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Walter Linsenmaier - A personal memory

Chrysis.net site is dedicated to the memory of Walter Linsenmaier.

I use this site, between public and private, in order to remember the figure of Walter Linsenmaier, expert of Chrysididae, enthusiast of nature, of its shapes and of its colors, and Master.

I met Dr. h.c. W. Linsenmaier several years ago, when I was very young. I sent a letter to Switzerland, to the small city named Ebikon, writing his name and nothing more. Thanks to the scruple of an unknown postman and thanks to the tenderness my letter probably inspired in him, an occasional but constant correspondence between Dr. W. Linsenmaier and I began. I remember an infinite correctness, an always quiet kindness and a deep and serene certainty. In the name of what I had the opportunity to learn from this correspondence, I called him Master and I dedicated the description of a subspecies to his specialistic works. A small gift to thank him officially.

In recent times, after the publication of the "Die Goldwespen der Schweiz" volume, Dr. Linsenmaier sent to me an autographed copy, with a friendly dedication. And that was the last time I received a mail from him.

In front of his departure, remain his memory, the good purposes and the hope of a serious devotion to a way shown with delicate wisdom dwell. I dedicate therefore my electronic job to the memory of Dr. Walter Linsenmaier, with the hope to be useful to the young entomologists, in the same way as the letters of the Master were for me.

The collection of Dr. W. Linsenmaier (250,000 insects with 60,000 Chrysidids) has been acquired by the Natur-Museum of Luzern and represents one of the most important collections worldwide, with beyond 700 species and subspecies holotypes.

Gian Luca Agnoli

Biography of Walter Linsenmaier

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Linsenmaier

18/08/1917 (Stuttgart) - 31/10/2000 (Ebikon)

Walter Linsenmaier (18 August 1917 – 31 October 2000) was a Swiss artist and entomologist. He was particularly known for his highly detailed illustrations of animals, plants, and insects which were widely published in magazines and books. He was also one of the 20th century's most important experts on the cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) and described over 600 new species and subspecies of the insect. Linsenmaier was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bern in 1982 in recognition of his scientific and artistic achievements and the Ernst Jünger Prize for Entomology from the State of Baden-Württemberg in 1992.
Linsenmaier was born in Stuttgart, Germany, but his family moved to Switzerland when he was only a year old. He initially worked as stuccoist, the same trade as his father. He then earned a teaching degree in drawing and illustration from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and became a professional illustrator specialising in nature illustrations.

He wrote and illustrated several books, the most famous of which, Insects of the World with 1,888 illustrations, was published in 1972. In 1951 Linsenmaier and his father, who was also a talented taxidermist, established the Tierweltpanorama, a private museum with over 800 taxidermied animals from around the world displayed in their natural habitats. Linsenmaier died in Ebikon at the age of 83.

Flora and fauna of the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, CA, USA.
From: “The World of the Insects”, Time LIFE Magazine, : 39(6): 43-55. August 8, 1955.

