Ottó Merkl

Ottó Merkl

Ottó Merkl (August 26, 1957 – February 19, 2021), Hungarian entomologist.

• Zoological Department Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13 Hungary.
• E-mail: merkl@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 23 taxon names authored by Ottó Merkl

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 6 eponyms of Ottó Merkl

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1987

• Merkl, O. 1987. A review of the Australian species of the subtribe Lagriina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici 79: 121–166. Abstract. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1988

• Merkl, O. 1988. Oreogria gen. n. from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 34(2–3): 247–271. [not seen] Reference page. 
• Merkl, O. 1988. Notes on Lagria azureipennis Macleay, 1886, with description of Lagria gressitti sp. n. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici 80: 65–69. Abstract. PDF. Reference page. 
• Merkl, O. 1988. Novelties of Sivacrypticus Kaszab, 1964 and Enneboeus Waterhouse, 1878 (Coleopte­ra: Archeocrypticidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici 80: 71–78. Abstract. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1999

• Puthz, V. & Merkl, O. 1999. Steninae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Aggtelek National Park, pp. 211–212. In: Mahunka, S. (ed.), The fauna of the Aggtelek National Park, I. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. 775 pp. (in 2 vols.). ResearchGate Reference page. 

2005

• Medvedev, G.S. & Merkl, O. 2005. Two new species of Prosodes Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Iran. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51(3): 171–180. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2007

• Bouchard, P., Löbl, I. & Merkl, O. 2007. Nomenclatural notes on tenebrionid beetles of the Palaearctic region (Insecta, Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici 57(3): 385–394. Abstract. PDF. Reference page. 
• Merkl, O. & Masumoto, K. 2007. A review of Taiwanese Paramisolampidius (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5731866 Reference page. 
• Shi, A.-M., Ren, G.-D. & Merkl, O. 2007. Six new species of Gnaptorina Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from the Tibet Plateau. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51(3): 163–170. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2008

• Ando, K., Bouchard, P., Lillig, M., Löbl, I., Masumoto, K., Merkl, O. & Schawaller, W. 2008. Tenebrionidae, pp. 105-352. In I. Löbl & A. Smetana (eds.: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 5. Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 670 pp. Reference page.  

2011

• Iwan, D., Merkl, O. & Ferrer, J. 2011. Catalogue of the World Gonocephalum Solier, 1834 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Opatrini). Part 2. Comments, additions and references. Annales Zoologici 61(2): 259–276. Reference page.  

2012

• Schawaller, W. & Merkl, O. 2012. A new species of Pentaphyllus Dejean, 1821 (Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae) from Cyprus. Annales zoologici 62: 721–724. Reference page.  

2013

• Schawaller, W., Masumoto, K. & Merkl, O. 2013. Lepidocaulinus gen. nov. mirabilis sp. nov. from Thailand (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae). Annales zoologici, 63: 377–380. Reference page.  

2014

• Merkl, O. & Nasserzadeh, H. 2014. Notes on ultrapsammophilous Erodiini from Iran (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae). Annales zoologici 64(4): 605–612. DOI: 10.3161/000345414X685910 Reference page. 

2015

• Merkl, O. & Egorov, P.V. 2015. Somocoelia triplehorni Merkl and Egorov (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), the First Species of Platyscelidini in Iran. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(mo14): 73–77. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.73 Reference page. 

2018

• Chigray, I.A., Nabozhenko, M., Merkl, O. & Kovalev, A.V. 2018. A review of the genus Prosodes Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Iran. Zootaxa 4379(4): 451–483. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.4.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Bai, X.L., Merkl, O & Ren, G.D. 2019. Revision of the Genus Bioramix Bates, 1879 from Nepal (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Platyscelidini). Entomological Review 99(7): 898–905. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873819070030 Reference page. 
• Merkl, O. 2019. Lagriini from Bhutan (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae). Annales Zoologici 69(1): 65–81. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.1.003 Reference page. 
• Merkl, O. 2019. Two New Species of Donaciolagria Pic, 1914 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Myanmar and China. Entomological Review 99(7): 1014–1020. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873819070121 Reference page. 
• Telnov, D., Bukejs, A. & Merkl, O. 2019. Description of a new fossil Statira Lepeletier et Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Baltic amber of the Sambian Peninsula. Zootaxa 4683(4): 508–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.2 Reference page. 

2020

• Iwan, D., Löbl, I., Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Kamiński, M., Merkl, O., Ando, K., & Schawaller, W. (2020) Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802, In: Iwan, D. & Löbl, I. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, 5, Tenebrionidea Revised and Updated Second Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 104–475. Reference page. 

2021

• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Aalbu, R.L., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Merkl, O.(†) & Davies, A.E. 2021. Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). ZooKeys 1050: 1–633. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217 Reference page. 

2023

• Aalbu, R.L., Kanda, K., Merkl, O.(†), Ivie, M.A. & Johnston, M.A. 2023. Reconstitution of some tribes and genera of Lagriinae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). ZooKeys 1172: 155–202. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.103149 Reference page. 

References

• Schawaller, W. 2021. In Memoriam: Dr. Ottó Merkl (1957–2021), Budapest. Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History 4(1): 219–220. DOI: 10.18476/2021.302448 . Reference page.