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Profile
| Academic position | Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher |
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| Research fields | Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions,Systematics and Morphology (Zoology) |
| Keywords | mitogenome, distribution, biodiversity, phylogeny, barcoding |
| Honours and awards | 2023: Training on THE BIOSECURITY CONTINUUM AND TRADE - TOOLS FOR THE PRE-BORDER, BORDER AND POST BORDER BIOSECURITY, India 2016: Biostatistics training, Kenya 2016: Grant Proposal writing workshop, Kenya 2016: Regional Training on Migratory Pest Control, Port Sudan 2015: International Training on Integrated Pest Management & Food Safety, Netherlands |
Current contact address
| Country | Germany |
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| City | Karlsruhe |
| Institution | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Martin Husemann | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/03/2024 |
Programme(s)
| 2023 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | Megersa Kebede Barkessa, Emana Getu Degaga, Tarekegn Fite Duressa, Muluken Goftishu Muleta, Mulatu Wakgari Amenta, Ashenafi Kassaye Gurmu: Factors influencing the current and future distribution of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Ethiopia. In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 27, 2025, 377–387 |
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| 2025 | Tarekegn Fite 1,2,*ORCID,Hendrik Devriese 3,*,Dustin Kulanek 1,Josip Skejo 4ORCID,Niko Kasalo 5,Manaye Misganaw 6ORCID,Tadele Tefera 7,Jandouwe Villinger 8ORCID andMartin Husemann 1ORCID: Tetrigidae of Ethiopia: First Species Delimitation via DNA Barcoding and Description of Three New Species †. In: Taxonomy, 5(3), 2025, |
| 2024 | Jeanne Agrippine Yetchom Fondjo, Martin Husemann, Armand Richard Nzoko Fiemapong, Alain Didier Missoup, Martin Kenne, Maurice Tindo, Oliver Hawlitschek, Tarekegn Fite Duressa, Sheng-Quan Xu, Wenhui Zhu, Claudia Hemp: Integrative taxonomic revision of the grasshopper genera Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884, and Loveridgacris Rehn, 1954 (Orthoptera, Pyrgomorphidae), with description of a new species of Loveridgacris. In: Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 71, 2024, 265–287 |
| 2024 | Jeanne Agrippine Yetchom Fondjo, Armand Richard Nzoko Fiemapong Maurice Tindo Tarekegn Fite Duressa Slobodan Ivković Martin Husemann Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. In: Zookeys, 1216, 2024, 219–264 |
| 2022 | Tarekegn Fite, Tadele Tefera, Martin Husemann, Gezahegne Getaneh, Jandouwe Villinger: Genetic Variation and Population Structure of the Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Ethiopia. In: Environmental Entomology, 51, 2022, 859–869 |
| 2022 | Tarekegn Fite, Tadele Tefera, Muluken Goftishu, Tebekew Damte: Genetic diversity and demographic history of the Old World Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Ethiopia inferred from mitochondrial gene sequences. In: Ecology and Evolution, 12, 2022, e8907 |
| 2022 | Megersa Kebede and Tarekegn Fite: RNA interference (RNAi) applications to the management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Its current trends and future prospects. In: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9, 2022, |
| 2021 | Gezahegne Getaneh,Tadele Tefera,Fikre Lemessa,Seid Ahmed,Tarekegn Fite andJandouwe Villinger: Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Didymella rabiei Affecting Chickpea in Ethiopia. In: Journal of Fungi, 7, 2021, 820 |