Male of Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera), coloured scanning electron micrograph.

PD Dr. Hans Pohl

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Male of Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera), coloured scanning electron micrograph.
Image: Hans Pohl

Hans Pohl

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

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PD Dr. Hans Pohl

Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research
Phyletisches Museum
Vor dem Neutor 1 (room 204)
07743 Jena
Germany

+49 3641 9–49156
hans.pohl@uni-jena.de

As a teenager I developed a great interest in insects as well as photography, art, and graphic design. Following these interests, I first studied graphic design and then worked for two years as a graphic designer in an advertising agency. I started studying biology with the intention of specialising in scientific illustration. However, during my studies I met Prof. Dr. Ragnar KinzelbachExternal link, the most prominent expert of Strepsiptera in the second half of the 20th century, who infected me with his enthusiasm for this fascinating group of insects. Since my diploma thesis in 1990, I have been working on Strepsiptera, but I have not lost my interest in photography and art.

Research Interests

I am interested in the morphology, phylogenetic systematics, and evolution of the Hexapoda. My main focus is on the phylogeny and evolution of the enigmatic twisted-winged parasites, the Strepsiptera. In my research I combine comparative morphology, embryology, post-embryonic development, palaeontology, biomechanics, and behaviour. Furthermore, I am interested in the optimal visualisation of anatomical and morphological data. I have done field work in Yemen, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Italy, and Croatia, among other places.

Life stages of various Strepsiptera. Top row from left to right: embryos, primary larva, last larval stage, free-living female, male. Bottom row: stem group representatives.

Image: Hans Pohl

Research Topics

  • Phylogeny and evolution of Strepsiptera
  • Insect anatomy (mainly skeletomuscular system)
  • Evolutionary morphology
  • Insect paleontology
  • Innovative techniques in insect morphology
  • Reproductive and mating strategies of Strepsiptera

Research Methods

  • µ-CT segmentation, 3D rendering
  • Stereomicroscopy, scanning electron microscopy
  • Microphotography, focus stacking
  • High-speed videography
  • Confocal laser scanning microscopy
  • Biomechanics
  • Histology
  • Parsimony analyses and reconstruction of character evolution

Short CV

Professional experience

since 2004     Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research with Phyletischem Museum, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany

2000–2004     Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, at the Institute for Biodiversity Research, Department of Life Sciences, University of Rostock, Germany

1993–1998     Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, at the Institute of Zoology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

1991–1992     Work contract at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt for the redesign of the insect display collection

1983–1991     Freelance graphic designer

Academic degrees

2006              Privatdozent at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany

2005              Habilitation in Zoology at the University of Rostock, Germany

1998              Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D. equivalent) in Biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

1991              Diplom (M.Sc. equivalent) in Biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

1987              Vordiplom (B.Sc. equivalent) in Biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Academic education

2000–2004     University of RostockExternal link, Germany; habilitation at the Department of Life Sciences; thesis title: Phylogenie und Evolution der Fächerflügler (Insecta: Strepsiptera); inaugural lecture: Von der Sehzelle zum Bild: Augentypen der Insekten

1998–2000     Hessisches Landesmuseum DarmstadtExternal link, Germany, scientific volunteer at the Department of Zoology

1992–1998     Technical University of DarmstadtExternal link, Germany; Ph.D. student of Prof. Dr. Ragnar Kinzelbach; thesis title: Die Primärlarven der Fächerflügler – evolutionäre Trends (Insecta, Strepsiptera)

1990–1991     Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; diploma thesis in the lab of Prof. Dr. Ragnar Kinzelbach; thesis title: Untersuchungen zur Variationsbreite des Fächerflüglers Elenchus tenuicornis (Kirby 1815) (Strepsiptera: Stylopidia: Elenchidae)

1987–1991     Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, graduate student in biology

1984–1987     Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, undergraduate student in biology

Non-academic education

1977–1982  Kunstschule WestendExternal link, Vocational School for Graphic Design, Frankfurt am Main

Reviewer

Acta Amazonica, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Acta Zoologica, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Arthropod Structure & Development, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Cladistics, Cretaceous Research, Historical Biology, Insect Systematics & Evolution, International Journal of Odonatology, Microscopy Research & Technique, Palaeontologia Electronica, Parasitology, Parasitology Research, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, Systematic Entomology, ZooKeys, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoologischer Anzeiger, Zootaxa

Professional memberships

Deutsche Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie (DGaaE), Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS)

Media coverage (selection)

07.08.2020 Wildbienen auf dem Rymelsberg in Langerwehe.External link Biologie unserer Zeit.

28.05.2019 Bernsteinfossil im Röntgenblick – Teilchenbeschleuniger enträtselt Parasitenlarve.External link idw scientific information service.

