Publications of Stefan Schmidt

Chimeno C, Schmidt S, Cancian De Araujo B, Perez K, Von Rintelen T, Schmidt O, Hamid H, Pramesa Narakusumo R, Balke M (2023) Abundant, diverse, unknown: Extreme species richness and turnover despite drastic undersampling in two closely placed tropical Malaise traps. PLOS ONE 18: e0290173. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290173

Polaszek A, Hernández-Suárez E, Kresslein RL, Hanson P, Linton YM, MacKenzie-Dodds J, Schmidt S (2023) A revision of the Encarsia mexicana species-group (=Dirphys Howard) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), gregarious endoparasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in the Neotropical Region. Insects 14: 1–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14060570

Chimeno C, Schmidt S, Hamid H, Narakusumo RP, Peggie D, Balke M, Cancian de Araujo B (2023) DNA barcoding data release for the Phoridae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Halimun-Salak National Park (Java, Indonesia). ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e105258

Chimeno C, Hübner J, Seifert L, Morinière J, Bozicevic V, Hausmann A, Schmidt S, Müller J (2023) Depicting environmental gradients from Malaise trap samples: Is ethanol‐based DNA metabarcoding enough? Insect Conservation and Diversity 16: 47–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12609

Vidal S, Müller J, Schmidt S (2022) Critical checklist of the Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) of Germany. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e85582. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e85582

Schmid-Egger C, Schmidt S (2022) Smicromyrme frankburgeri Schmid-Egger (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), a replacement name for S. burgeri Schmid-Egger, 2021, preoccupied by S. burgeri Lelej, 2020. ZooKeys 1097: 133-134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1097.83215

Wührl L, Pylatiuk C, Giersch M, Lapp F, von Rintelen T, Balke M, Schmidt S, Cerretti P, Meier R (2022) DiversityScanner: Robotic handling of small invertebrates with machine learning methods. Molecular Ecology Resources 22: 1626–1638. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13567

Chimeno C, Hausmann A, Schmidt S, Raupach MJ, Doczkal D, Baranov V, Hübner J, Höcherl A, Albrecht R, Jaschhof M, Haszprunar G, Hebert PDN (2022) Peering into the Darkness: DNA Barcoding Reveals Surprisingly High Diversity of Unknown Species of Diptera (Insecta) in Germany. Insects 13: 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010082

Jaschhof M, Levesque-Beaudin V, Broadley A, Vu Van L, Schmidt S. (2022) Description of Cabamofa vietnamensis sp. nov., the second species of Cabamofa in mainland southeast Asia (Diptera: Bibionomorpha: Sciaroidea incertae sedis). Zootaxa 5182 (3), 297-300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5182.3.7

Duwe VK, Vu LV, von Rintelen T, von Raab-Straube E, Schmidt S, Nguyen SV, Vu TD, Do TV, Luu TH, Truong VB, Di Vincenzo V, Schmidt O, Glöckler F, Jahn R, Lücking R, von Oheimb KCM, von Oheimb PV, Heinze S, Abarca N, Bollendorff S, Borsch T, Buenaventura E, Dang HTT, Dinh TD, Do HT, Ehlers S, Freyhof J, Hayden S, Hein P, Hoang TA, Hoang DM, Hoang SN, Kürschner H, Kusber W-H, Le HN, Le TQ, Linde M, Mey W, Nguyen HD, Nguyen MT, Nguyen MT, Nguyen DV, Nguyen TV, Nguyen VDH, Nguyen DQ, Ohl M, Parolly G, Pham TN, Pham PV, Rabe K, Schurian B, Skibbe O, Sulikowska-Drozd A, To QV, Truong TQ, Zimmermann J, Häuser CL (2022) Contributions to the biodiversity of Vietnam – Results of VIETBIO inventory work and field training in Cuc Phuong National Park. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77025. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e77025

Chimeno C, Doczkal D, Haszprunar G, Hausmann A, Jaschhof M, Kotrba M, Perez K, Raupach M, Schmidt S (2021) Gallmücken in Bayern: DNA Barcoding vermittelt neue Einblicke in die Mega-Vielfalt bislang (zu oft) ignorierter Mikrodipteren (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 70 (3/4): 101–107.

