DR. GÜNTER BECHLY
Curator for amber and fossil insects at the
State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart
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Günter
Bechly, SMNS, Stuttgart, 2009
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Name:
Günter Bechly, Ph.D.
Year of birth:
1963.
Marital
status: Happily married since 27th August 2005 with Maria Luise Bechly (né Winkelhofer).
Education:
I studied biology (entomology), parasitology and palaeontology at the
Eberhard-Karls Universität in Tübingen / Germany. I
made my diploma degree (= M.Sc.) in biology in 1994 with the diploma
thesis "Morphologische
Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen
und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter
besonderer Berücksichtigung der Phylogenetischen Systematik
und des Grundplanes der *Odonata"
under supervision of Dr. Gerhard Mickoleit (Inst. Zool., Univ.
Tübingen). In 1999 I finished my Ph.D. in palaeontology with summa
cum laude with the thesis "Phylogeny
and systematics of fossil dragonflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera) with
special reference to some Mesozoic outcrops"
under supervision of Prof. W.E. Reif (Inst. Palaeont., Univ.
Tübingen), also refereed by Prof. C. Brauckmann (TU Clausthal)
and Prof. R. Willmann (Univ. Göttingen). Parts of this Ph.D.
thesis have been accomplished at MCZ, Harvard University.
Grants:
Two working contracts
in 1994/1995 within the "Sonderforschungsbereich 230 Natürliche
Konstruktionen" (Geol.
Institut, Univ. Tübingen). Travel-Grant (1997) by the ESF
Network on Fossil Insects of
the European Science Foundation. Two years (1996-1998)
Grafög-Promotionsstipendium of LGFG Baden-Württemberg.
Profession:
Palaeoentomologist.
Position:
Scientific employee as curator of the amber section in the
palaeontological departement of the Staatliches Museum für
Naturkunde Stuttgart (since 1999).
Current research projects:
Fossil odonates and the evolution and phylogeny of basal pterygote insects ("Palaeoptera").
PhyloTree: A hyperbolic phylogenetic supertree of all taxa of fossil and recent organisms above the genus level (currently including about 19.000 taxa).
General research
interests: Insect evolution; fossil insects,
especially in amber and in Mesozoic limestones; phylogenetic
systematics of fossil and extant dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta:
Odonatoptera); "higher" phylogeny of insects; "higher" phylogeny of
all groups of organisms (the universal "tree of life"); theory of phylogenetic
systematics; biophilosophy; Darwinism.
Other
interests: Human evolution and prehistory; archaeology of prehistory and ancient history; cosmology and quantum physics; philosophy of time and of mind; process philosophy; Web 2.0, Wikipedia, Google, Linux, and open source/open content movement; science fiction and fantasy movies and novels; travelling; digital photography.
My YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.
Scientific Publications:
Published
works and works in press:
- BECHLY,
G. (1993a): Fossil odonates
in dominican and baltic amber. - Argia, 5(1):
13-15. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (1993b): A brief report
of an ongoing cladistic study on the phylogenetic relationships of the
fossil and extant odonate family group taxa. - Petalura, 1:
19-20.
- BECHLY,
G. (1993c): Review of:
CARPENTER, F. (1992): Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part R.
Arthropoda. Vol. 4(3) and 4(4). Superclass Hexapoda. - Petalura,
1:
23-25.
- BECHLY,
G. (1993d): Review of: NEL,
A. et al. (1993): Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles - Phylogénie
et classification (Odonata). - Petalura, 1:
25-28.
- BECHLY,
G. (1994): Morphologische
Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen
und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter
besonderer Berücksichtigung der Phylogenetischen Systematik
und des Grundplanes der *Odonata [Morphological analysis of the wing
venation of extant dragonflies and their stemgroup representatives
(Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) with special reference to phylogenetic
systematics and the groundplan of crowngroup Odonata]. - unpubl.
diploma thesis, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen;
341 pp., 3 tabls, 111 figs.
- BECHLY,
G. (1995): Morphologische
Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen
und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter
besonderer Berücksichtigung der Phylogenetischen Systematik
und des Grundplanes der *Odonata [Morphological analysis of the wing
venation of extant dragonflies and their stemgroup representatives
(Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) with special reference to phylogenetic
systematics and the groundplan of crowngroup Odonata]. - Petalura,
special-volume 1:
341 pp., 3 tabls, 111 figs (publication of diploma thesis).