05.12.2018 Erfolgreich seit mindestens 99 Millionen Jahren.External link idw scientific information service.

18.05.2016 Tough love: male parasite stabs female in neck with penis.External link National Geographic.

29.04.2016 Trauma in a bee.External link EurekAlert!

20.06.2012 Außerirdische Insekten.External link idw scientific information service.

07.01.2011 For ever and ever: when the wedding flight never ends.External link idw scientific information service.

26.02.2009 Virtuelle Schnitte ermöglichen neuartige Einblicke.External link idw scientific information service.

13.01.2005 Ein “Missing Link“ des Insektenreiches im Bernstein gefunden.External link idw scientific information service.

Eponyms

Clada pohli Toskina, 2004. Toskina I.N. 2004. A new species of Clada Pascoe, 1887 (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) from the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 459–462.

Diksamella pohli Bretfeld, 2005. Bretfeld, G. 2005: Collembola Symphypleona (Insecta) aus der Republik Jemen. Teil 2: Proben von der Insel Sokotra. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz, 77(1): 1–56.

Mitotagenia pohli Schawaller, 2004. Schawaller, W. 2004. New species and records of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20. 439–458.

Neanura pohli Barra, 2006. Barra, J.-A. 2006, Collemboles de l’île de Socotra, République du Yémen, Zoosystema 28(1), 61–74.

Primacrotelsa pohli Mendes, 2004. Mendes, L.F. 2004. Zygentoma (Insecta) from the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20, 357–398.

Trichardis pohli Geller-Grimm, 2002. Geller-Grimm, F. 2002. Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen. Fauna of Arabia. 19: 467–489.

Uluguroscia pohli Taiti & Ferrara, 2004. Taiti, S.,Ferrara, F. 2004. The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Oniscidea) of the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia. 20, 211–325.

 

Issue covers

Image: Hans Pohl

Selected Ten Most Important Publications

Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Boudinot, B., Georg Beutel, R., 2021. On the value of Burmese amber for understanding insect evolution: Insights from †Heterobathmilla – an exceptional stem group genus of Strepsiptera (Insecta). – Cladistics 37, 211–229. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12433External link

Peinert, M., Wipfler, B., Jetschke, G., Kleinteich, T., Gorb, S.N., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2016. Traumatic insemination and female counter-adaptation in Strepsiptera (Insecta). – Scientific Reports 6, 25052. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25052External link

Knauthe, P., Beutel, R.G., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., 2016. Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy sheds new light on the head anatomy of an extremely miniaturized insect larva (Strepsiptera). – Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74, 107–126. PDFExternal link

Fraulob, M., Beutel, R.G., Machida, R., Pohl, H., 2015. The embryonic development of Stylops ovinae (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) with emphasis on external morphology. – Arthropod Structure &  Development 44, 42–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2014.10.001External link

Niehuis, O., Hartig, G., Grath, S., Pohl, H., ..., Misof, B., 2012. Genomic and morphological evidence converge to resolve the enigma of Strepsiptera. – Current Biology 22, 1309–1313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.018External link

Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Grimaldi, D., Beckmann, F., Beutel, R.G., 2010. Reconstructing the anatomy of the 42-million-year-old fossil †Mengea tertiaria (Insecta, Strepsiptera). – Naturwissenschaften 97, 855–859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-010-0703-xExternal link

Bravo, F., Pohl, H., Silva-Neto, A., Beutel, R., 2009. Bahiaxenidae, a “living fossil” and a new family of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) discovered in Brazil. – Cladistics 25, 614–623. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00264.xExternal link

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2008. The evolution of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda). – Zoology 111, 318–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2007.06.008External link