Schmid-Egger C, Schmidt S (2021) Unexpected diversity in Central European Vespoidea (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Myrmosidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae, Tiphiidae, Thynnidae, Vespidae), with description of two species of Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870. ZooKeys 1062: 49-72. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1062.70763

Uhler J, Redlich S, Zhang J, Hothorn T, Tobisch C, Ewald J, Thorn S, Seibold S, Mitesser O, Morinière J, Bozicevic V, Benjamin CS, Englmeier J, Fricke U, Ganuza C, Haensel M, Riebl R, Rojas-Botero S, Rummler T, Uphus L, Schmidt S, Steffan-Dewenter I, Müller J (2021) Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient. Nature Communications 12: 5946. 10.1038/s41467-021-26181-3

Riedel M, Vu Van L, Schmidt S (2021) First record of the subfamily Oxytorinae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Oriental Region, with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e69867. 10.3897/BDJ.9.e69867

Riedel M, Humala AE, Schwarz M, Schnee H, Schmidt S (2021) Checklist of the Ichneumonidae of Germany (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e64267. 10.3897/BDJ.9.e64267

Wuehrl L, Pylatiuk C, Giersch M, Lapp F, von Rintelen T, Balke M, Schmidt S, Cerretti P, Meier R (2021) DiversityScanner: Robotic discovery of small invertebrates with machine learning methods. bioRxiv: 2021.05.17.444523. 10.1101/2021.05.17.444523. Video: https://youtu.be/ElJ5VSHa4OI

Schmid-Egger C, Voith J, Doczkal D, Schmidt S (2021) Neue und seltene deutsche Bienen- und Faltenwespenfunde aus den bayerischen Alpen (Hymenoptera: Apiformes und Vespidae: Eumeninae). Ampulex 12: 17-75.

Vogel S, Prinzing A, Bußler H, Müller J, Schmidt S, Thorn S (2021) Abundance, not diversity, of host beetle communities determines abundance and diversity of parasitoids in deadwood. Ecology and Evolution: ece3.7535. 10.1002/ece3.7535

Hansson C, Schmidt S (2020) A revision of European species of the genus Tetrastichus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using integrative taxonomy. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e59177. 10.3897/BDJ.8.e59177

Wang ZH, Xu LY, Si Y, Huang J, Schmidt S, Polaszek A, Geng H (2020) The species of the varius group of Coccophagus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China, with description of a new species, DNA sequence data, and a new country record. Journal of Natural History 54: 1879–1895. 10.1080/00222933.2020.1831093 

Floren A, von Rintelen T, Hebert PDN, de Araujo BC, Schmidt S, Balke M, Narakusumo RP, Peggie D, Ubaidillah R, von Rintelen K, Müller T (2020) Integrative ecological and molecular analysis indicate high diversity and strict elevational separation of canopy beetles in tropical mountain forests. Scientific Reports 10: 16677. 10.1038/s41598-020-73519-w

Hausmann, A., Krogmann, L., Peters, R.S., Rduch, V. & S. Schmidt (2020): GBOL III: DarkTaxa – Researchers launch new BIOSCAN project that aims to illuminate thousands of new insect species on Germany’s doorstep. Barcode Bulletin July 2020, pp 1-4. 10.21083/ibol.v10i1.6242

Schmidt S, Hausmann A, Peters RS, Krogmann L, Haas M (2020) Licht ins Dunkel deutscher Artenvielfalt (‚GBOL III: Dark Taxa‘ erforscht unbekannte Arten in einem nationalen Großprojekt. GfBS Newsletter 38: 18–23.

Hardulak, Laura A., Jérôme Morinière, Axel Hausmann, Lars Hendrich, Stefan Schmidt, Dieter Doczkal, Jörg Müller, Paul D.N. Hebert, und Gerhard Haszprunar. „DNA Metabarcoding for Biodiversity Monitoring in a National Park: Screening for Invasive and Pest Species“. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19. Juni 2020, 1755-0998.13212. 10.1111/1755-0998.13212.

Schmidt S, Hamid H, Ubaidillah R, Ward S, Polaszek A (2019) A review of the Indonesian species of the family Signiphoridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with description of three new species. ZooKeys 897: 29–47. 10.3897/zookeys.897.38148

Cancian de Araujo B, Tavares MT, Brotto TRA, Silva-Freitas JM, Santos MEV, Saguiah PM, Schmidt S (2019) Accelerating the knowledge of Peruvian Chalcididae (Insecta,  Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with integrative taxonomy. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e35907. 10.3897/BDJ.7.e35907

Kasparek M & Schmidt S (2019) Neu entdeckt und schon verschwunden? Die Schneckenhaus-Biene Rhodanthidium septemdentatum (Latreille, 1809), neu für Deutschland (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 68 (3–4): 113–117.