- BECHLY,
G. (1996a): Morphologische
Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen
und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter
besonderer Berücksichtigung der Phylogenetischen Systematik
und des Grundplanes der *Odonata. - Petalura,
spec. vol. 2:
402 pp, 3 tabls, 111 figs (revised edition with 60 pages English
appendix on the phylogenetic system of odonates).
- BECHLY,
G. (1996b): Fossil odonates
in Tertiary amber. - Petalura, 2
(electronical journal on the Internet).
- BECHLY,
G. (1996c): Review of:
SANTANA 1.0 (1996): CD-ROM by digital-fossil. - Petalura, 2
(electronical journal on the Internet).
- BECHLY,
G. (1996d): Review of:
Biologie und Ökologie der Insekten (1996): CD-ROM by Gustav
Fischer Verlag. - Petalura, 2
(electronical journal on the Internet).
- BECHLY,
G. (1997a): Zur Geschichte
und aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Großgruppen-Systematik der
Libellen. - 16. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger
Odonatologen, 14.-16. März 1997 Nürnberg, Tagungsband.
- BECHLY,
G. (1997b): Die Libellen
(und einige andere fossile Insekten) aus der Unterkreide von Brasilien
(Santana). - 4. Fachgespräch "Fossile Insekten",
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, 28-29 Juni 1997, Abstracts.
- BECHLY,
G. (1997c): A glossary of
phylogenetic systematics with a critic of mainstream cladism. - Inclusion
Wrostek, 26:
20-22, 23-24
- BECHLY,
G. (1997d): Dragonflies
from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. - Inclusion
Wrostek, 27:
9.
- BECHLY,
G. (1997e): Dragonflies
from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. - Meganeura, 1:
27-28. [RTF]
- BECHLY,
G. (1997f): Exhibition in
Germany: Lower Cretaceous Santana formation. - Meganeura, 1:
22-23. [RTF]
- BECHLY,
G. (1997g):
Palaeoentomological/entomological association web sites. - Meganeura,
1:
19.
- BECHLY,
G. (1997h): New CD-ROM. - Meganeura, 1:
18. [RTF]
- BECHLY,
G. (1997i): New fossil
odonates from the Upper Triassic of Italy, with a redescription of Italophlebia
gervasuttii, and a
reclassification of Triassic dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata). - Riv.
Mus. Civ. Sci. Nat. ‘E. Caffi’, 19:
31-70.
- BECHLY,
G. (1998a): Santana - Die
Schatzkammer fossiler Insekten aus der Unterkreide Brasiliens. - Fossilien,
2/98:
95-99.
- BECHLY,
G. (1998b): Santana -
Forschungsgeschichte und Fauna. - Fossilien, 3/98:
148-156.
- BECHLY,
G. (1998c): [Santana -
Eldorado mesozoischer Fossilien]. - Taipei
Natural History Show, (Katalog)
1998: 148-156 [In Chinese].
- BECHLY,
G. (1998d): New fossil
dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation of north-east
Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B, 264:
66 pp., 1 tab., 39 figs. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (1998e): New fossil
damselflies from Baltic amber, with description of a new species, a
redescription of Litheuphaea
carpenteri Fraser, and a
discussion on the phylogeny of Epallagidae (Zygoptera: Caloptera). - Int.
J. Odonatol. (Pantala), 1(1):
33-63.
- BECHLY,
G. (1998f): A revision of
the fossil dragonfly genus Urogomphus,
with description of a new species (Insecta: Odonata: Pananisoptera:
Aeschnidiidae). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B, 270:
47 pp., 34 figs. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (1998g): Juracordulia
schiemenzi gen. et. sp. nov.,
Eine neue Libelle aus den Solnhofener Plattenkalken (Insecta: Odonata:
Anisoptera). - Archaeopteryx, 16:
29-36.
- BECHLY,
G. (1999a, submitted 1998):
Phylogeny and systematics of fossil dragonflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera)
with special reference to some Mesozoic outcrops. - Ph.D. thesis,
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen; x + 755 pp., 4
tabs, 143 textfigs, 70 pls.
- BECHLY,
G. (1999b): Epallagidae
versus Euphaeidae revisited. - Int.
J. Odonatol., 2(2):
137-139.