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2005. The phylogeny of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda). – Cladistics 21, 328–374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00074.xExternal link

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2004. Fine structure of adhesive devices of Strepsiptera (Insecta). – Arthropod Structure & Development 33, 31–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2003.10.001External link

Complete List of Publications

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  • Since 2020

    Benda, D., Pohl, H., Beutel, R., Straka, J., 2022. Two new species of Xenos (Strepsiptera: Xenidae), parasites of social wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the New World. Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae 62(1), 185–195. https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2022.014External link

    Jandausch, K., Michels, J., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., van de Kamp, T., Beutel, R.G., Niehuis, O., Pohl, H., 2022. Have female twisted-wing parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera) evolved tolerance traits as response to traumatic penetration? PeerJ 10, e13655. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13655External link

    Li, D., Friedrich, F., Jandausch, K., Pohl, H., Liu, X., Beutel, R.G., 2022. Unearthing underground predators: The head morphology of larvae of the moth lacewing genus Ithone Newman (Neuroptera: Ithonidae) and its functional and phylogenetic implications. Syst. Entomol., 47(4), 618–636. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12556External link

    Benda, D., Pohl, H., Nakase, Y., Beutel, R., Straka, J., 2022. A generic classification of Xenidae (Strepsiptera) based on the morphology of the female cephalothorax and male cephalotheca with a preliminary checklist of species. ZooKeys 1093, 1–134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1093.72339External link

    Beutel, R.G., Wipfler, B., Meusemann, K., Pohl, H., 2022. Insect systematics from Hennig to transcriptomes – anatomy and phylogenomics converge upon a robust phylogeny. Atti Accad. Naz. Ital. Entomol. 69, 93–99.

    Pohl, H., 2021. Die Stammgruppe der Fächerflügler (Insecta, Strepsiptera). Archiv Natur- Landeskde. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 58, 58–70. doi:10.30819/anlk.58.06

    Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Boudinot, B., Beutel, R.G., 2021. On the value of Burmese amber for under­standing insect evolution: Insights from †Heterobathmilla – an exceptional stem group genus of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Cladistics 37, 211–229. doi:10.1111/cla.12433

    Fischer, S., Laue, M., Müller, C.H.G., Meinertzhagen, I.A., Pohl, H., 2021. Ultrastructural 3D re­construction of the smallest known insect photoreceptors: The stemmata of a first instar larva of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda). Arthropod Struct. Dev. 62, 101055. doi: 10.1016/ j.asd.2021.101055

    Pohl, H., Gorb, E.V., Gorb, S.N., 2020. Traction force measurements on male Strepsiptera (In­secta) revealed higher forces on smooth compared with hairy substrates. J. Exp. Biol. 223, 1–7. doi:10.1242/jeb.223784

    Pohl, H., Hammel, J.U., Richter, A., Beutel, R.G., 2020. First fossil late instar larva of Strepsiptera, Photon Science – Highlights and Annual Report. Hamburg.

    Tröger, D., Grabe, V., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2020. The endoparasitic larval stages of Eoxenos laboulbenei: An atypical holometabolan development (Strepsiptera, Mengenillidae). Arthropod Struct. Dev. 56, 100932. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2020.100932

    Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F., Yavorskaya, M.I., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., Vassilenko, D.V., Bashkuev, A.S., Ponomarenko, A.G., 2020. Archaeomalthus – (Coleoptera, Archostemata) a “ghost adult” of Micromalthidae from Upper Permian deposits of Siberia? Hist. Biol. 32, 1019–1027. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1561672

  • 2010–2019

    Beutel, R.G., Fabian, B., Pohl, H., Friedrich, F., 2019. 2.4. Morphology of larvae. In: Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Nannomecoptera and Neomecoptera. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

    Pohl, H., Hammel, J.U., Richter, A., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The first fossil free-living late instar larva of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Arthropod Syst. & Phyl. 77, 125–140. doi: 10.26049/ ASP77-1-2019-06

    McKenna, D.D., Shin, S., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Beza-Beza, C., Clarke, D.J., Donath, A., Escalona, H.E., Friedrich, F., Letsch, H., Liu, S., Maddison, D., Mayer, C., Misof, B., Murin, P.J., Niehuis, O., Peters, R.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., Scully, E.D., Yan, E.V., Zhou, X., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity. PNAS 116, 24729–24737. doi:10.1073/pnas.1909655116