Morinière J, Balke M, Doczkal D, Geiger MF, Hardulak LA, Haszprunar G, Hausmann A, Hendrich L, Regalado L, Rulik B, Schmidt S, Wägele J, Hebert PDN (2019) A DNA barcode library for 5,200 German flies and midges (Insecta: Diptera) and its implications for metabarcoding‐based biomonitoring. Molecular Ecology Resources. 10.1111/1755-0998.13022

Hammami S, Ezzine O, Dhahri S, Villemant C, Schmidt S, Ben Jamâa ML (2019) Pupa mortality of Orgyia trigotephras Boisduval, 1829 (Erebidae Lymantriinae) in Tunisia. Redia 102: 107–111. https://doi.org/10/ggpb94

Schneider SA, Skvarla MJ, Ochoa R, Schmidt S, Polaszek A, Gates MW (2019) Range Extension of False Meyer Scale, Dynaspidiotus pseudomeyeri (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in the United States, and Newly Recorded Associations with a Parasitoid and Mite. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 121: 320–326. 10.4289/0013-8797.121.2.320

Schmidt O, Schmidt S, Häuser C, Hausmann A, Van Vu L (2019) Using Malaise traps for collecting Lepidoptera (Insecta), with notes on the preparation of Macrolepidoptera from ethanol. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e32192. 10.3897/BDJ.7.e32192

Schmidt S & Schmid-Egger C (2019) Das Insekt des Jahres 2019. Die Rostrote Mauerbiene ist Insekt des Jahres 2019. Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 68 (1–2): 64–65.

Cancian de Araujo B, Schmidt S, Schmidt O, von Rintelen T, von Rintelen K, Floren A, Ubaidillah R, Peggie D, Balke M (2019) DNA barcoding data release for Coleoptera from the Gunung Halimun canopy fogging workpackage of the Indonesian Biodiversity Information System (IndoBioSys) project. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e31432. 10.3897/BDJ.7.e31432

Hansson C, Schmidt S (2018) Revision of the European species of Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with a key to European species of Euplectrini. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 67: 1–35. 10.3897/jhr.67.28810

Cancian de Araujo B, Schmidt S, Schmidt O, von Rintelen T, Ubaidillah R, Balke M (2018) The Mt Halimun-Salak Malaise Trap project – releasing the most species rich DNA Barcode library for Indonesia. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e29927. 10.3897/BDJ.6.e29927

Schmid-Egger C, Straka J, Ljubomirov T, Blagoev GA, Morinière J, Schmidt S (2018) DNA barcodes identify 99 per cent of apoid wasp species (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae) from the Western Palearctic. Molecular Ecology Resources 19(2): 476–484. 10.1111/1755-0998.12963

Boevé J-L, Nyman T, Shinohara A, Schmidt S (2018) Endogenous toxins and the coupling of gregariousness to conspicuousness in Argidae and Pergidae sawflies. Scientific Reports 8. 10.1038/s41598-018-35925-z

Schmidt S & Schmidt O (2018) Dr. Manfred Kraus zum 90. Geburtstag. Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 67 (3-4): 126.

Laurenz S, Schmidt S, Balkenhol B, Meyhöfer R (2018) Natural Enemies Associated with the Cabbage Whitefly Aleyrodes proletella in Germany. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, October 10, 2018. 10.1007/s41348-018-0194-0

Cancian de Araujo B, Schmidt S, Schmidt O, von Rintelen T, Kilmaskossu A, Panjaitan R, Balke M (2018) From field courses to DNA barcoding data release for West Papua – making specimens and identifications from university courses more sustainable. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e25237. 10.3897/BDJ.6.e25237

Thomson SA, Pyle RL, Ahyong S, … Schmidt S, …  et al. (184 authors)  (2018) Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLOS Biology 16(3): e2005075. 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075

Cancian de Araujo B, Schmidt S, von Rintelen T, Sutrisno H, von Rintelen K, Ubaidillah R, Häuser C, Peggie D, Narakusumo RP, Balke M (2017) IndoBioSys – DNA barcoding as a tool for the rapid assessment of hyperdiverse insect taxa in Indonesia: a status report. Treubia 44: 67–76. PDF

Schmid-Egger C, Achterberg K van, Neumeyer R, Morinière J, Schmidt S (2017) Revision of the West Palaearctic Polistes Latreille, with the descriptions of two species – an integrative approach using morphology and DNA barcodes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). ZooKeys 713: 53–112. 10.3897/zookeys.713.11335

