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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Animal Systematics and Morphology,Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions |
| Keywords | Biogeography, Evolution, Taxonomy, Cladistics, Thomisidae |
| Honours and awards | 2022: Georg Forster Research Award 2020: Presidents Awards for Scientific Publications 2018: NRC merit award for scientific publication 2017: NRC merit award for scientific publication 2016: NRC merit award for scientific publication 2015: NRC merit award for scientific publication 2015: Presidents Awards for Scientific Publications 2014: NRC merit award for scientific publication 2010: NRC merit award for scientific publication |
Current contact address
| Country | Sri Lanka |
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| City | Kandy |
| Institution | National Institute of Fundamental Studies |
| Institute | Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity |
Host during sponsorship
| Dr. Bernhard A. Huber | Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB), Bonn |
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| Dr. Bernhard A. Huber | Sektion niedere Arthropoden, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB), Bonn |
| Dr. Dirk Ahrens | Abteilung Arthropoda, Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB), Bonn |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/03/2012 |
Program(s)
| 2011 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers |
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| 2022 | Georg Forster Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Benjamin is a well-known biologist and an international authority in the study of Oriental crab and jumping spiders, of which he has discovered 122 new species to date. His naming of three new species of spiders after Enid Blyton characters has been featured in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He also has made significant contributions to the public popularization of science in Sri Lanka. Suresh has dedicated his life to conserving spiders and other invertebrates of Sri Lanka, a biodiversity hotspot. In Germany, he continues his research on the higher-level systematics of crab spiders. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2014 | Prof. Dr. Suresh Prins Benjamin: Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. In: Journal of Natural History, 2014, 2609-2666 |
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| 2014 | Prof. Dr. Suresh Prins Benjamin: On the African crab spider genus Geraesta Simon, 1889, with the description of G. ansieae sp. n.. In: African Invertebrates, 2014, 309-318 |
| 2014 | B. A. Huber, L. S. Carvalho, S. P. Benjamin: On the New World spiders previously assigned to Leptopholcus: molecular and morphological analyses and descriptions of four new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). In: Invertebrate Systematics, 2014, 432-450 |
| 2013 | Suresh Prins Benjamin: On the crab spider genus Angaeus Thorell, 1881 and its junior synonym Paraborboropactus Tang and Li, 2009 (Araneae: Thomisidae). In: Zootaxa, 2013, 71-80 |
| 2013 | M. A. Townley, D. Harms, S. P. Benjamin: Phylogenetic affinities of Phobetinus to other pirate spider genera (Araneae: Mimetidae) as indicated by spinning field morphology. In: Arthropod Structure & Development, 2013, 407-423 |
| 2013 | Y. Marusik, M. Omelko, S. P. Benjamin: The first description of adult female of Borboropactus asper (O. P.-Cambridge, 1884) from Sri Lanka (Araneae: Thomisidae). In: Zootaxa, 2013, 197-200 |