    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. Morphol. 280, 739–755. doi: 10.1002/ jmor. 20981

    Krämer, J., Pohl, H., Predel, R., 2019. Venom collection and analysis in the pseudoscorpion Che­lifer cancroides(Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae). Toxicon 162, 15–23. doi:10.1016/j.toxi­con. 2019.02.009

    Beutel, R.G., Prokop, J., Müller, P., Pohl, H., 2019. †Bittacopsocus – a new bizarre genus of †Per­mopsocida (Insecta) from Burmese Cretaceous amber. Zootaxa 4576, 357–366. doi:10.11646/ zootaxa.4576.2.9

    Batelka, J., Prokop, J., Pohl, H., Bai, M., Zhang, W., Beutel, R.G., 2019. Highly specialized Creta­ceous beetle parasitoids (Ripiphoridae) identified with optimized visualization of microstruc­tures. Syst. Entomol. 44, 396–407. doi:10.1111/syen.12331

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2019. Effects of miniaturization in primary larvae of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Arthropod Struct. Dev. 48, 49–55. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2018.11.011

    Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., Yan, E.V., Anton, E., Liu, S.P., Ślipiński, A., McKenna, D., Friedrich, F., 2019. The phylogeny of Coleopterida (Hexapoda) – morphological characters and molecular phy­logenies. Syst. Entomol. 44, 75–102. doi:10.1111/syen.12316

    Jandausch, K., Pohl, H., Aspöck, U., Winterton, S.L., Beutel, R.G., 2018. Morphology of the pri­mary larva of Mantispa aphavexelte Aspöck & Aspöck, 1994 (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) and phylogenetic implications to the order of Neuroptera. Arthropod Syst. & Phyl. 76, 529–560.

    Pohl, H., Batelka, J., Prokop, J., Müller, P., Yavorskaya, M.I., Beutel, R.G., 2018. A needle in a hay­stack: Mesozoic origin of parasitism in Strepsiptera revealed by first definite Cretaceous pri­mary larva (Insecta). PeerJ 6, e5943. doi:10.7717/peerj.5943

    Mashimo, Y., Müller, P., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2018. The “hairy beast”—Zorotypus hirsutus sp. n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4508, 562–7. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.4

    Jandausch, K., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., Gorb, S.N., Büsse, S., 2018. The legs of “spider associated” parasitic primary larvae of Mantispa aphavexelte (Mantispidae, Neuroptera) – Attachment de­vices and phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Struct. Dev. 47, 449–456. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2018.06.002

    Schneeberg, K., Bauernfeind, R., Pohl, H., 2017. Comparison of cleaning methods for delicate insect specimens for scanning electron microscopy. Microsc. Res. Tech. 80, 1199–1204. doi:10.1002/jemt.22917

    Richter, A., Wipfler, B., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2017. ‎The female cephalothorax of Xenos vesparum Rossi, 1793 (Strepsiptera: Xenidae). Arthropod Syst. & Phyl. 75, 327–347.

    Wipfler, B., Pohl, H., Yavorskaya, M.I., Beutel, R.G., 2016. A review of methods for analysing in­sect structures – the role of morphology in the age of phylogenomics. Curr. Opinion Insect Sci. 18, 60–68. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2016.09.004

    Knauthe, P., Beutel, R.G., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., 2016. Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy sheds new light on the head anatomy of an extremely miniaturized insect larva (Strepsiptera). Arthropod Syst. & Phyl. 74, 107–126.

    Löwe, S., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2016. ‎The female cephalothorax of Stylops ovinae Noskiewicz & Poluszyński, 1928 (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae). Arthropod Syst. & Phyl. 74, 65–81.