Papers on Hymenoptera Chrysididae by Walter Linsenmaier

• Linsenmaier W. 1951 Die europäischen Chrysididen (Hymenoptera). Versuch einer naturlichen Ordnung mit Diagnosen Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 24, Heft 1: 1-110.
• Linsenmaier W. 1956 Coleoptera and Hymenoptera from a journey through Asia Minor. I In Bytinski-Salz. Revue de la Faculte de Sciences de l'Universite d'Istanbul, Série B, 21 (4): 211-229.
• Linsenmaier W. 1957 Coleoptera and Hymenoptera from a journey through Asia Minor. II In Bytinski-Salz. Coleoptera and Hymenoptera from a journey through Asia Minor. II. Descriptions of new species and forms. Rev. Fac. Sci. Uni. Istambul, 22: 13-170.
• Linsenmaier W. 1959a Revision der Familie Chrysididae Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 32: 1-232.
• Linsenmaier W. 1959b Revision der Familie Chrysididae. Nachtrag Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 32: 233-240.
• Linsenmaier W. 1968 Revision der Familie Chrysididae. Zweiter Nachtrag Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 41: 1-144.
• Linsenmaier W. 1969 The chrysidid wasp of Palestine (Hym., Chrysididae). A faunistic catalog with description of new species and forms Israel Journal of Entomology, VI: 343-376.
• Linsenmaier W. 1974 Insect of the world Various editions.
• Linsenmaier W. 1982 Neue Chrysididae aus Indo-Australien (Hymenoptera) Entomofauna Band 3, Heft 21: 323-350.
• Linsenmaier W. 1984 Das Subgenus Trichrysis Lichtenstein in Nord und Südamerika (Hym., Chrysididae, Genus Chrysis L.) Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 57: 195-224.
• Linsenmaier W. 1985 Revision des Genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Entomofauna, Band 6, Heft 26/1: 425-487.
• Linsenmaier W. 1987 Revision der Familie Chrysididae. (Hymenoptera). 4. Teil Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 60: 133-158.
• Linsenmaier W. 1993 Neue Chrydisididen von den Kanarischen Inseln. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) Veröff. Übersee-Museum Bremen (Naturwiss.), 12: 721-732.
• Linsenmaier W. 1994a Grundriss der Chrysis ignita-Gruppe von NordAmerika. (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Entomofauna, Band 15, Heft 42: 481-500.
• Linsenmaier W. 1994b Beiträge zu Cleptes Latreille,1802. (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Entomofauna, Band 15, Heft 45: 513-20.
• Linsenmaier W. 1994c The Chrysididae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula Fauna of Saudi Arabia, vol.14: 145-206.
• Linsenmaier W. 1997a Altes und Neues von den Chrysididen. (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Entomofauna, Band 18, Heft 19: 245-300.
• Linsenmaier W. 1997b Die Goldwespen der Schweiz Veroffentlichungen aus dem Natur-Museum Luzer, n° 9, 140 pp.
• Linsenmaier W. 1999 Die Goldwespen Nordafrikas (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Entomofauna, Supplement n° 10 : 210 pp.

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The beginning of my interest on Chrysidids dates back to one day in August 1989, when I was in Aosta Valley with my father, Vittorio Rosa. That day we started our adventure with the cuckoo wasps. Our first mentor was Maurizio Pavesi, who introduced us into the world of this beautiful waps family, suggesting the main literature and identifying our first collected specimens.

 

In 1999 I had the honour of meeting Walter Linsenmaier and his family shortly before he died and I started my friendship and collaboration with other European colleagues, such as Oliver Niehuis, Villu Soon and Christian Schmid-Egger. After receiving the invitation to write the volume on Chrysidids for the "Fauna d'Italia" series in 2009, I began a journey to discover the old types and collections deposted in Italian and European museums and I am still working on this project, finding unexpected taxonomic and nomenclatorial problems.

 

 

In the nineties we collected Chrysidids around Italy together with other Italian experts:

Gian Luca Agnoli, Maurizio Pavesi, Franco Strumia, Antonio Busetto, Luca Fancello, Guido Pagliano, Gianpaolo Abbo, Luciano Galbiati and many other friends. Unfortunately, Vittorio died very young, before I discussed my thesis on Chrysidids at the University and before we could publish our results together. My interest in cuckoo wasps made me overcome that moment and thanks to Gian Luca's invitation to be part of www.chrysis.net I continued to study Chrysidids.

 

Since 1999 I have managed a private company by setting up exhibitions in museums, universities and parks, providing entomological material to privates and institutes and writing books or providing editorial support to printing houses. Chrysididae remained a hobby for a long time.

My scientific career changed after 2014, when prof. Xai-fu Xu invited me to China to study Chinese cuckoo wasps. That was the turning point for my studies, and I will always be grateful to Zai-fu for that. Unfortunately, Zaifu also died very young, and the Chinese cuckoo study is currently on standby.

Soon after, the collaboration with new Russian colleagues and friends gave new life to my studies. Special thanks go to Sergey Belokobylskij and Arkady Lelej for their continued support of my studies, to the staff of St. Petersburg and Vladivostok, in particular to Maxim Proshchalykin and Valery Loktionov.

In recent years I have met and collaborated with more than 150 experts, mostly hymenopterists, who have supported my research work and I am grateful to all of them.

 

One last mention for my wife. I couldn't have worked that hard without her and her love.

 

Current employment

• University of Mons, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium

Education and training

• Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Naturali. (marks: 110/110 cum laude). Universita degli Studi di Pavia (1994-2000). MSc equivalent. Title of the thesis: "I Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) della Valle d'Aosta".