- BECHLY,
G. (2000a): Theses in
palaeoentomology and entomology - Bechly, G. 1999. - Meganeura,
5
(electronical newsletter on the Internet).
- BECHLY,
G. (2000b): Two new fossil
dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Pananisoptera: Aeschnidiidae and
Aktassiidae) from the Solnhofen Limestone (Upper Jurassic of Germany).
- Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk.
Ser. B., 288:
1-9. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (2000c): Mainstream
Cladistics versus Hennigian Phylogenetic Systematics. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A., 613:
1-11. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (2000d): [Review of:] W.
WEITSCHAT, W. WICHARD. Atlas der Pflanzen und Tiere im Baltischen
Bernstein. - Naturwiss. Rdsch., 53(11):
593-594.
- BECHLY,
G. (2000e): Two new fossil
dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae and
Lindeniidae) from the Crato Limestone (Lower Cretaceous, Brazil). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 296:
1-16. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (2000f): A new fossil
damselfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae:
Ischnurinae) from Dominican Amber. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 299:
1-9. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (2001a): A new species
of Cymatophlebia
(Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Cymatophlebiidae) from the Solnhofen
Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, Germany). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 301:
1-5. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (2001b): [Review of:] G.
und B. KRUMBIEGEL: Faszination Bernstein. Kleinod aus der Wunderkammer
der Natur. - Naturwiss. Rdsch.,
54(9) Nr. 639:
497-498.
- BECHLY,
G. (2003a): Trilobiten -
Cheliceraten - Insekten. - pp. 208-219, 221-225, and 241-247 in:
URLICHS, M. & ZIEGLER, B.: Farbatlas Fossilien. - Ulmer,
Stuttgart. [Amazon]
- BECHLY,
G. (2003b): [Review of:] E.
Geirnaert: L'Ambre Miel de Fortune et Mémoire de Vie. - Fossilien,
3/03:
140.
- BECHLY,
G. (2003c): Description of
a new species of Nannogomphus
(Insecta: Odonata: Nannogomphidae) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen
Limestone in Germany. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 339:
1-6. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (2003d): The
phylogenetic relationships of the three extant suborders of Odonata. - Ent.
Abh., 61(2):
127-128. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. (2003e): Odonatology Website [offline version 2002]. In:
SCHORR, M. & LINDEBOOM, M. (eds) (2003): Dragonfly Research 1.2003. Zerf - Tübingen (ISSN 1438-034x).
- BECHLY,
G. (2004): Evolution and
systematics. - pp. 7-16 in: HUTCHINS, M. & amp; EVANS, A.V.
& GARRISON, R.W. & SCHLAGER, N. (eds): Grzimek's Animal
Life Encyclopedia. 2nd Edition. Volume 3, Insects. 472 pp. - Gale
Group, Farmington Hills, MI. [text without figures as HTML-file]
- BECHLY,
G. (ed.) (2004): Abstracts of the 7th Annual Congress of the GfBS (Society for Biological Systematics). - Org.
Divers. & Evol. 4, Electr. Suppl. 6:
1-117. [PDF]
- BECHLY, G. (2005a): Fossil spiders in amber and copal - Fossile Spinnen in Bernstein und Kopal. - Naturwissenschaftlichen Rundschau, 58/10: 1-2.
- BECHLY, G. (2005b): A re-description of "Stenophlebia" casta (Insecta: Odonata: Parastenophlebiidae n. fam) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in Germany. - Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B, 359: 1-12. [PDF]
- BECHLY, G. (2005c): A new fossil dragonfly (Anisoptera: Corduliidae) from the Paleocene Fur Formation (Mo clay) of Denmark. - Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B, 358: 1-7. [PDF]
- BECHLY, G. et al. (2005): Poster and Abstract "Multidisciplinary Paleontological Research at the Late Miocene (MN9) Locality of Höwenegg (Baden-Württemberg)" for the Paläontologische Gesellschaft Meeting (Graz, Aug. 2005) and RCMNS Meeting (Vienna, 2005).