    Peinert, M., Wipfler, B., Jetschke, G., Kleinteich, T., Gorb, S.N., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2016. Trau­matic insemination and female counter-adaptation in Strepsiptera (Insecta). Sci. Rep. 6, 25052. doi:10.1038/srep25052

    Beutel, R.G., Zhang, W.W., Pohl, H., Wappler, T., Bai, M., 2016. A miniaturized beetle larva in Cretaceous Burmese amber: reinterpretation of a fossil “strepsipteran triungulin.” Insect Syst. & Evol. 47, 83–91. doi:10.1163/1876312X-46052134

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2016. †Kinzelbachilla ellenbergeri – a new ancestral species, genus and family of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Syst. Entomol. 41, 287–297. doi:10.1111/syen.12158

    Brehm, G., Fischer, M., Gorb, S., Kleinteich, T., Kühn, B., Neubert, D., Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Wurdinger, S., 2015. The unique sound production of the Death’s-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)) revisited. Naturwissenschaften 102, 43–13. doi:10.1007/s00114-015-1292-5

    Fraulob, M., Pohl, H., 2015. First record of Eoxenos laboulbenei de Peyerimhoff, 1919 (Strep­siptera, Mengenillidae) from Tuscany, central Italy. Linzer biol. Beitr. 47, 591–595.

    Matsumura, Y., Wipfler, B., Pohl, H., Dallai, R., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Câmara, J.T., Rafael, J.E., Beutel, R.G., 2015. Cephalic anatomy of Zorotypus weidneri New, 1978: new evidence for a placement of Zoraptera. Arthropod Syst. & Phyl. 73, 85–105.

    Hädicke, C.W., Blank, S.M., Pohl, H., Müller, C., Sombke, A., 2015. Sensing the world without antennae and eyes: external structure and distribution of sensilla in Eosentomon pinetorum Szeptycki, 1984 and on the protarsus of Acerentomon franzi Nosek, 1965 (Hexapoda: Protura). Soil Organisms 87, 29–49.

    Fraulob, M., Beutel, R.G. Machida, R., Pohl, H., 2015. The embryonic development of Stylops ovinae, Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) with emphasis on external morphology. – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 44(1): 42–68.

    Misof, B., Liu, S., Meusemann, K., Peters, R.S., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Frandsen, P.B., Ware, J., Flouri, T., Beutel, R.G., Niehuis, O., Petersen, M., Izquierdo-Carrasco, F., Wappler, T., Rust, J., Abe­rer, A.J., Aspöck, U., Aspock, H., Bartel, D., Blanke, A., Berger, S., Böhm, A., Buckley, T.R., Calcott, B., Chen, J., Friedrich, F., Fukui, M., Fujita, M., Greve, C., Grobe, P., Gu, S., Huang, Y., Jermiin, L.S., Kawahara, A.Y., Krogmann, L., Kubiak, M., Lanfear, R., Letsch, H., Li, Y., Li, Z., Li, J., Lu, H., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Kapli, P., McKenna, D.D., Meng, G., Nakagaki, Y., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., Ott, M., Ou, Y., Pass, G., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., Reumont, von, B.M., Schütte, K., Sekiya, K., Shimizu, S., Ślipiński, A., Stamatakis, A., Song, W., Su, X., Szucsich, N.U., Tan, M., Tan, X., Tang, M., Tang, J., Timelthaler, G., Tomizuka, S., Trautwein, M., Tong, X., Uchifune, T., Walzl, M.G., Wiegmann, B.M., Wilbrandt, J., Wipfler, B., Wong, T.K.F., Wu, Q., Wu, G., Xie, Y., Yang, S., Yang, Q., Yeates, D.K., Yoshizawa, K., Zhang, Q., Zhang, R., Zhang, W., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, C., Zhou, L., Ziesmann, T., Zou, S., Li, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, J., Wang, J., Kjer, K.M., Zhou, X., 2014. Phy­logenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science 346, 763–767. doi:10.1126/science.1257570

    Friedrich, F., Matsumura, Y., Pohl, H., Bai, M., Hörnschemeyer, T., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Insect mor­phology in the age of phylogenomics: innovative techniques and its future role in systematics. – Entomol. Science 17 (1): 1–24.

    del Río, R., Barceló, C, Miranda, M.Á., Pohl, H., 2014. First record of Mengenillidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from the Balearic Islands. – Graellsia 70: e011.

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The Strepsiptera-Odyssey: the history of the systematic place­ment of an enigmatic parasitic insect order. – Entomologia 1: 17–28.