Work experience - Entomologist Freelance

26 Feb 2020 – Agreement with Verlag Eugen Ulmer KG, Wollgrasweg 41, 70599 Stuttgart, Deutschland. Ust--IdNr.: DE 147 639 185, Steuernummer: 08 97108 02011

25 Nov 2019 – 15 Dec 2019 ETH Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Weinbergstrasse 56/58, 8092 Zürich (Switzerland). Technical expert (level 8) at Entomological Collections.

3 Nov 2019 – 17 Nov 2019 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg (Russia) Research project. Entomologist.

7 Sept 2019 – 16 Sept 2019 Federal Scientific Centre for East Asian Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of Russian, Vladivostok (Russia). Research visit, lecturer and moderator at the international Symposium.

14 July 2019 – 27 July 2019 Natural History Museum, Vienna (Austria). Supported by SYNTHESYS Project which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 "Capacities" Program: Application AT-TAF-2439.

16 Apr 2018 – 29 Apr 2018 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg (Russia). Research project funded by Russian Foundation of Basic Research project N. 19–04–00027 and N. 15–29–02466. Entomologist.

3 Dec 2017 –16 Dec 2017 Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany. BIOTA project.

26 Mar 2017 – 15 Apr 2017 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg (Russia). Research project funded by Russian State Research Project No. 01201351189. Entomologist.

31 Jan 2016 – 13 Feb 2016 Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France). Supported by SYNTHESYS Project which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 "Capacities" Program: Application FR-TAF-5995 Agreement 312253.

21 Jun 2016 – 7 Dec 2017 Agreement with GEOBOOKS S.r.l., Piazzale della Pianta 5, Corsico (MI) P.IVA: 02542570300. Entomologist.

27 Jul 2015 – 20 Aug 2015 Resercher at South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou (China) Research Grant founded by National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013 CB127600) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770265). Entomologist.

7 Dec 2014 – 20 Dec 2014 Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Hungary). Supported by SYNTHESYS Project which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 "Capacities" Program: Application Grant HU-TAF-4013.

20 Aug 2014 – 31 Aug 2014 Reswrcher at South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou (China) Research Grant founded by National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013 CB127600) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770265). Entomologist.

21 Oct 2014 – 3 Dec 2014 Resercher at South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou (China) Research Grant founded by National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013 CB127600) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30770265). Entomologist.

13 Jul 2014 – 9 Aug 2014 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg (Russia). Research project funded by Russian State Research Project No. 01201351189. Entomologist.

20 Apr 2013 – 31 Jul 2014 Fondazione Bioparco di Roma, Viale del Giardino Zoologico, 20 (Italy), Curator of the Entomological Area “Butterflies & Co.”.

23 Nov 2010 – 1 Mar 2013 Manager of the company: Entomolab Urania di Rosa dr. Paolo & C. (VAT NUMBER: 07218370968).

1 Nov 2010 – 31 Jan 2013 Natur-Museum Luzern (Switzerland) Three agreements dated 1.11.2010, 10.01.2012 and 18.07.2012. Entomologist.

22 Jan 2012 – 21 Apr 2012 Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona (Italy). Curator of the exhibition “Dominatori a sei zampe”. Organizator and moderator of three conferences held at the Museum.

30 Jan 2012 – 10 Feb 2012 Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (Sweden).

2010, 2011, 2013. (a) LIFE project – Der Bisamberg und die Alten Schanzen Vielfalt am Rande der Grosstadt Wien (Austria) (Rosa & Zettel 2011, 2013). (b) Catalogue of the Ethiopian Chrysididae (Madl & Rosa 2012).

12 Apr 1999 – 31 Dec 2010 Individual company “Urania ripheus di Paolo Rosa” VAT NUMBER: 012781470153 (Ricerca e sviluppo nelle Scienze Naturali e Ingegneria) (codice 7310G).

23 Oct 2009 – 31 Jan 2010 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Italy) Curator of the exhibition “Da sei a centozampe, l’evoluzione in cammino” (Festival della Scienza).

1 Sept 2009. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza (Italy). Entomologist.

2006-2007. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Italy). Entomologist.

2003-2005. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, St.-Pierre, Aosta (Italy). Agreement date 14 Jul 2003 validity for 3 years. Entomologist.

14 Dec 2004 – 14 Feb 2005 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Italy). Agreement n° 5434. Entomologist.

11 Sept 2003 – 31 Dec 2003 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Italy). Agreement n° 442. Entomologist.

23 Apr 2003 Consorzio Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, Pontevecchio di Magenta (MI) (determina n.132). Entomologist.