Müller J, Brandl R, Brändle M, Förster B, de Araujo BC, Gossner MM, Ladas A, Wagner M, Maraun M, Schall P, Schmidt S, Heurich M, Thorn S, Seibold S (2017) LiDAR‐derived canopy structure supports the more‐individuals hypothesis for arthropod diversity in temperate forests. Oikos 127: 814–824. 10.1111/oik.04972

Hawlitschek O, Lehmann GUC, Lehmann AW, Schmidt S, Glaw F, Morinière J (2017) DNA-Barcoding der Heuschrecken Mitteleuropas: Erfolge, Möglichkeiten, und Grenzen. Articulata 32: 9–21.

Schmidt O, Hausmann A, Cancian de Araujo B, Sutrisno H, Peggie D, Schmidt S (2017) A streamlined collecting and preparation protocol for DNA barcoding of Lepidoptera as part of large-scale rapid biodiversity assessment projects, exemplified by the Indonesian Biodiversity Discovery and Information System (IndoBioSys). Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e20006. 10.3897/BDJ.5.e20006

Nitschke N, Allan E, Zwölfer H, Wagner L, Creutzburg S, Baur H, Schmidt S, Weisser WW (2017) Plant diversity has contrasting effects on herbivore and parasitoid abundance in Centaurea jacea flower heads. Ecology and Evolution 22: 9319-9332. 10.1002/ece3.3142

Hammami S, Ezzine O, Dhahri S, Villemant C, Schmidt S, Jamaa MLB (2017) Larvae mortality of Orgyia trigotephras Boisduval, 1829 (Lep.: Erebidae, Lymantriinae) in Tunisia. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin 127: 37–44.

Schmidt S, Taeger A, Morinière J, Liston A, Blank SM, Kramp K, Kraus M, Schmidt O, Heibo E, Prous M, Nyman T, Malm T, Stahlhut J (2017) Identification of sawflies and horntails (Hymenoptera, “Symphyta”) through DNA barcodes: successes and caveats. Molecular Ecology Resources 17: 670–685. 10.1111/1755-0998.12614

Hawlitschek, O., Morinière, J., Lehmann, G. U. C., Lehmann, A. W., Kropf, M., Dunz, A., Glaw, F., Detcharoen, M., Schmidt, S., Hausmann, A., Szucsich, N. U., Caetano-Wyler, S. A. and Haszprunar, G. (2016), DNA barcoding of crickets, katydids and grasshoppers (Orthoptera) from Central Europe with focus on Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Molecular Ecology Resources. 10.1111/1755-0998.12638

Morinière, J., Cancian de Araujo, B., Lam, A.W., Hausmann, A., Balke, M., Schmidt, S., Hendrich, L., Doczkal, D., Fartmann, B., Arvidsson, S., Haszprunar, G. (2016) Species identification in Malaise trap samples by DNA barcoding based on NGS technologies and a scoring matrix. PLOS ONE 11: e0155497. 10.1371/journal.pone.0155497

Altesor, P., González, A., Schmidt, S. (2016) First report of Tequus schrottkyi (Konow) (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) in Uruguay, and information about its host plant and biology. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7538. 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7538

Thorn, S., Bässler, C., Bußler, H., Lindenmayer, D.B., Schmidt, S., Seibold, S., Wende, B. & Müller, J. (2016) Bark-scratching of storm-felled trees preserves biodiversity at lower economic costs compared to debarking. Forest Ecology and Management 364: 10-16. 10–16. 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.044

Ko, C.C., Shih, Y.T., Schmidt, S. & Polaszek, A. (2015) A new species of Encarsia (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) developing on ficus whitefly Singhiella simplex (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) in China and Taiwan. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 46, 85–90. 10.3897/JHR.46.5155

Bohinc, T., Schmidt, S., Monje, J.C., Trdan, S. (2015). Prva najdba parazitoidne ose Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko, 1968 (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) v Sloveniji. Acta agriculturae Slovenica, 105: 323-327.