- BECHLY, G. (2006): New results about the arthropod fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. - Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38/7: 381. [Abstract]
- BECHLY, G. (2007a): [Book Review] Günther Theischinger & John Hawking (2006): The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. - Aquatic Insects, 29(1): 75-76. [PDF]
- BECHLY, G. (2007b): [Book Review] Rosser W. Garrison, Natalia von Ellenrieder & Jerry A. Louton (2006): Dragonfly Genera of the New World. - Aquatic Insects, 29(1): 72-75. [PDF]
- BECHLY, G. (2007c): New fossil Odonata from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. - 5th International symposium of Odonatology, 16-20 April 2007, Swakopmund, Abstracts: 6. [Word-File]
- BECHLY, G. (2007d): Insects of the Crato Formation. Chapter 11.1 Introduction. - pp 142-149 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY, G. (2007e): Chapter 11.5 Odonata: damselflies and dragonflies. - pp 184-222 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY, G. (2007f): Chapter 11.8 "Blattaria": cockroaches and roachoids. - pp. 239-249 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY, G. (2007g): Chapter 11.9 Isoptera: termites. - pp. 249-262 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY, G. (2007h): Chapter 11.10 Chresmododea: fossil "water striders". - pp. 262-265 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY, G. (2007i): Chapter 11.19 Mecoptera: scorpionflies. - pp. 365-369 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY, G. (2007j): Chapter 11.21 Trichoptera and Lepidoptera: caddisflies and butterflies. - pp. 387-393 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY, G. (2009): Der neue Baum des Lebens. - pp. 148-171 in: SCHMID, U. & BECHLY, G. (eds): Evolution - Der Fluss des Lebens. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. C., 66/67: 1-192.
- BECHLY, G. (2010 in press): Additions to the fossil dragonfly fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). - Palaeodiversity, 3 (spec. vol. Willi-Hennig-Symposium, Stuttgart-Hohenheim 2009).
- BECHLY,
G. & DIETL, G. & SCHWEIGERT, G.
(2003): A new species of Stenophlebia
(Insecta: Odonata: Stenophlebiidae) from the Nusplingen Lithographic
Limestone (Upper Jurassic, SW Germany). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 338:
1-10.
- BECHLY,
G. & FRICKHINGER, K.A.
(1999): Kragentiere Eichelwürmer. pp. 76-79 in: FRICKHINGER,
K.A. (1999): Die Fossilien von Solnhofen. - Goldschneck, Korb.
- BECHLY,
G. & SACH, V.
(2002): An interesting new fossil dragonfly (Anisoptera: Libellulidae:
Brachydiplacini) from the Miocene of Germany, with a discussion on the
phylogeny of Tetrathemistinae and a fossil list for the locality
Heggbach. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 325:
1-11. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. & SCHWEIGERT, G.
(2000): The first fossil hanging flies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Raptipedia:
Cimbrophlebiidae and Bittacidae) from the limestones of Solnhofen and
Nusplingen (Upper Jurassic of Germany). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 287:
1-18. [PDF]
- BECHLY, G. & SZWEDO, J. (2007): Chapter 11.14 Coleorrhyncha: moss bugs. - pp. 313-317 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- BECHLY,
G. & UEDA, K.
(2002): The first fossil record and first New World record for the
dragonfly clade Chlorogomphida (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera:
Araripechlorogomphidae n. fam.) from the Crato Limestone (Lower
Cretaceous, Brazil). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 328:
1-11. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. & WICHARD, W.
(2008): Damselfly and dragonfly nymphs in Eocene Baltic amber
(Insecta: Odonata), with aspects of their palaeobiology. -
Palaeodiversity, 1: 37-74. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. & WITTMANN, M.
(2000): Two new tropical bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae -
Xylastodorinae and Hypsipterygidae) from Baltic amber. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 289:
1-11. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. & HAAS, F. & SCHAWALLER, W. & SCHMALFUSS, H.
& SCHMID, U.
(2001): Ur-Geziefer - Die faszinierende Evolution der Insekten. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. C, 49:
96 pp., 81 figs. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. & BRAUCKMANN, C. & ZESSIN, W. &
GRÖNING, E.
(2001): New results concerning the morphology of the most ancient
dragonflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera) from the Namurian of Hagen-Vorhalle
(Germany). - J. zool. Syst.
evol. Res., 39(2001):
209-226. [PDF]
- BECHLY,
G. & NEL, A. & MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS,
X. (1996): Redescription of Nannogomphus bavaricus
Handlirsch, 1906-1908 from the Upper Jurassic of Germany, with an
analysis of its phylogenetic position (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae
or Libelluloidea). - Archaeopteryx, 14(1996):
51-66 (with German translation).
