Bonn haben in den letzten zehn Jahren über tausend neue Arten beschrieben. Die aus aller Welt stammenden Arten umfassen vor allem Maikäfer, Zitterspinnen, Tausendfüßer, Schwebfliegen und Spanner-Schmetterlinge. Während zahlreiche Arten von den Wissenschaftlern selbst auf Expeditionen gesammelt wurden, stammen andere aus den Sammlungen des Museums in Bonn oder anderer Museen.

Six scientists from the Arthropoda Department of the Museum Koenig in Bonn (Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig – Leibniz-Institute for Animal Biodiversity) in Bonn have described over 1,000 new species during the last ten years. Their new species come from all over the world and include mainly beetles, spiders, millipedes, flies, and butterflies. Many specimens have been collected during recent expeditions by the scientists themselves, whilst others come from the museum in Bonn and from other institutions. In these “treasure chests”, many species wait for decades until they are scientifically described.