Penev, L., Schmidt, S., Polaszek, A., Georgiev, T., Fernandez-Triana, J., Brehm, G., Stoev, P., Hausmann, A., Ratnasingham, S. & P.D.N. Hebert (2015): Streamlining scholarly publication of Barcode of Life data. P. 265. In: Scientific abstracts from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference / Résumés scientifiques du 6e congrès international Barcode of Life. Genome 58(5): 163-303. 10.1139/gen-2015-0087

Moriniere, J., Cancian de Araujo, B., Lam, A.T., Hausmann, A., Schmidt, S., Hendrich, L., Fartmann, B., Arvidsson, S. & G. Haszprunar (2015): P. 265. In: Scientific abstracts from the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference / Résumés scientifiques du 6e congrès international Barcode of Life. Genome 58(5): 163-303. 10.1139/gen-2015-0087

Ezzine, O., Branco, M., Villemant, C., Schmidt, S., Nouira, S., & Ben Jamâa, M. (2015). Host use in Orgyia trigotephras (Erebidae, Lymantriinae) during outbreak: effects on larval performance and egg predation. Annals of Forest Science 72:561-568. 10.1007/s13595-015-0484-7

Schmidt, S., Schmid-Egger, C., Morinière, J., Haszprunar, G. and Hebert, P. D. N. (2015), DNA barcoding largely supports 250 years of classical taxonomy: identifications for Central European bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea partim). Molecular Ecology Resources. 10.1111/1755-0998.12363

Schmidt, S. (2014). Parasitische Wespen für die Forschung! Nachrichtenblatt Bayerischer Entomologen 63: 12.

Prous, M., Blank, S., Goulet, H., Heibo, E., Liston, A., Malm, T., Nyman, T., Schmidt, S., Smith, D., Vårdal, H., Viitasaari, M., Vikberg, V., Taeger, A. (2014) The genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 40: 1-69. 10.3897/JHR.40.7442

Boevé, J.-L., Rozenberg, R., Shinohara, A., Schmidt, S. (2014) Toxic Peptides Occur Frequently in Pergid and Argid Sawfly Larvae. PLOS ONE 9(8). 10.1371/journal.pone.0105301

Schmidt, S., Walter, G.H. (2014): Young clades in an old family: major evolutionary transitions and diversification of the eucalypt-feeding pergid sawflies in Australia (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Pergidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (74): 111-121. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.002

Schmidt, S. (2013): In memoriam Klaus Horstmann (1938-2013). Spixiana 36: 263-264. 

Balke, M., Schmidt, S., Hausmann, A., Toussaint, E., Bergsten, J., Buffington, M., Häuser, C.L., Kroupa, A., Hagedorn, G., Riedel, A., Polaszek, A., Ubaidillah, R., Krogmann, L., Zwick, A., Martin Fikáček, M., Hájek, J.,, Michat, M.C., Dietrich, C., La Salle, J., Mantle, B., Ng, P.K.L., Hobern. D. (2013) Biodiversity into your hands – A call for a virtual global natural history ‘metacollection’. Frontiers in Zoology 10: 55. 10.1186/1742-9994-10-55 

Hausmann, A., Haszprunar, G., Hendrich, L., Schmidt, S., von Rintelen, T., Häuser, C., Hebert, P.D.N. (2013) The role of German institutions in assembling DNA barcode data from countries in the southern hemisphere. 5th International Barcode of Life Conference, Kunming, China, Abstr. 5: 161.

Hausmann, A., Hendrich, L., Balke, M., Morinière, J., Schmidt, S., Segerer, A., Hebert, P.D.N., Haszprunar, G. (2013) A major contribution of the ZSM to the genetic library of life: 35,000 insect species barcoded in 7 years. Abstracts, BioSyst.EU 2013, Global systematics, 86.

Schmidt, S., Balke, M., Lafogler, S. (2013) High-Performance imaging of entomolgical collections. Abstracts, BioSyst.EU 2013, Global systematics, 186-187.

Korenko, S., Schmidt, S., Schwarz, M., Gibson, G., Pekar, S. (2013) Hymenopteran parasitoids of the ant-eating spider Zodarion styliferum (Simon) (Araneae, Zodariidae). ZooKeys 262: 1-15. 10.3897/zookeys.262.3857

Schmidt, S., Penev, L. (2013) The Journal of Hymenoptera Research: online access, subscriptions, and services for members of the Society. Hamuli 4(1): 12-13. 

Schmidt, S., Broad, G., Stoev, P., Mietchen, D., Penev, L. (2013) The move to open access and growth: experience from Journal of Hymenoptera Research. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 30: 1-6. 10.3897/jhr.30.4733

Wägele, W., Astrin, J., Balke, M., Hausmann, A., Krogmann, L., Hendrich, L., Pietsch, S., Raupach, M., Schmidt, S., Segerer, A., Haszprunar, G. (2013 (2011)) Taxonomie am Scheideweg? Studia dipterologica 18(1/2): 105–117.