- BECHLY,
G. & NEL, A. & MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS,
X. & JARZEMBOWSKI, E.A. & CORAM, R. & MARTILL,
D. & FLECK, G. & ESCUILLIÉ, F., WISSHAK,
M.M. & MAISCH, M.
(2001): A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with
description of several new families, genera and species (Insecta:
Odonata: Anisoptera). - N.
paläont. Abh., 4:
219 pp., 137 text-figs, 48 pls.
- BECHLY,
G. & NEL, A. & MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS,
X. & FLECK, G.
(1998): Four new dragonfly species from the Upper Jurassic of Germany
and the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia (Anisoptera: Hemeroscopidae,
Sonidae, and Proterogomphidae fam. nov.). - Odonatologica, 27(2):
149-187.
- DELCLÒS, X. & NEL, A. & AZAR, D. & BECHLY, G. & DUNLOP, J.A. & ENGEL, M.S. & HEADS, S. (2008): The enigmatic Mesozoic insect taxon Chresmodidae (Polyneoptera): New palaeobiological and phylogenetic data, with the description of a new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 247(3): 353-381. [PDF]
- FET,
V. & BECHLY, G.
(2000): Case 3120. Ischnurainae Fraser, 1957 (Insecta, Odonata):
proposed conservation as the correct spelling of Ischnurinae to remove
homonymy with Ischnuridae Simon, 1879 (Arachnida, Scorpiones). - Bulletin
of Zoological Nomenclature, 57(1):
26-28. [PDF and Opinion 2037]
- FET,
V. & BECHLY, G.
(2001): Case 3120a - Liochelidae, fam. nov. (Scorpiones): proposed
introduction as a substitute name for Ischnuridae Simon, 1879, as an
alternative to the suggested emendment of Ischnurinae Fraser, 1957
(Insecta, Odonata) to Ischnurainae in order to remove homonymy. - Bulletin
of Zoological Nomenclature, 58(4):
280-281. [PDF and Opinion 2037]
- FLECK,
G. & BECHLY, G. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X. & JARZEMBOWSKI, E.A.
& CORAM, R. & NEL, A.
(2003): Phylogeny and classification of the Stenophlebioptera (Odonata:
Epiproctophora). - Annales de
la Société Entomologique
de France, n.s. 39(1):
55-93. [PDF]
- FLECK,
G. & BECHLY, G. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X. & JARZEMBOWSKI, E.
& NEL, A. (2004): A
revision of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous dragonfly family
Tarsophlebiidae, with a discussion on the phylogenetic positions of the
Tarsophlebiidae and Sieblosiidae (Insecta, Odonatoptera, Panodonata). -
Geodiversitas, 26(1):
33-60. [PDF]
- FLECK,
G. & NEL, A. & BECHLY, G. &
ESCUILLIÉ, F.
(2002): The larvae of the Mesozoic family Aeschnidiidae and their
phylogenetic implications (Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera). - Palaeontology,
45(1):
165-184. [PDF]
- FLECK,
G. & NEL, A. & BECHLY, G. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X.
(2001): Revision and phylogenetic affinities of the Jurassic
Steleopteridae Handlirsch, 1906 (Odonata: Zygoptera). - Insect
Systematic Evolution, 32:
285-305. [PDF]
- FLECK, G. & NEL, A. & BECHLY, G. & DELCLÒS, X. & JARZEMBOWSKI, E.A. & CORAM, R. (2008): New Lower Cretaceous ‘libelluloid’ dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Cavilabiata) with notes about estimated divergence dates for this group. – Palaeodiversity, 1: 19-36. [PDF]
- HUGUET,
A. & NEL, A. & MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS,
X. & BECHLY, G. & MARTINS-NETO, R.
(2002): Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the Protanisoptera
(Insecta: Odonatoptera) [Essai d'analyse
phylogénétique
des Protanisoptera (Insecta: Odonatoptera)]. - Geobios, 35:
537-560. [PDF]
- JARZEMBOWSKI,
E.A. & MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X. &
BECHLY, G. & NEL, A. & CORAM, R. &
ESCUILLÉ, F.