28 Jan 2003 – 28 Jan 2005 Alberto Peruzzo Editore, Viale Marelli 165, 20099 Sesto S. Giovanni (MI), P.IVA: 10803290153. Entomologist.

2002. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (St.- Pierre, Aosta, Italy). Educational grant n°38366. Entomologist.

7 Dec 2002. Winner of the Award for the best thesis in Natural History of the Regione Valle d'Aosta proclaimed by the Museo di Scienze Naturali di St. Pierre (Aosta).

3 May 2001 – 6 Apr 2002 Consorzio Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, Pontevecchio di Magenta (MI) (Agreement n.115). Entomologist.

4 Dec 2001. Winner of the XXI Binaghi Award, annual award for the young Italian entomologist of the year, proclaimed by the Italian Entomological Society.

23 May 2001. Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy). Entomologist.

4 Oct 1999 – 9 Jun 2000 RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA. Two agreements as expert technician (matricola n° 116171, contract numbers 3957, 5860).

 

Publications by Paolo Rosa

Impact points: 44.323

Citations: 853 (including self-citations)

Authored taxa: 120

Orcid Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-5297

Scopus Author Id: 55965351100

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paolo-Rosa-4

1. Rosa P., Baiocchi D., Halada M. & Proshchalykin M. Yu. (2021) A new species and new records of cuckoo wasps from Pakistan and India (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). In: Proshchalykin M, Gokhman V (Eds) Hymenoptera studies through space and time: A collection of papers dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Arkady S. Lelej. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 84: 283-294. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.65439
2. Soon V., Castillo-Cajas R.F., Paukkunen J., Johanson N., Ødegaard F., Rosa P., Schmitt T., Niehuis O. (2021) Cuticular hydrocarbon profile comparison of a cuckoo wasp and its hosts revealed evidence for an undescribed cryptic species (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Vespidae). Insect Systematic and Diversity, 5 (1): 1–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab002
3. Rosa P., Aswathi, P.G. & Bijoy C. (2021) An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zootaxa, 4929 (1): 1–100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4929.1.1
4. Rosa P. & Greeff M. (2021) The types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited at the Institute of Entomology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zootaxa, 4908 (2): 181–204. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.2
5. Pauli T., Meusemann K., Kukowka S., Sann M., Donath A., Mayer C., Oeyen J.P., Ballesteros Y., Berg A., van den Berghe E., Escalona H.E., Guglielmino A., Niehuis M., Olmi M., Podsiadlowski L., Polidori C., de Rond J., Rosa P., Schmitt T., Strumia F., Wurdack M., Liu S-l, Zhou X., Misof B^., Peters R.S., Niehuis O. (2021) Analysis of RNA-seq, DNA target enrichment, and Sanger nucleotide sequence data resolves deep splits in the phylogeny of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Insect Systematics and Diversity, 5(1): 1–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab002
6. Rosa P., Proshchalykin M.Yu., Halada M., Aibek U. (2020) First checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of new species. ZooKeys, 999: 49–107.
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7. Rosa P. & Pavesi M. (2020) The case of Holopyga gogorzae Trautmann, 1926 and revision of the miranda group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Natural History Sciences, Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano, 7 (2): 39–56. doi: https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2020.474
8. Rosa P., Heim H. & Bernasconi M. (2020) The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection, Luzern. Part 1. Cleptes Zootaxa, 4881 (1): 54–72. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.3
9. Wiesbauer H., Rosa P. & Zettel H. (2020) Die Goldwespen der Mitteleuropa. Biologie, Lebensräume, Artenporträts. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 248 pp. ISBN 978-3-8186-1149-1
10. Mainieri Galileo M.H., Rosa P. & Santos-Silva A. (2020) Two replacement names for South American Cerambycinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Zootaxa, 4834 (2): 298–300. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4834.2.10

