Daniel Tröger

Research Interest

So far, my research has mainly focused on the morphology of Strepsiptera. I would like to extend morphological research to other insect groups. In my upcoming PhD project, I will use my acquired knowledge to describe new species of Strepsiptera and improve the efficiency of insect species descriptions using modern imaging and molecular methods. Moreover, I am a dedicated field entomologist who is always curious to encounter, identify and even discover new insect species.

Research topics

• Insect morphology with emphasis on musculature and phylogenetic implications
• Development and morphology of endoparasitic larvae of Strepsiptera
• Taxonomy of Strepsiptera

Research Methods

• μ-CT segmentation, 3D rendering
• Stereomicroscopy
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
• Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)
• Histology

Short CV

Education

From 04/2022       PhD student, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Project title: “Development of a workflow for modern integrative species descriptions of insects by combining imaging, molecular methods and cybertaxonomyExterner Link”. Supervisors: PD Dr. Hans Pohl & Prof. Dr. Rolf Beutel

10/2016 – 09/2019       MSc in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

10/2012 – 10/2015       BSc in Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Professional experience

2020 – 2022       Teaching assistant, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, courses in zoological biodiversity, morphology and anatomy

2016 – 2019       Research assistant, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena Experiment, beta-taxonomical determination of insects

Scholarships and awards

as of 04/2022   Monthly scholarship of the “Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt”

Media

04.2020            “Wildbienen auf dem Rymelsberg in Langerwehe“Externer Link Article in Biologie unserer Zeit about Stylops oviane and their host Andrena vaga.

Publications

Tröger, D., Grabe, V., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H. 2020. The endoparasitic larval stages of Eoxenos laboulbenei: an atypical holometabolan development (Strepsiptera, Mengenillidae). Arthropod Str. Dev. 56, 100932.

Tröger, D., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2019. The abdomen of a free‐living female of Strepsiptera and the evolution of the birth organs. J. Morph. 280(5), 739–755.