(1998): The Mesozoic non-calopterygoid Zygoptera: descriptions of new
genera and species from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Brazil and
their phylogenetic significance (Odonata, Zygoptera, Coenagrionoidea,
Hemiphlebioidea, Lestoidea). - Cretaceous
Research, 19:
403-444. [PDF]
- MARTILL, D.M. & BECHLY, G. & HEADS, S.W. (2007): Appendix: species list for the Crato Formation. - pp. 582-607 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- MARTILL, D.M. & BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp., 80 line diagrams 100 half-tones and 32 colour plates - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. [CUP, Google Books]
- MARTINS-NETO, R.G. & HEADS, S. & BECHLY, G. (2007): Chapter 11.16 Neuropterida: snakeflies, dobsonflies and lacewings. - pp. 328-340 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- NEL, A. & BECHLY, G. (2009): The third petalurid dragonfly from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Odonata: Cretapetaluridae). - Annales Zoologici, 59(3):
281-285.< [PDF]
- NEL, A., BECHLY, G., GARROUSTE, R., POHL, B. & ESCUILLIÉ, F. (2005): A new extraordinary neuropterid family from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: a new insect order? (Insecta, Neuropterida). - Cretaceous Research, 26: 845-852. [PDF]
- NEL,
A. & BECHLY, G. & JARZEMBOWSKI, E. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X.
(1998): A revision of the fossil petalurid dragonflies (Insecta:
Odonata: Anisoptera: Petalurida). - Paleontologia
Lombarda, N.s., 10:
68 pp., 2 tabs, 59 figs.
- NEL,
A. & BECHLY, G. & &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X.
(1996): A new genus and species of Aeschnidiidae (Insecta: Odonata:
Anisoptera) from the Solnhofen Limestone, Upper Jurassic, Germany. - Senckenbergiana
lethaea, 76(1/2):
175-179.
- NEL,
A. & BECHLY, G. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X.
(2001): A new fossil dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic of Germany
(Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Protolindeniidae). - Revue
francaise d'Entomologie, 23(4):
257-261.
- NEL,
A. & BECHLY, G. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X. & FLECK, G.
(2001): A new family of Anisoptera from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau
in Kazakhstan (Insecta: Odonata: Juragomphidae n. fam.). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 314:
1-9. [PDF]
- NEL, A. & BECHLY, G. & DELCLÒS, X. & HUANG, D.-Y. (2009): New and poorly known Mesozoic damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae, Isophlebiidae). – Palaeodiversity, 2: 209-232 [PDF]
- NEL,
A. & BETHOUX, O. & BECHLY, G. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X. & PAPIER, F.
(2001): The Permo-Triassic Odonatoptera of the "protodonate" grade
(Insecta: Odonatoptera). - Annales
de la Société Entomologique de France
, (N.S.) 37(4):
501-525. [Abstract]
- NEL, A., GARROUSTE, R., BECHLY, G., POHL, B. & ESCUILLIÉ, F. (2006): Rafaeliana, a replacement generic name for Rafaelia Nel et al, 2005 (Neuropterida). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 111(2): 190. [PDF]
- OLMI,
M. & BECHLY, G.
(2001): New parasitic wasps from Baltic amber (Insecta: Hymenoptera:
Dryinidae). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 306:
1-58. [PDF]
- PETRULEVICIUS, J.F., NEL, A., RUST, J., BECHLY, G. & KOHLS, D. (2007): New Paleogene Epallagidae (Insecta: Odonata) recorded in North America and Europe. Biogeographic implications. - Alavesia, 1: 15-25. [PDF]
- POINAR, G. jr. & BECHLY, G. & BUCKLEY, R. (2010 in press): First record of Odonata and a new subfamily of damselflies
from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. - Palaeodiversity, 3.
- POPOV, Y.A. & BECHLY, G. (2007): Chapter 11.15 Heteroptera: bugs. - pp. 317-328 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- SCHMID,
U. & BECHLY, G.
(2009) (eds): Evolution - Der Fluss des Lebens. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. C., 66/67: 197 pp. [Contents (PDF)] (second revised edition published 2010)
- SCHWEIGERT,
G. & BECHLY, G.
(2001): Bibliographie zur Geologie und Paläontologie des
Randecker Maars (Unter-Miozän, Südwestdeutschland)
1825-2000. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 302:
1-12. [PDF]
- STANICZEK,
A. & BECHLY, G.
(2002): First fossil record of the mayfly family Baetiscidae from
Baltic amber (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B., 322:
1-11. [PDF with an erroneous double figure, and PDF with correct and coloured figures]
- STANICZEK, A. & BECHLY, G. (2007): Chapter 11.2 Apterygota: primarily wingless insects. - pp. 149-154 in: MARTILL, D.M., BECHLY, G. & LOVERIDGE, R.F. (eds) (2007): The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. xvi + 625 pp. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- ZIEGLER, R. & BECHLY, G. (2009): Von Darwin zur afrikanischen Eva – Ursprung und Entwicklung des Menschen. - pp. 136-147 in: SCHMID, U. & BECHLY, G. (eds): Evolution - Der Fluss des Lebens. - Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. C., 66/67: 1-192.
