Zettel, Herbert

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Curator of the Hemiptera Collection

Supervision of the Hemiptera Collection

Systematic and taxonomic research

Telefon: +43 1 52 177/ 497

Fax: +43 1 523 52 54

Email: herbert.zettel"at"nhm-wien.ac.at

Curriculum Vitae

 * 1963 born in Vienna
 * 1981 - 1991 Study of Biology (Zoology & Botany) at the University of Vienna
 * 1987 - 1990 Thesis at the Natural History Museum Vienna with the title "Beiträge zu einer Revision der Cheloninae unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tribus Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Cheloninae)" [Contributions to a revision of Cheloninae with special regards to the tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Cheloninae)] (Diss. Zool. Inst. Univ. Wien, 585 pp., 1990)
 * 1991 Graduation as "Doctor philosophiae"
 * since 1992 employed at the Natural History Museum Vienna as curator of the Hemiptera Collection in the entomological department
 * since 1980 Studies on Central European and Mediterranean Coleoptera, primarily dealing with faunistics of Austria and adjacent countries, lateron identifications of Palaearctic Tenebrionidae and Carabidae, mainly from various own collectings in alpine regions, Southeast Europe and North Africa. Present research on taxonomy of Philippine Cicindelidae.
 * since 1986 Studies on Hymenoptera, mainly in the course of the doctor thesis work on Braconidae, subfamily Cheloninae (world wide), further some studies on the Austrian Hymenoptera fauna (e.g. a project on the Hymenoptera fauna of the Hundsheimer Kogel in Lower Austria, the Austrian fauna of Serphidae, identifications of Aculeata for different projects and thesis works), and some smaller studies on Palaearctic Braconidae. Presently studies on faunistics and ecology of Aculeata in xerotherm habitats in Austria. Biodiversity and taxonomy of Philippine ants.
 * since 1992 Studies on aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera, main interest on the Oriental and Malesian fauna, especially working on the material from own expeditions and material deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna. Special interest in Helotrephidae, Aphelocheridae, Hebridae, and Veliidae. See the following projects.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Laciny 2015 Diacamma SE Asia.pdf|Laciny, A.; Pal, A.; Zettel, H. 2015. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Diacamma Mayr, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), part 1. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 67:83-136.]]
 * [[Media:Steiner et al 2006.pdf|Schlick-Steiner, B.C., Steiner, F.M. & Zettel, H. 2006. Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870, T. scabrum Mayr, 1879 sp. rev., T. manobo (Calilung, 2000) – three good species. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 181-191.]]
 * [[Media:Sorger & Zettel 2009.pdf|Sorger, D. M. and H. Zettel. 2009. Polyrhachis (Myrma) cyaniventris F. Smith, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a related new ant species from the Philippines. Zootaxa 2174: 27-37.]]
 * [[Media:Sorger & Zettel 2010.pdf|Sorger, D. M. and H. Zettel. 2010. Taxonomic additions to the Polyrhachis (Myrma) cyaniventris species group (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 111:31-36.]]
 * [[Media:Sorger & Zettel 2011.pdf|Sorger, D.M. and H. Zettel. 2011. On the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Philippine Islands: V. The genus Odontomachus LATREILLE, 1804. Myrmecological News. 14:141-163.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel 2006.pdf|Zettel, H. 2006. On the ants of the Philippine Islands: 1. The genus Pristomyrmex Mayr, 1866. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 59-68.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel 2007.pdf|Zettel, Herbert: 2007. A new species of Pristomyrmex Mayr 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Cebu, the Philippines. Linzer Biologische Beitraege Volume: 39 Issue: 2 Page(s): 1251-1255.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel 2008.pdf|Zettel, H. 2008. On the ants of the Philippine Islands: III. The genus Recurvidris Bolton. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 40/1: 891-895.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel 2012.pdf|Zettel, H. 2012. New trap-jaw ant species of Anochetus MAYR, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Philippine Islands, a key and notes on other species. Myrmecological News 16: 157-167.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel 2013.pdf|Zettel, H. 2013. A further new blue Polyrhachis ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Philippines. Asian Myrmecology 5:5-9.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel, H. & Bruckner, H. 2013. Four new species of Dilobocondyla (Hymenoptera Formicidae) from the Philippines.pdf|Zettel, H. & Bruckner, H. 2013. Four new species of Dilobocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Philippines. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 65:135-150.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel, H., Pal, A., Laciny, A. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Diacamma, part 2.pdf|Zettel, H., Pal, A. & Laciny, A. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Diacamma Mayr, 1862, part 2. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ősterreichischer Entomologen 68: 129-168.]]
 * Zettel, H. & Laciny, A. 2015. Contributions to the taxonomy of the ant genus Echinopla Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 62, 101–121 (DOI 10.3897/dez.62.5093).
 * [[Media:Zettel, H., Laciny, A. 2015. A new species of Pristomyrmex from Mindoro, the Philippines.pdf|Zettel, H. & Laciny, A. 2015. A new species of Pristomyrmex Mayr, 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mindoro, the Philippines. Asian Myrmecology, 7, 1-4.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel & Sorger 2010a.pdf|Zettel, H. & D.M. Sorger. 2010a. On the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Philippine Islands: IV. The genus Vombisidris BOLTON 1991. Entomologica Austriaca: 17:37-44.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel & Sorger 2010b.pdf|Zettel, H. & Sorger, D.M. 2010b Three new species of the army ant genus Aenictus Shuckkard, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae:Aenictinae) from Borneo and the Philippines. Z.Arb.Gem.Öst.Ent.(62)115-125.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel & Sorger 2011.pdf|Zettel, H. & Sorger, D.M. 2011. New Myrmoteras ants from the southeastern Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59: 61-67.]]
 * [[Media:Zettel & Zimmermann 2007.pdf|Zettel, H. & Zimmermann, D. 2007. On the ants of the Philippine Islands. II. The genus Forelophilus Kutter, 1931. Asian Myrmecology 1: 19-30.]]