11. Rosa P. (2020) New records of Chrysididae from Iran (Hymenoptera). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 52 (1): 461–474.
12. Rosa P., Gadallah N.S. & Brothers D.J. (2020) Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Chrysidoidea, Chrysididae. Zootaxa, 4754 (1), 92–101. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.10
13. Rosa P., Madl M., Zettel H. & Zimmermann D. (2020) An illustrated and annotated catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) types deposited at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B: 17–140.
14. Rosa P., Thai P.H. & Mita T. (2020) Rediscovery of Lustrina Kurian (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), with redescription of assamensis Kurian. Zootaxa, 4718 (2): 285–291. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4718.2.10
15. Mita T. & Rosa P. (2019) Redescription of Chrysidea pumiloides Zimmermann, 1956, and description of three new species of Chrysidea from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 564: 1–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.564
16. Rosa P. (2019f) Cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) of Central Asia. IV Euroasian Symposium on Hymenoptera (Vladivostok, 9–15 September 2019): abstracts. Vladivostok: FSC Biodiversity FEB RAS, 2019: 32–33.
17. Farhad A., Rosa P., Fathipour Y., Hajiqanbar H., Talebi A.A. (2019) Two new species of Chrysis Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from Iran. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 22: 1005–1012. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2019.08.011
18. Rosa P. (2019e) A new remarkable species in the Chrysis ignita group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) and an overview on Central Asian species, with new synonymies. Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 51 (1): 397–417.
19. Rosa P. (2019d) Cleptes pallipes androgyna du Buysson, 1896 is a gynandromorph of Cleptes semiauratus (Linnaeus, 1761) (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 51 (1): 391–396.
20. Rosa P. (2019c) Two new species of Hedychrum Latreille (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from India and Nepal, with review of the genus distribution in Asia. Far Eastern Entomologist, 385: 1–11. doi: http://dx.doi.org/25221/fee.385.1
21. Rosa P., Lelej A.S., Belokobylskij S.A., Vinokurov N.B. & Zaytseva L.A. (2019) Illustrated and annotated check-list of the Russian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, supplement 23: 1–360.
22. Rosa P. & Agnoli G.L. (2019) Two new remarkable Hedychridium Abeille from Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(1): 42–50. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2019.28.1.42
23. Rosa P. (2019b) New species of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) from Central Asia, Russia and Iran. Part 2. Far Eastern Entomologist, 377: 1–25.
24. Rosa P. (2019a) Two new species of Hedychrum Latreille from Middle East and Pakistan (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zoology in the Middle East, 65 (1): 1–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2019.1571742
25. Rosa P. (2018g) On the status of the cuckoo wasp genus Allochrysis, with descriptions of the Chrysis ear and slava species groups (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 27(2): 268–286. doi: https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2018.27.2.268
26. Rosa P. (2018f) New synonyms of specific and generic names in the family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). Zoosystematica Rossica, 27(2): 261–267. doi: https://doi.org/31610/zsr/2018.27.2.261
27. Rosa P. & Ratzlaff C. (2018) First record of Chrysellampus sculpticollis (Abeille de Perrin, 1878) in Germany (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Ampulex, 10: 17–19.
28. Rosa P. (2018e) New species of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) from Central Asia, Russia and Iran. Part 1. Far Eastern Entomologist, 371: 1–27. doi: https://doi.org/25221/fee.377.1
29. Pauli T., Castillo-Cajas R.F., Rosa P., Kukowka S., Berg A., van den Berghe E., Fornoff F., Hopfenmüller S., Niehuis M., Peters R.S., Staab M., Strumia F., Tischendorf S., Schmitt F., Niehuis O. (2018) Phylogenetic analysis of cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae) reveals the partially artificial nature of the current classification at the genus level in this family of Hymenoptera. Systematic Entomology, 44 (2): 322–335. doi: https://doi.org/1111/syen.12323