Heraty, J. M., Burks, R. A., Cruaud, A., Gibson, G. A. P., Liljeblad, J., Munro, J., Rasplus, J.-Y.,  Janšta, P., Gumovsky, A., Huber, J., Woolley, J.B., Krogmann, L., Heydon, S., Polaszek, A., Schmidt, S., Darling, D.C., Gates, M.W., Mottern, J., Murray, E., Dal Molin, A., Triapitsyn, S., Baur, H., Pinto, J.D., van Noort, S., George, J., Yoder, J. (2013). A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics 29(5): 466–542. 10.1111/cla.12006

Schmid-Egger, C., Schmidt, S. (2012). DNA-Barcoding – Revolution in der Taxonomie? Ampulex 5: 19-36.

Schmidt, S., Balke, M., & Lafogler, S. (2012). DScan – a high-performance digital scanning system for entomological collections. ZooKeys 209: 183–191. 10.3897/zookeys.209.3115

Schmidt, S. (2012) Revision of the Australian sawfly genus Antargidium (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Argidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3180: 47–56.

Schmidt, S. & Walter, G.H. (2011) Adapting to cope with eucalypt oils: Mandibular extensions in pergid sawfly larvae and potential preadaptations in its sister family Argidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Journal of Morphology 272:1314–1324. 10.1002/jmor.10985.

Schmidt, O. & Schmidt, S. (2011) Primary types of Ichneumoninae described by GERD H. HEINRICH deposited in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Spixiana 34(1): 59-107.

Schmidt, S., De Barro, P. & Jamieson, L. (2011) Parasitoids of the Australian citrus whitefly, Orchamoplatus citri (Takahashi) (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae), with description of a new Eretmocerus species (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae). Zootaxa 2873: 27–34.

Schmidt, S. (2011). Insekt des Jahres 2011: Die Große Kerbameise Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae). Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 60(1/2): 46-47.

Hendrich, L., Balke, M., Haszprunar, G., Hausmann, A., Hebert, P. & Schmidt, S. (2011). 7500 species in 24 months: The Barcoding Fauna Bavarica project captures Central European animal diversity. Programme & Abstracts, BioSystematics Berlin 2011, p. 163.

Haszprunar, G., Balke, M., Hendrich, L., Schmidt, S., Melzer, R. & A. Hausmann (2011): DNA-Barcoding einer mitteleuropäischen Fauna: Erfolge, Probleme, Überraschungen. Abstr. 5. Jahrestagung NOBIS Austria, 2. Dezember 2011, Salzburg

Hausmann, A., Balke, M., Hendrich, L., Schmidt, S., Segerer, A. & Haszprunar, G. (2011). 5 Fakten zum DNA Barcoding aus der zweijährigen Praxis des Fauna-Bavarica-Projektes (BFB). Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 60 (1/2): 43-45.

Schmidt, S., McKinnon, A.E., Moore, C.J. & Walter, G.H. (2010) Chemical detoxification vs mechanical removal of host plant toxins in Eucalyptus feeding sawfly larvae (Hymenoptera: Pergidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 1770-1776. 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.07.006

Hendrich, L.; Balke, M.; Haszprunar, G.; Hausmann, A.; Hebert, P. & Schmidt, S. (2010). Barcoding Fauna Bavarica – Capturing Central European Animal Diversity. In: Nimis P. L., Vignes Lebbe R. (eds.) Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems, p. 347.

Schmidt, S. & Smith, D. R. (2009). The Australian species of the subfamily Pergulinae, with descriptions of two new Pergula Morice species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pergidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 48(4): 300-304. 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2009.00709.x

Schmidt, S. & Smith, D. R. (2009). Selandriinae, a subfamily of Tenthredinidae new to Australia, and a review of other Australian Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Australian Journal of Entomology 48(4): 305-309. 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2009.00710.x

Smith, D. R. & Schmidt, S. (2009).  Rediscovery of the perreyiine genus Barilochia Malaise (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) in South America.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(4): 874-879.

Smith, D.R. & Schmidt, S. (2009). A new subfamily, genus, and species of Cephidae (Hymenoptera) from Australia. Zootaxa 2034: 56–60.