    Pohl, H., Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The spermatozoon of Mengenilla moldrzyki (Strepsiptera, Mengenillidae): Ultrastructure and phylogenetic considerations. – Tis­sue Cell 45(6), 446–451.

    Spangenberg, R., Wipfler, B., Friedemann, K., Pohl, H., Weirauch, C., Hartung, V., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The cephalic morphology of the Gondwanan key taxon Hackeriella (Coleorrhyncha, He­miptera). – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 42(4): 315–337.

    Hünefeld, F., Brehm, G., Pohl, H., 2013. A simple “hands-off” apparatus to inflate concealed soft parts of the genitalia of small insect specimens. – Microsc. Res. Tech. 76: 258–262.

    Friedrich, F., Pohl, H., Beckmann, F., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The head of Merope tuber (Mero­peidae) and the phylogeny of Mecoptera (Hexapoda). – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 42(1): 69–88.

    Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2013. 6 Insecta (Hexapoda), Insekten. In: Westheide, W., Rieger, G. (Hrsg.): Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere, 3. Auflage. Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg, pp. 634–731.

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2013. 6.30 Strepsiptera (common name: twisted wing parasites). In: Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., Ge, S.-Q., Yang, X.-K. (Hrsg.): Insect Morphology and Phylogeny. Wal­ter de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 415–422.

    Ge, S.-Q., Wipfler, B., Pohl, H., Hua, Y., Ślipiński, A., Yang, X.-K., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The first complete 3D reconstruction of a Spanish fly primary larva (Lytta vesicatoria, Meloidae, Coleo­ptera). – PLoS ONE 7: e52511.

    Niehuis, O., Hartig, G., Grath, S., Pohl, H., Lehmann, J., Tafer, H., Donath, A., Krauss, V., Eisen­hardt, C., Hertel, J., Petersen, M., Mayer, C., Meusemann, K., Peters, R.S., Stadler, P.F., Beutel, R.G., Bornberg-Bauer, E., McKenna, D.D., Misof, B., 2012. Genomic and morphological evidence converge to resolve the enigma of Strepsiptera. – Curr. Biol. 22: 1309–1313.

    Koeth, M., Friedrich, F., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The thoracic skeleto-muscular system of Mengenilla (Strepsiptera: Mengenillidae) and its phylogenetic implications. – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 41(4): 323–335.

    Pohl, H., Niehuis, O., Gloyna, K., Misof, B., Beutel, R., 2012. A new species of Mengenilla (In­secta, Strepsiptera) from Tunisia. – ZooKeys 198: 79–101.

    Fraulob, M., Wipfler, B., Hünefeld, F., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The larval abdomen of the enigmatic Nannochoristidae (Mecoptera, Insecta). – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 41(2): 187–198.

    Wipfler, B., Pohl, H., Predel, R., 2012. Two new genera and two new species of Man­tophasmatodea (Insecta, Polyneoptera) from Namibia. – ZooKeys 166: 75–98.

    Hünefeld, F., Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Beckmann, F., Beutel, R.G., 2011. The male postabdomen and genital apparatus of †Mengea tertiaria, a strepsipteran amber fossil (Insecta). – J. Zool. Syst. and Evol. Res. 49(1): 298–308.

    Beutel, R. G., Friedrich, F., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., Hünefeld, F., Beckmann, F., Meier, R., Misof, B., Whiting, M.F., Vilhelmsen, L., 2011. Morphological and molecular evi­dence con­verge upon a robust phylogeny of the megadiverse Holometabola. – Cladistics 27(4), 341–355.

    Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Grimaldi, D, Beckmann, F., Beutel, R.G., 2010. Reconstructing the ana­t­omy of the 42-million-year-old fossil †Mengea tertiaria (Insecta, Strepsiptera). – Naturwis­sen­schaften 97: 855–859.

    Pohl, H., 2010. A scanning electron microscopy specimen holder for viewing different an­gles of a single specimen. – Microsc. Res. Tech. 73: 1073–1076.

    Osswald, J., Pohl, H., Beutel, R., 2010. Extremely miniaturised and highly complex: The tho­ra­cic morphology of the first instar larva of Mengenilla chobauti (Insecta, Strepsiptera). – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 39: 287–304.