30. Rosa P., Zettel H. & Wiesbauer H. (2018) Die Hautflüglerfauna (Hymenoptera) des Lainzer Tiergartens in Wien: 3. Goldwespen (Chrysididae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 50 (1): 881–896.
31. Rosa P. & Zettel H. (2018) First record of gynandromorphism in the subfamily Chrysidinae (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 50 (1): 801–808.
32. Rosa P. (2018d) Review of Odontochrydium Brauns (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with description of two species from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Zootaxa, 4450 (4): 445–457. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.3
33. Rosa P. (2018c) A new Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878 from Kazakhstan (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 27(1): 177–183.
34. Rosa P. (2018b) Chrysis serena Radoszkowski, 1891 synonym of Chrysis zonata Dahlbom, 1854. Zoosystematica Rossica, 27 (1): 169–176.
35. Rosa P. (2018a) New records of cuckoo-wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from Russia, with taxonomic notes. Far Eastern Entomologist, 360: 1–14.
36. Farhad A., Rosa P. & Talebi A.A. (2018) Additions to the fauna of Iranian Elampini (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Chrysidinae), with key to species and taxonomic notes. Journal of Crop Protection, 7 (2): 191–206.
37. Rosa P. (2017a) First record of Cleptes Latreille from Mongolia, with male description of Cleptes dauriensis Móczár (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 26 (2): 287–293.
38. Rosa P. (2017b) Review of the Palaearctic species of the genus Colpopyga (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) with description of a new species. Zoosystematica Rossica, 26 (2): 294–306.
39. Rosa P., Lelej A.S., Belokobylskij S.A., Loktionov V.M. & Zaytseva L.A. (2017) Family Chrysididae. In: Lelej A.S., Proshchalykin M.Yu. & Loktionov V.M. (Eds.), Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume 1. Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata. Russkaya kollektsia SPb: St Petersburg, pp. 126–144 (Proceedings of the Zoological Institue RAS, Supplement 6)
40. Rosa P., Proshchalykin M. Yu., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. & Mokrousov M. (2017) New records of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) from Russia with description of five new species. Far Eastern Entomologist, 345: 1–33.
41. Rosa P., Lelej A.S. & Pavesi M. (2017) A new synonymy of Hedychridium rossicum Gussakovskij, 1948 = valesiense Linsenmaier, 1959, syn. n. (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Far Eastern Entomologist, 344: 7–9.
42. Rosa P., Proshchalykin M. Yu., Lelej A.S. & Loktionov V.M. (2017) Contribution to the Siberian Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). Part 2. Far Eastern Entomologist, 342: 1–42.
43. Rosa P., Proshchalykin M. Yu., Lelej A.S. & Loktionov V.M. (2017) Contribution to the Siberian Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). Part 1. Far Eastern Entomologist, 341: 1–44.
44. Bank S., Sann M., Mayer C., Meusemann K., Donath A., Podsiadlowski L., Kozlov A., Petersen M., Krogmann L., Meier R., Rosa P., Schmitt T., Wurdack M., Liu S., Zhou X., Misof B., Peters R.S., Niehuis O. (2017). Transcriptome and target DNA enrichment sequence data provide new insights into the phylogeny of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata: Vespidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 116:213-226. doi: https://doi.org/1016/j.ympev.2017.08.020.
45. Rosa P., Belokobylskij S.A. & Zaytseva L.A. (2017) The Chrysididae types described by Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, Supplement 5, 266 pp.
46. Corcos D., Inclán J., Cerretti P., Mei M., Di Giovanni F., Birtele D., Rosa P., De Biase A., Audisio P. & Marini L. (2017) Environmental heterogeneity effect on insect natural enemies varies across spatial scales and seasons: a multi-taxa approach. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 10 (6): 462 – 471. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12249