- BECHLY,
G. (in prep.): New
dragonflies in amber (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). - projected for Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B.
- BECHLY,
G. (in prep.): New
damselflies in amber (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera). - projected for Stuttgarter
Beitr. Naturk. Ser. B.
- BECHLY, G. & WOLF-SCHWENNINGER, K. (in prep.): A new tiny fossil snakefly (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanon amber. - projected for Palaeodiversity.
- NEL,
A. & BECHLY, G. &
MARTÍNEZ-DELCLÒS, X.
(in prep.): Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Jurassic family
Asiopteridae, with description of new genera and species (Odonata:
Epiproctophora: Isophlebioptera).
TV Features
- 1999-2001: Scientific advice for the BBC productions "Walking with Dinosaurs" (2000) and "Walking with Monsters - Life Before Dinosaurs" (2005).
- 2002: TV-interview about the special exhibition "Urgeziefer – die faszinierende Evolution der Insekten" on the regional German TV broadcaster L-TV Rems-Murr (broadcasted daily during calendar week 26).
- 2003: Scientific advice for the episode "Baltisches Gold – Auf der Spur der Bernsteinsucher" of the German TV documentation series "Wunder der Erde" with Prof. Waldemar Bauer (first broadcasted May 29th 2003 on ARD / HR , and repeated on Febr. 19th 2006 on 3Sat.
- 2003: Studio guest and co-worker on the script for episode "Bernstein - Gold der Ostsee" at the German science magazine "Planet Wissen" on the issue of amber and amber inclusions (broadcasted on Nov. 20th 2003 at SWR / WDR, with several later repeats on the regional services of ARD) (watch on YouTube Part 1 and Part 2).
- Febr. 2009: Interview for the German news magazine "ZDF-Mittagsmagazin" about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution on occassion of Darwins 200th birthday (broadcasted on Febr. 12th 2009 12:00 at ARD) (watch on YouTube).
- Sep. 2009: Two interviews for the German SWR TV-magazine "Landesschau KulTour" about the Darwin Year special exhibition "Der Fluss des Lebens" (broadcasted on Sept. 26th 2009 19:15 at SWR) (watch on YouTube).
- Dec. 2009: Studio guest at "Sky Magazin" with interview about evolution and the movies "10.000 B.C." and "2012" (broadcasted on Dec. 24th 2009 at the German Sky Channel) (watch on YouTube).
- Febr. 2010: Interview (recorded in Oct. 2009) about Darwin and evolution for the ZDF/3Sat science magazine NANO (broadcasted on Febr. 18th 2010 at 3Sat) (watch on YouTube).
Radio Interviews
- Dec. 4th 2008: SWR interview about the Darwin Year special exhibition "Der Fluss des Lebens".
- Sept. 3rd 2009: recording of SWR2 interview "Der Affe fällt nicht weit vom Stamm ..." by Sarah Weiss on phylogenetic research and the PhyloTree project (published online as podcast) (listen as MP3-file).
- Sept. 16th 2009: SWR2 interview by Rainer Zerbst on Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution (listen as MP3-file).
- Sept. 29th 2009: SWR interview by Rainer Zerbst on Darwins theory of evolution and the special exhibition "Der Fluss des Lebens" (listen as MP3-file).
- Oct. 23th 2009: recording of SWR2 interview "Vom Stammbaum der Pflanzen" by Konrad Lindner on phylogenetic research, fossil insects, and plant evolution (broadcasted March 1st 2010 8:30 at SWR2 Wissen) (listen as MP3-file, script as PDF).
- Nov. 24th 2009: Live interview about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution at HoRadS (HochschulRadio Stuttgart).
- Apr. 26th 2010: Interview about evolution for omega-tau-podcast.
