Prof. Dr. Torbjorn Ekrem

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSystematics and Morphology (Zoology),Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
KeywordsDNA barcoding, keys, phylogeny, taxonomy, zoogeography
Honours and awards

2005: Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship

Current contact address

CountryNorway
CityTrondheim
InstitutionNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
InstituteNTNU University Museum
Homepagehttp://www.ntnu.edu/employees/torbjorn.ekrem

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Marion KotrbaAbteilung Entomologie/Sektion Diptera, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (SNSB), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2005

Programme(s)

2004Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Torbjørn Ekrem, Godfred Anker Halvorsen: Taxonomy of Tanytarsus lapponicus Lindeberg, 1970 (Diptera: Chironomidae), a species with larval mandible of 'lugens-type'. In: Trond Andersen, Contributions to the systematics and ecology of aquatic Diptera. A Festschrift honoring Ole A. Sæther. The Caddis Press, 2007. 81-86
2007Torbjorn Ekrem, Endre Willassen, Elisabeth Stur: A comprehensive DNA library is essential for identification with DNA barcodes. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2007, 530-542
2007Torbjørn Ekrem: A taxonomic revision of the genus Stempellinella (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Journal of Natural History, 2007, 1367-1465
2007Torbjorn Ekrem: A taxonomic revision of the genus Stempellinella (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Journal of Natural History, 2007, 1367-1465
2007Torbjørn Ekrem, Elisabeth Stur: Description of Tanytarsus hjulorum sp. nov., with notes and DNA-barcodes of some South African Tanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Trond Andersen, Contributions to the systematics and ecology of aquatic Diptera. A Festschrift honoring Ole A. Sæther. The Caddis Press, 2007. 87-92
2006Torbjørn Ekrem: A redescription of Neozavrelia cuneipennis (Edwards) comb. nov., with a checklist of Neozavrelia species of the world (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Zootaxa, 2006, 1-16
2006Elisabeth Stur, Torbjørn Ekrem: A revision of the West Palaearctic species of the Micropsectra atrofasciata species group (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2006, 165-225
2005Torbjørn Ekrem: Lateral abdominal spur in Stempellinella as pupal 'can opener'. In: Chironomus newsletter on Chironomidae research, 2005, 27-28
2005Elisabeth Stur, Peter Martin, Torbjørn Ekrem: Non-biting midges as hosts for water mite larvae in spring habitats in Luxembourg. In: Annales de Limnologie, 2005, 225-236
2004Torbjørn Ekrem, Endre Willassen: Exploring Tanytarsini relationships (Diptera: Chironomidae) using mitochondrial COII gene sequences. - Insect Systematics and Evolution 35: 263-276. In: Insect Systematics and Evolution, 2004, 263-276
2004Torbjørn Ekrem: Immature stages of European Tanytarsus species I. The eminulus-, gregarius-, lugens- and mendax species groups (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 2004, 97-146
2003Ole A. Sæther, Torbjørn Ekrem: Biogeography of Afrotropical Chironomidae (Diptera), with special reference to Gondwanaland. In: Cimbebasia, 2003, 175-191
2003Torbjørn Ekrem, Mary F. Sublette, James E. Sublette: North American Tanytarsus I. Descriptions and keys to species in the eminulus, gregarius, lugens and mendax species groups (Diptera: Chironomidae). In: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2003, 265-328
2003Torbjørn Ekrem: Towards a phylogeny of Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae). Is morphology alone sufficient to reconstruct the genealogical relationships?. In: Insect Systematics and Evolution, 2003, 199-219