Anders N. Nilsson, International Homepage
Senior lecturer in Zoology
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
University of Umeå

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*Interests: Systematics, Biogeography, Faunistics, Water Beetles

*Courses Teached: Basic training in Systematics and Zoology;
advanced course in
Biodiversity.

 

*Research:
Publication List

Family- and genus-level classification of the family Dytiscidae

Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga (order from the publisher apolloboks@vip.cybercity.dk).
I have contributed with the families Noteridae and Dytiscidae.
Updated versions of these two chapters are
available here!
Download update from 31 December 2008 for Dytiscidae. NEW!

World Catalogue of Dytiscidae (order from the publisher apolloboks@vip.cybercity.dk)

World Catalogue of Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (together with Bernhard J. van Vondel; order this book from the publisher apolloboks@vip.cybercity.dk)

World Catalogue of Noteridae: a revised electronic version is here made available together with illustrations of habitus and/or male genitalia of most species.

<< The Jacobson File >>
The Faunistic Records of Palaearctic Dytiscidae Given by G.G. Jacobson in his Beetles of Russia.
I recently published this article in Latissimus 2003(16):1-16. To the article belongs the main table that you can download as a PDF file here!

Guignot bibliography and index!

Doctoral Dissertation that I have supervised together with Prof. Anssi Saura:
Marcus Drotz: Population genetics and phylogeography of the West Palearctic Agabus bipustulatus diving beetle complex. June 2003.

Doctoral Dissertation that I have supervised:
Johannes Bergsten: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and secondary sexual character evolution of diving beetles, focusing on the genus Acilius. June 2005.


Degree Thesis that I have supervised:

Berglund, M.: Phylogeny of the diving beetle genus Ilybius (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on characters of larvae and adults. May 1996.

Nilsson, J.: Öbiogeografiska studier av jordlöpare i Valenarkipelagen, Hjälmaren. [Island biogeography applied to the carabid beetles of the Valen Archipelago in Lake Hjälmaren.] May 1997.

Drotz, M.: How many species? Genetical and morphological variation in the diving beetle Agabus bipustulatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) along an altitudinal gradient across north Sweden. June 1997.

Töyrä, A.: Samvariation mellan honliga och hanliga sekundära könskaraktärer hos Graphoderus zonatus verrucifer (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) [Covariation of female and male secondary sexual characters in Graphoderus zonatus verrucifer (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)] September 1997.

Brunnström, Å. & Karlsson, S.: A morphometric study of intercontinental relationships within the paykulli-clade of the genus Colymbetes (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). September 1997.

Bergsten, J.: Dytiscus phylogeny and the evolution of secondary sexual characters (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). January 1999.

Lundmark, M.: Genetical and morphological variation in the Haliplus sibiricus/wehnckei complex (Coleoptera: Haliplidae) in north Sweden. September 2000.

Olofsson, A.: Epicuticular hydrocarbon composition as systematic characters in diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabini). January 2001.

Halvarsson, K.: A review of secondary sexual characters in the tribe Hydaticini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). June 2001.

Holmqvist, A.-C.: A review of secondary sexual characters in the tribe Cybistrini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). June 2001.

Nilsson, V.: Using taxonomic data to estimate species diversity: A multivariate approach applied to diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). June 2006.
Björkén, A.: Utbredning och habitatval längs norrlandskusten hos virvelbaggen Gyrinus pullatus (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). August 2007.

My own Degree Thesis in the Science of Literature:
It's Hard to Be a Cowboy So Far from the West
Trender i sångtexternas språkval, tematik och författarskap i Mats Rådbergs och Rankarnas skivutgivning 1969–2002

Zoofagens metamorfoser
Galningen Renfields gestaltning i ett urval adaptationer av Bram Stokers Dracula som drama, film, roman och seriealbum


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Department of Ecology and Environmental Science
Umeå University
The information on this page was checked June 10, 2009.
Responsible for this page: anders.nilsson@emg.umu.se