Organized Exhibitions
- 1998: Scientific concept and co-organization of the touring exhibition "Santana on Tour" on fossil insects, displayed at Jura-Museum Eichstätt, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Naturmuseum Senckenberg Frankfurt, and Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
- 2002-2003: Project manager of the special exhibition "Ur-Geziefer - Die faszinierende Evolution der Insekten" on insect evolution at the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart.
- 2003-2004: Project manager for the multimedia installation "Zeitkapsel" ("time capsule") on amber for the special research exhibition "Mit allen Sinnen" at the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart.
- 2009-2010: Project manager of the large special exhibition "Der Fluss des Lebens - 150 Jahre Evolutionstheorie" for the Darwin-Year 2009 at the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart. The concept for this exhibition was among the winners of the ideas competition "Evolution heute" by the VolkswagenStiftung in Germany 2008. This exhibition had 91.477 visitors, more than the last Biennale in Berlin.
Scientific honorary posts
- till 1998: webmaster of the Societas Internationalis Odonatologica S.I.O.; editorial board of the journals ODONATOLOGICA and NOTULAE ODONATOLOGICAE, and co-editor of the international S.I.O. newsletter SELYSIA.
- since 1999: co-editor of the international palaeoentomological newsletter MEGANEURA.
- since 2002: ombudsman of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for safeguarding good scientific practice at the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart (according § 8 of the DFG guidelines).
- since 2003: editorial board of the journal PALAEODIVERSITY (formerly Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B).
- since 2006: editorial board of the journal ARCHAEOPTERYX.
New species described by me:
A recent list of 92 (status March 2009) species of fossil insects described in papers authored and/or co-authored by me, can be retrieved with this
EDNA databank request.
However, this list does not include the 38 species described in JARZEMBOWSKI et al. (1998), FLECK et al. (2001, 2003, 2004, 2008), PETRULEVICIUS et al. (2007), MARTILL et al. (2007), NEL et al. (2009), and NEL & BECHLY (2009). Otherwise, I have only described the fossil enteropneust worm Mesobalanoglossus buergeri from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone in BECHLY & FRICKHINGER (1999).
Consequently, I have described 131 new species and numerous new genera and higher taxa.
Taxa named by other scientists after me:
- Bechlyidae JARZEMBOWSKI & NEL, 2002 (a monotypic family of Protozygoptera from the Upper Carboniferous).
- Bechlya ericrobinsoni JARZEMBOWSKI & NEL, 2002 (the oldest damselfly from the Upper Carboniferous of England). [PDF]
- Gorgopsidis bechlyi WUNDERLICH, 2004 (a fossil jumping spider in Baltic amber).
- Colossocossus bechlyi MENON & HEADS, 2005 (a fossil giant cicada from the Lower Cretaceous Crato formation of Brazil).
- Protobaetisca bechlyi STANICZEK, 2007 (a fossil mayfly larva from the Lower Cretaceous Crato formation of Brazil).
My scientific websites:
(Please note: the 2002 versions of the first three websites are all electronically published as offline-pages on the following CD-ROM: Schorr, M. & Lindeboom, M., eds, (2003): Dragonfly Research 1.2003. Zerf - Tübingen (ISSN 1438-034x)
My
Homepage of
Odonatology
My most recent views on odonate phylogeny are presented in this interactive hyperbolic tree made with Inxight StarTree Studio.
(you can search the tree, and you can manipulate the tree with your mouse)
My List of all known species of fossil dragonflies from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones (99KB, PDF, in German)
My Synoptic
Time Table of Earth History (148 KB)
My Glossary
of
Phylogenetic Systematics (106 KB)
My phylogenetic tree of all life (incl. more than 23.000 fossil and recent taxa from bacteria to humans) presented as interactive hyperbolic tree made with Inxight StarTree Studio.
Palaeoentomological Newsletter MEGANEURA
(edited by X. Martínez-Delclòs / Barcelona and G.
Bechly / Stuttgart)
Interview about insect evolution, made 2007 by the journalist Ernst Probst (in German)
German newspaper article on my phylogenetic tree of life project
SWR2 interview and mp3-podcast on my phylogenetic tree of life project
Other sites that use my new phylogenetic classification of odonates:
MIKKO's Phylogeny Archive
PALAEOS: The Trace of Life on Earth
CATSCLEM
And please do not forget to visit the homepage of the
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM in Stuttgart!!!
Last Update: 18th August, 2010
© Günter Bechly,
SMNS, Stuttgart, 2009