Polaszek, A., Hernández-Suárez, E.M., Manzari, S., Pedata, P.A. & Schmidt, S. (2009) Megadiversity of Encarsia (Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae): macroevolution in a microhymenopteran. In: Red de Cuerpos Académicos. Sistematíca y Ecología en Comunidades Forestales y Cultivos. Taller Internacional sobre Recursos Naturales, 87-92.

Melzer, R.R. & Schmidt, S. (2008). From character observation to species delimitation – Taxonomy as empirical science. Spixiana 31, 1.

Schmidt, S. & Polaszek, A. (2007). The Australian species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Journal of Natural History 41(33-36): 2099–2265. 10.1080/00222930701550766

Schmidt, S. & Polaszek, A. (2007). Encarsia or Encarsiella? – redefining generic limits based on morphological and molecular evidence (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae). Systematic Entomology 32: 81-94. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00364.x

Schmidt, S., Driver, F. & De Barro, P. (2006). The phylogenetic characteristics of three different 28S rRNA gene regions in Encarsia (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 6: 127-139. 10.1016/j.ode.2005.07.002 

Schmidt, S. & Smith, D.R. (2006). An annotated systematic world catalogue of the Pergidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 34(3): 1-207. (For download of PDF see Pergidae of the World)

Blank, S., Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds) (2006). Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 720 pp.

Schmidt, S., Walter, G.H., Grigg, J. & Moore, C.J. (2006). Sexual Communication and Host Plant Associations of Australian Pergid Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Pergidae). Pages 173-193 in: Blank, S., Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds), Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 720 pp. 

Blank, S. M.; Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (2006). Vorwort. Seite 10 in: Blank, S., Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds), Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 720 pp.

Blank, S. M.; Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (2006). Manfred Kraus. Pages 13-17 in: Blank, S., Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds), Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 720 pp. 

Schmidt, S.; Blank, S. M. & Taeger, A. (2006). David R. Smith. Pages 19-28 in: Blank, S., Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds), Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 720 pp. 

Schmidt, S. (2006). Checklist of the Pergidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Australasia. Pages 627-634 in: Blank, S., Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds), Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 720 pp. 

Schmidt, S. & Smith, D.R. (2006). Pergidae of the World – an online catalogue of the sawfly family Pergidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Symphyta). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://pergidae.hymis-zsm.de/

Steinbauer, M.J, Short, M.W. & Schmidt, S. (2006). The influence of architectural and vegetational complexity in eucalypt plantations on communities of native wasp parasitoids: Towards silviculture for sustainable pest management. Forest Ecology and Management 233(1): 153-164. 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.019

Schmidt, S. & Schmidt, O. (2006). Primärtypen der von Gerd Heinrich beschriebenen und in der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München vorhandenen Ichneumonidentaxa. GBIF-Deutschland (www.gbif.de). World Wide Web electronic publication. www.zsm.mwn.de/docs_zsm/htdocs/hym/gishym_ich.htm

Short, M.W., Schmidt, S. & Steinbauer, M. (2006) A key to some Australian genera of large nocturnal Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera), including flight periodicities and influence of moon phase on light trap catches. Australian Entomologist 33(1): 49-55. 

Schmidt, S. (2006). Blattwespen Downunder — Biologie und Phänologie australischer Pergiden (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Mitteilungen des Thüringer Entomologenverbandes e.V. 13: 55-63

Schmidt, S. (2005). Book review: “Bezzel, E., Geiersberger, I., von Lossow, G. & Pfeiffer, R. Brutvögel in Bayern – Verbreitung 1996 bis 1999″. Spixiana 28(3): 270.

Schmidt, S. & Schmidt, O. (2005). ChalcIS-D: Chalcidoidea-Primärtypen in deutschen Museen und Sammlungen. GBIF-Deutschland (www.gbif.de). World wide web electronic publication. www.zsm.mwn.de/docs_zsm/htdocs/hym/chal/chalcis_d_lst.htm

Schmidt, S. (2005). Checklist of German Chalcidoidea. World wide web electronic publication. www.zsm.mwn.de/docs_zsm/htdocs/hym/chal/overview.htm

Schmidt, S. & Brown, G. (2005). A new genus and species of Australian pergid sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Pergidae) causing damage on grass (Poaceae). Zootaxa 955: 1-8.

Schmidt, S. (2005). Bombus lapidarius Linnaeus, 1758 – die Steinhummel – Insekt des Jahres 2005. Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 54: 59-60.