    Longhorn, S., Pohl, H., Vogler, A., 2010. Ribosomal protein genes of holometabolan in­sects reject the Halteria, instead revealing a close affinity of Strepsiptera with Coleoptera. – Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 55: 846–859.

    Beutel, R.G., Kristensen, N.P., Pohl, H., 2010. Resolving insect phylogeny: The signifi­cance of cephalic structures of the Nannomecoptera in understanding endopterygote relationships. – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 38: 427–460.

  • 2000–2009

    Pohl, H., Friedrich, F., Beckmann, F., Herzen, J., Beutel, R.G., 2009. External and internal struc­tu­res of fossil and extant Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) using SRµCT. 2 pp. In: Pran­zas, P.K., Müller, M. Willumeit, R., Schreyer, A. Eds. GeNF – Experimental Report 2008, 338 pp., GKSS-For­schungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH, Geesthacht.

    Pohl, H., 2009. The oldest fossil strepsipteran larva (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from the Geisel Va­lley, Germany (Eocene). – Insect Syst. Evol. 40: 333–347.

    Bravo, F., Pohl, H., Silva-Neta, A., Beutel, R.G., 2009. Bahiaxenidae, a “living fossil” and a new family of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) discovered in Brazil. – Cladistics 25: 614–623.

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2008. The evolution of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda). – Zoology 111(4): 318–338.

    Friedrich, F., Pohl, H., Hünefeld, F., Beckmann, F., Herzen, J., Beutel, R.G., 2007. SRµCT-based study of external and internal structures of adults and larvae of Endopterygota (Hexapoda). – DESY Annual Report 2007: 1527–1528.

    Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2006. Endopterygote systematics – where do we stand and what is the goal (Hexapoda, Arthropoda). – Syst. Entomol. 31 (2): 202–219.

    Fontaine, B., Bouchet, P., Van Achterberg, K., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Araujo, R., Asche, M., As­poeck, U., Audisio, P., Aukema, B., Bailly, N., Balsamo, M., Bank, R.A, Barnard, P., Belfiore, C., Bogdanowicz, W., Bongers, T., Boxshall, G., Burckhardt, D., Camicas, J.-L., Chylarecki, P., Crucitti, P., Deharveng, L., Dubois, A., Enghoff, H., Faubel, A., Fo­chetti, R., Gargominy, O., Gibson, D., Gib­son, R., Gomez Lopez, M.S., Goujet, D., Harvey, M.S., Heller, K.-G., Van Helsdingen, P., Hoch, H., De Jong, H., De Jong, Y., Karsholt, O., Los, W., Lundquist, L., Magowski, W., Manconi, R., Mar­tens, J., Massard, J.A., Massard-Geimer, G., Mcinnes, S.J., Mendes, L..F, Mey, Eberhard, Michel­sen, Verner, Minelli, Alessandro, Nielsen, Claus, Nafria, Juan M. Nieto, Van Nieukerken, E.J., Noyes, J., Pape, T., Pohl, H., De Prins, W., Ramos, M., Ricci, C., Roselaar, C., Rota, E., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Segers, H., Strassen, R. zur, Szeptycki, A., Thibaud, J.-M., Thomas, A., Timm, T., Van Tol, J., Ver­voort, W., Willmann, R., 2007. The Euro­pean Union's 2010 target: Putting rare spe­cies in fo­cus. Biol. Cons. 139: 167–185.

    Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2006. Head structures of males of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) with em­pha­sis on basal splitting events within the order. – J. Morphol. 267: 536–554.

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., Kinzelbach, R., 2005. Protoxenidae fam. n. (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Baltic amber – a ‘missing link‘ in strepsipteran phylogeny. – Zoologica Scripta 34: 57–69.

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2005): The phylogeny of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda). – Cladistics 21(4): 328–374.

    Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., Hünefeld, F., 2005. Strepsipteran brains and effects of miniaturization (Insecta). – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 34: 301–313.

    Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2004. Fine structure of adhesive devices of Strepsiptera (Insecta). – Arthropod Struct. Dev. 33(1): 31–43.

    Haas, F., Pohl, H., Wranik, W., 2004. Dermaptera of the Socotra Archipelago, with the de­scrip­tion of a new species. – Fauna Arabia 20: 409–419.

