Günter Bechly

Günter Bechly

Günter Bechly (1963-), German entomologist and paleontologist

• Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. (1999–2016)

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 18 taxon names authored by Günter Bechly

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1996

• Bechly, G. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flugelgeader der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura spec. vol. 2: 402 pp, 3 tabls, 111 figs. Reference page. 

2001

• Schawaller, W. & Bechly, G. 2001. Die Ordnung der Vielfalt. In: G. Bechly (Hrsg.: Urgeziefer Die faszinierende Evolution der Insekten. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (C) 49: 65–81. Reference page.  

2002

• Nel, A., Béthoux, O., Bechly, G., Martínez-Delclòs, X. & Papier, F. 2002 ("2001"). The Permo-Triassic Odonatoptera of the ‘protodonate’ grade (Insecta: Odonatoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 37(4): 501–525. Gallica, Academia.edu, ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2003

• Fleck, G., Bechly, D., Martínez-Delclòs, X., Jarzembowski, E., Coram, R. & Nel, A. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Stenophlebioptera (Odonata: Epiproctophora). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 39(1): 55–93. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2003.10697363 Reference page. 

2010

• Poinar, G.O., jr., Bechly, G. & Buckley, R. 2010. First record of Odonata and a new subfamily of damselflies from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeodiversity 3: 15–22. PDF. Reference page. 

2011

• Bechly, G. & Stockar, R. 2011. The first Mesozoic record of the extinct apterygote insect genus Dasyleptus (Insecta: Archaeognatha: Monura: Dasyleptidae) from the Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland). Palaeodiversity 4: 23–37. PDF.
• Bechly, G. & Wolf-Schwenninger, K. 2011. A new fossil genus and species of snakefly (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with a discussion of snakefly phylogeny and fossil history. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(2): 221–236. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X568164 Reference page. 
• Staniczek, A.H., Bechly, G. & Godunko, R.J. 2011. Coxoplectoptera, a new fossil order of Palaeoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta), with comments on the phylogeny of the stem group of mayflies (Ephemeroptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(2): 101–138. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X578406 . PDF. Reference page. 

2012

• Nel, A., Bechly, G., Prokop, J., Béthoux, O. & Fleck, G. 2012. Systematics and evolution of Paleozoic and Mesozoic damselfly-like Odonatoptera of the “protozygopteran” grade. Journal of Paleontology 86(1): 81–104. DOI: 10.1666/11-020.1 . Reference page. 

2013

• Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Bechly, G., Bybee, S.M., Dow, R.A., Dumont, H.J., Fleck, G., Garrison, R.W., Hämäläinen, M., Kalkman, V.J., Karube, H., May, M.L., Orr, A.G., Paulson, D.R., Rehn, A.C., Theischinger, G., Trueman, J.W.H., Tol, J. van, Ellenrieder, N. von & Ware, J. 2013. The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2013. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa 3703(1): 36–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . Reference page. 

2014

• Greenwalt, D. & Bechly, G. 2014. A re-description of the fossil damselfly Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell, 1940 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Eolestidae n. fam.) with description of new taxa from the Eocene of North America. Zootaxa 3887(2): 138–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.2.2 Reference page. 
• Sroka, P., Staniczek, A.H. & Bechly, G. 2014. Revision of the giant pterygote insect Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalová-Peck, 1985 (Hydropalaeoptera: Bojophlebiidae) from the Carboniferous of the Czech Republic, with the first cladistic analysis of fossil palaeopterous insects. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(11): 963–982. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.987958 . Reference page. 
• Staniczek, A.H., Sroka, P. & Bechly, G. 2014. Neither silverfish nor fowl: the enigmatic Carboniferous Carbotriplura kukalovae Kluge, 1996 (Insecta: Carbotriplurida) is the putative fossil sister group of winged insects (Insecta: Pterygota). Systematic Entomology 39(4): 619–632. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12076 Reference page. 

2015

• Caterino, M.S., Wolf-Schwenninger, K. & Bechly, G. 2015. Cretonthophilus tuberculatus, a remarkable new genus and species of hister beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4052(2): 241–245. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.10. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Dunlop, J.A., Bird, T.L., Brookhart, O. & Bechly, G. 2015. A camel spider from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 56: 265–273. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.05.003 Reference page. 

2016

• Huang, D.-Y., Bechly, G., Nel, P., Engel, M.S., Prokop, J., Azar, D., Cai, C.-Y., van de Kamp, T., Staniczek, A.H., Garrouste, R., Krogmann, L., dos Santos Rolo, T., Baumbach, T., Ohlhoff, R., Shmakov, A.S., Bourgoin, T. & Nel, A. 2016. New fossil insect order Permopsocida elucidates major radiation and evolution of suction feeding in hemimetabolous insects (Hexapoda: Acercaria). Scientific Reports 6: 23004. DOI: 10.1038/srep23004 . Reference page. 
• Schädel, M. & Bechly, G. 2016. First Record of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber. Zootaxa 4103(6): 537–549. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.6.4. Reference page. 

2017

• Möstel, C., Schorr, M. & Bechly, G. 2017. A new stem-coenagrionoid genus of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4243(1): 177–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.9 Reference page. 
• Pinkert, S., Bechly, G. & Nel, A. 2017. First record of hawker dragonflies from Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphaeschnidae). Zootaxa 4272(2): 263–275. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.2.7. Reference page. 

2018

• Bechly, G. 2018. First record and a new species of the fossil dragonfly genus Proinogomphus (Odonata: Liassogomphidae) from the Early Jurassic of Bascharage in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Zootaxa 4450(1): 108–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.7 Reference page. 
• Vršanský, P., Bechly, G., Zhang, Q., Jarzembowski, E.A., Mlynský, T., Šmídová, L., Barna, P., Kúdela, M., Aristov, D., Bigalk, S., Krogmann, L., Li, L., Zhang, Q., Zhang, H., Ellenberger, S., Müller, P., Gröhn, C., Xia, F., Ueda, K., Vďačný, P., Valaška, D., Vršanská, L. & Wang, B. 2018. Batesian insect-insect mimicry-related explosive radiation of ancient alienopterid cockroaches. Biologia 73(10): 987–1006. DOI: 10.2478/s11756-018-0117-3 . PDF. Reference page. 

2019

• Bechly, G. & Rasmussen, J.A. 2019. A new genus of hawker dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Zootaxa 4550(1): 123–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.6 Reference page. 
• Vršanský, P., Sendi, H., Aristov, D., Bechly, G., Müller, P., Ellenberger, S., Azar, D., Ueda, K., Barna, P. & Garcia, T. 2019. Ancient roaches further exemplify ‘no land return’ in aquatic insects. Gondwana Research 68: 22–33. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2018.10.020 . PDF. Reference page.