Schmidt, S. (update 2005). Encarsia of Australia and the Pacific Islands attacking silverleaf and greenhouse whitefly. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia. World wide web electronic publication. www.ento.csiro.au/science/encarsia

Osten, T. & Schmidt, S. (2004). ChalcIS-D: Informationssystem Chalcidoidea Deutschlands (Hymenoptera). – Status Report 2004: GBIF-Deutschland: German Participation in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Bonn, Berlin: 72-73.

Häuser, C.L.H. & S. Schmidt (2003). The Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) − Response to a Problem. In: Melzer, R. & M. Schrödl (eds). Abstracts of the 5th annual meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (Society for Biological Systematics). Electronic Supplement to Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 3: 72.

Schmidt, S. & J.S. Noyes (2003). Two new species of encyrtid (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) egg parasitoids of the wood borer Agrianome spinicollis (Mackleay) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a pest of pecans in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 42: 12-17. 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2003.00328.x

De Barro, P. & S. Schmidt (2003). The relationship between parasitoids and their native whitefly hosts in Australia – the development of rules for host specificity testing. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Honolulu, Hawaii, 14-18 January 2002, p. 57.

Schmidt, S. & L. Vilhelmsen (2002). A revision of the Australasian genus Orussobaius (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Orussidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 226-235. 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2002.00300.x

Short M.W., Schmidt, S. & Z. Lukacs (2002). Parasitation rates of some parasitoids of the autumn gum moth Mnesampela privata (Guenée) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). The Australian Entomologist 29: 69-72. 

Schmidt S., D.R. Smith & J.A. Macdonald (2002). Review of the Australian subfamily Pteryperginae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Pergidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 11: 134-141. 

Naumann, I.D., Williams, M.A. & S. Schmidt (2002). Synopsis of the Australian Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), including two newly recorded, introduced species associated with willows (Salix spp.). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 1-6. 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2002.00260.x 

Schmidt, S. & G.A.P. Gibson (2001). A new species of the genus Orussonia Riek and the female of O. depressa (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Orussidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 10: 113-118. 

Schmidt, S., Naumann, I.D. & P. De Barro (2001). Encarsia species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) of Australia and the Pacific Islands attacking Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) – A pictorial key and descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of Entomological Research 91: 369-387. 10.1079/BER2001112

De Barro, P.J., Driver, F., Naumann, I.D., Schmidt, S., Clarke, G.M. & J. Curran (2000). Descriptions of three species of Eretmocerus Haldeman (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitising Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Australia based on morphological and molecular data. Australian Journal of Entomology 39: 259-269. DOI:10.1046/j.1440-6055.2000.00194.x

Babcock, C.S., Heraty, J.M., De Barro, P.J., Driver, F. & S. Schmidt (2001). Preliminary phylogeny of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) based on morphology and 28S rDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18: 306-323. 10.1006/mpev.2000.0875

Schmidt, S., G.H. Walter & C.J. Moore (2000). Host plant adaptations in myrtaceous-feeding Pergid sawflies: essential oils and the morphology and behaviour of Pergagrapta larvae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pergidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 15-26. 10.1006/bijl.1999.0364

Schmidt, S.; Blank, S.M. & A. Zinovjev (1998). Taxonomic status of Tenthredo capreae Linné, 1758 revisited and the type species of Pachynematus Konow, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). In: Taeger, A. & S.M. Blank (Hrsg.): Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, S. 279-282.

Blank, S.M.; Boevé, J.-L.; Heitland, W.; Jänicke, M.; Jansen, E.; Koch, F.; Kopelke, J.-P.; Liston, A.D.; Ritzau, C.; Schmidt, S. & A. Taeger (1998). Checklist der Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). In: Taeger, A. & S.M. Blank (Hrsg.): Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands. Goecke & Evers, Keltern, S. 13-34.

Schmidt, S. (1997). Amauronematus KONOW, 1890 – Ökologie und Taxonomie der nordeuropäischen Arten des fallax-Artkomplexes. Beiträge zur Entomologie 47: 227-326.  (6.2MB)

Schmidt, S. & G. H. Walter (1995): Description of a new species of Dineura (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), near D. virididorsata (Retz.), with quantified observations on saw wear. Entomologica Scandinavica 26: 385-392. 

Zinovjev, A. G. & S. Schmidt (1994): Amauronematus compactus Bogacheva and A. harpicola Bogacheva (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) from the Polar Urals. Entomologica Fennica 5: 135-138. 

Taeger, A. & S. Schmidt (1992): Eine neue Tenthredo-Art des schaefferi-Komplexes aus den östlichen Pyrenäen. Reichenbachia 29: 61-65. 

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