    Collingwood, C.A., Pohl, H., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004. The ants (In­secta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra archipelago. – Fauna Arabia 20: 473–495.

    Cassola, F., Pohl, H., 2004. The female of Socotrana labroturrita Cassola & Wranik, 1998 (Co­leoptera: Cicindelidae). – Fauna Arabia 20: 435–438.

    Pohl, H., Oehlke, J., 2003. Verzeichnis der Fächerflügler (Strepsiptera) Deutschlands. – In: Klausnitzer, B. (Hrsg.): Entomofauna Germanica, Band 6. – Entomologische Nach­richten und Berichte, Beiheft 8, Dresden. pp. 273–275.

    Kinzelbach, R., Pohl, H., 2003. 27. Ordnung Strepsiptera. In: Dathe, H.H. (Hrsg.): Kaestner – Lehr­buch der Speziellen Zoologie I/5: Insecta. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, pp. 526–539.

    Pohl, H., 2002. Phylogeny of the Strepsiptera based on morphological data of the first instar larvae. – Zool. Scr. 31(1): 123–134.

    Weygoldt, P., Pohl, H., Polak, S., 2002. Arabian whip spiders. Four new species of the genera Charinus and Phrynichus(Chelicerata: Amblypygi) from Oman and Socotra. – Fauna Arabia 19: 289–309.

    Pohl, H., Kinzelbach, R., 2001. First record of a female stylopid (Strepsiptera: ?Myrmecolac­idae) parasite of a prionomyrmecine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baltic amber. – In­sect Syst. Evol. 32(2): 143–146.

    Pohl, H., 2000. Die Primärlarven der Fächerflügler – evolutionäre Trends (Insecta, Strep­siptera). – Kaupia 10: 1-144.

  • 1991–1999

    Paxton, R.J., Pohl, H., 1999. The tawny mining bee, Andrena fulva (Müller) (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), at a South Wales field site and its associated organisms: Hymenoptera, Diptera, Nematoda and Strepsiptera. –British J. Entomol. Nat. Hist. 12: 57–67.

    Pohl, H., Gugel, J., 1997. Ein neuer Fundort des Kiemenfußkrebses Eubranchipus (Sipho­no­phanes) grubii und Anmerkungen zu dessen Paarungsverhalten. – Natur Museum 127 (4): 113–120.

    Melber, A., Pohl, H., 1997. Erster Nachweis einer Strepsipterenparasitierung bei Wanzen in Mitteleuropa (Insecta: Strepsiptera et Heteroptera). – Bonner Zool. Beitr. 47(1–2): 69–76.

    Pohl, H., Melber, A., 1996. Verzeichnis der mitteleuropäischen Fächerflügler und die Be­schreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Malayaxenos Kifune 1981 (Insecta: Strepsiptera). – Senckenbergiana biol. 75 (1/2): 171–180.

    Pohl, H., Katbeh-Bader, A., Schneider, W., 1996. Description of a new genus and two new species of Corioxenidae from Jordan (Insecta: Strepsiptera). – Zool. Middle East 13: 107–119.

    Pohl, H., Kinzelbach, R., 1995. A new species of Halictoxenos Pierce (Strepsiptera: Stylop­idia: Stylopidae) from South Africa. – African Entomol. 1(1): 73–76.

    Pohl, H., Kinzelbach, R., 1995. Neufunde von Fächerflüglern aus dem Baltischen und Domi­ni­kanischen Bernstein (Strepsiptera: Bohartillidae & Myrmecolacidae). – Mitt. Ge­ol.-Paläontol. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 78: 197–209.

    Kinzelbach, R., Pohl, H., 1994. The fossil Strepsiptera (Insecta: Strepsiptera). – Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 87 (1): 59–70.

    Pohl, H., 1993. Untersuchungen zur Variationsbreite des Fächerflüglers Elenchus tenuicor­nis (Strepsiptera). – Mitt. deutschen Ges. allg. ang. En­tomol. 8: 457–461.

    Pohl, H., 1991. Das Schlüpfen von Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera: Stylopidia: Stylopidae). – En­tomol. Zeitschrift 101 (7): 113–119.