47. Rosa P., Pavesi M., Soon V. & Niehuis O. (2017) Pseudochrysis Semenov, 1891 is the valid genus name for a group of cuckoo wasps frequently referred to as Pseudospinolia Linsemaier, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 64 (1): 69–75. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.64.13005
48. Rosa P., Wei N-s. & Xu Z-f. (2017) One new species and three new records of Chrysis Linnaeus from China (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zookeys, 669: 65–88. doi: http://doi.10.3897/zookeys.669.12398
49. Rosa P., Vas Z. & Xu Z-f. (2017) The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Zootaxa, 4252 (1): 1–130.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4252.1.1
50. Rosa P., Zilioli M. & Jacobs M. (2017) Notes on endemic alpine chrysidids, with key to Alpine Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 and remarks on two rarely collected species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Natural History Sciences, 4 (1): 9–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2017.325
51. Wei N-s., Rosa P. & Xu Z-f. (2017 [2016]) A taxonomic study of the Chinese Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of Environmental Entomology, 38 (1): 205–209. doi: https://doi.10.3969/j.issn.1674-0858.2016.01.27

52. Rosa P., Wei N-s. & Xu Z-f. (2016) The inaequalis species-group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Chrysis) in China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4193 (2): 373–380. doi: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.11
53. Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. & Rosa P. (2016) The types of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera), described by Eduard Eversmann in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist, 319: 1–14.
54. Rosa P., Wei N-s. & Xu Z-f. (2016) Istiochrysis nov., a new chrysidid genus from Oriental China (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Chrysidini). Zootaxa, 4111 (5): 591–597. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4111.5.5
55. Rosa P., & Pagliano G. (2016 [2015]) Hymenoptera (Insecta) raccolti nel Parco del Ticino e nei suoi dintorni (Piemonte e Lombardia). Bollettino del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali di Torino, 32 (1-2): 55–124.
56. Rosa P., Wei N-s., Feng J., Xu Z-f. (2016) Revision of the genus Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 from China, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 63(1): 109–136. doi: https://doi.org/3897/dez.63.7347
57. Rosa P., Wei N-s., Notton D. & Xu Z-f. (2016) Revision of the Oriental genus Holophris Mocsáry, 1890 and description of the genus Leptopareia Rosa & Xu, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zootaxa, 4083 (2): 201–220. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4083.2.2
58. Farhad A., Talebi A.A., Rosa P., Fathipour Y. & Hajiqanbar H. (2016) Contribution to the knowledge of the Chrysididae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) in the south of Iran, with nine new records. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 40: 1–13. doi: https://dx.doi.org/3906/zoo-1502-6
59. Rosa P., Piccini S., Antonozzi C. & Tedeschi F. (2016-2017) Bugs World. Geobooks S.r.l., CPZ Costa di Mezzate (BG). ISSN 2531-3533. 70 issues (1120 pp. + 280 data sheets).
60. Rosa P., Piccini S., Antonozzi C. & Matteuzzi F. (2016-2017) Butterflies World. Geobooks S.r.l., CPZ Costa di Mezzate (BG). ISSN 2531-3568. 48 issues (1120 pp. + 192 data sheets).
61. Paukkunen J., Berg A., Soon V., Ødegaard F., Rosa P. (2015) An illustrated key to the cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of the Nordic and Baltic countries, with description of a new species. ZooKeys, 548: 1–116. doi: https://dx.doi.org/3897/zookeys.548.6164
62. Rosa P., Livory A. & Baldock D. (2015) Chrysis monticola Linsenmaier, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), a new species for the European fauna. Natural History Sciences. Atti della Società italiana di Scienze naturali e del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Milano, 2 (2): 89–94. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2015.235
63. Rosa P. & Xu Z-f. (2015) Contribution to the genus Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913 from China, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Zootaxa, 4040 (4): 465–468. doi:  https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4040.4.6
64. Rosa P., Wei N-s., Notton D. & Xu Z-f. (2015) The genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 from China, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zootaxa, 4040 (4): 433–444.
    doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4040.4.3
65. Rosa P., Forshage M., Paukkunen J. & V. Soon (2015) Cleptes pallipes Lepeletier synonym of Cleptes semiauratus (Linnaeus) and description of Cleptes striatipleuris nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Cleptinae). Zootaxa, 4039 (4): 543–552. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.4
66. Rosa P., Wei N-s. & Xu Z-f. (2015) Revalidation of genus Chrysellampus Semenov, 1932, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zootaxa, 4034 (1): 148–160. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4034.1.7
67. Rosa P., Wei, N-s. & Xu, Z-f. (2015) Contribution to the genus Omalus Panzer, 1801 of China, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Zootaxa, 4013 (1): 67–76. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.4
68. Rosa P., Antropov A. & Xu Z-f. (2015) A catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) types deposited in the Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Russia. Zootaxa, 3990 (1): 1–31.
    doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.1
69. Rosa P., Bernasconi M.V. & Wyniger D. (2015) The Linsenmaier Chrysididae collection housed in the Natur-Museum Luzern (Switzerland) and the main results of the related GBIF Hymenoptera Project (Insecta). Zootaxa, 3986 (5): 501–548. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3986.5.1
70. Wei N-s., Rosa P. & Xu Z-f. (2015) A taxonomic study of the Chinese Stilbum Spinola, 1806 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Journal of Environmental Entomology, 37 (3): 670–676.
71. Rosa P. & Vårdal H. (2015) An annotated catalogue of the types of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, with brief historical notes. ZooKeys, 495: 79–132.
    doi: https://doi.org/3897/zookeys.495.9356.
72. Mitroiu M., Noyes J., Cetkovic A., Nonveiller G., Radchenko A., Polaszek A., Ronquist F., Forshage M., Pagliano G., Gusenleitner J., Bartalucci M., Olmi M., Fusu L., Madl M., Johnson N., Jansta P., Wahis R., Soon V., Rosa P., Osten T., Barbier Y., de Jong Y. (2015) Fauna Europaea: Hymenoptera – Apocrita (excl. Ichneumonoidea). Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4186; 27pp. doi: https://doi.org/3897/BDJ.3.e4186
73. Rosa P., Wiśniowski B. & Xu Z-f. (2015) Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Radoszkowski in the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. ZooKeys, 486: 1– 100. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.486.8753
74. Rosa P. & Xu X-f. (2015) Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857), Turin. ZooKeys, 471: 1–96.
    doi: https://doi.org/3897/zookeys.471.6558
75. Farhad A., Rosa P., Talebi A.A., Ameri A. (2015) The genus Chrysis (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) in Hormozgan province of Iran, with four new records for Iranian fauna. Entomofauna, 36 (2): 33–48.
76. Rosa P., Wei N-s. & Xu Z-f. (2014) An annotated checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from China. ZooKeys, 455: 1–128. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.455.6557
77. Paukkunen J., Rosa P., Soon V., Johansson N. & Ødegaard F. (2014) Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zootaxa, 3864 (1): 1–67.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3864.1.1
78. Wei N-s., Rosa P. Liu J-x. & Xu Z-f. (2014) The genus Omalus Panzer, 1801 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from China, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys, 407: 29–54. doi: https://doi.org/3897/zookeys.407.7531
79. Wei N-s., Rosa P. & Xu Z-f. (2014) Contributions to the knowledge of the Chinese Primeuchroeus Linsenmaier, 1968 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), with a key to species. ZooKeys, 373: 43–56.
    doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.737.6556
80. Farhad A., Talebi A. A., Fathipour Y., Hajiqanbar H. R., Rosa P. and Ameri A. (2014) First record of Spintharina dubai Bohart, 1987 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) from Iran. 21th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 23–26 August, Urmia University, Urmia, 2014: 420. (https://ippc.ut.ac.ir/paper?manu=14001)
81. Pavesi M. & Rosa P. (2013) La collezione di Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, Botanica Zoologia, 37: 47–66.
82. Wei N-s., Rosa P. & Xu Z-f. (2013) Revision of the Chinese Cleptes (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with description of new species. Zookeys, 362: 55–96. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.362.6175
83. Rosa P. & Lotfalizadeh H. (2013) A new species-group of Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with description of baiocchii sp. nov. from Iran. Zootaxa, 3737 (1): 24–32. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.2
84. Rosa P., Lotfalizadeh H. & Pourrafei L. (2013) First checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) of Iran. Zootaxa, 3700 (1): 1–47. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3700.1.1
85. Rosa P. & Zettel H. (2013) Chrysididae. In: Der Bisamberg und die Alten Schanzen Vielfalt am Rande der Großstadt Wien. (2. überarbeitete Auflage) Buch. Wiesbauer, H. Zettel, M.A. Fischer & R. Maier (Ed.), Gugler Druck, St. Pölten, pp.: 195–200. ISBN 3-901542-34-5.
86. Faragò S., Volpe A. & Rosa P. (2013) I multilayer nelle cuticole iridescenti degli Hymenoptera, Chrysididae. La Seta, Milano, 4: 12–16.
87. Torabipour Sh., Ebrahimi E., Lotfalizadeh H. & Rosa P. (2013): New records of two species of the genus Pentachrysis Lichtenstein (Hym.: Chrysididae) in Iran. Applied Entomology and Phytopathology, 81(1): 85–
88. Torabipour Sh., Ebrahimi E., Lotfalizadeh H. & Rosa P. (2013 [''2012'']): Faunstic study of tribe Elampini (Hym.: Chrysididae) in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum (HMIM), Iran. Journal of Field Crop Entomology, 2 (1): 1–
89. Rosa P. & Soon V. (2012) Hymenoptera: Chrysididae. Fauna Europaea version 2.5. Available from: http://www.faunaeur.org
90. Madl M. & Rosa P. (2012) A Catalogue of the Chrysididae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Linzer biologische Beiträge, 44 (1): 5–169.
91. Rosa P. & Zettel H. (2011) Goldwespen (Chrysididae). In: Wiesbauer, H., Zettel, H., Fischer, M.A. & Maier, R. (Eds.), Der Bisamberg und die Alten Schanzen: Vielfalt am Rande der Großstadt Wien. 1. Auflage, Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, Gugler Druck, Pölten, 388 pp. [195–200, 345–346]. ISBN 3-901542-34-5.
92. Faragò S., Volpe A. & Rosa P. (2011) Cuticole iridescenti: parte II. Lo Stilbum cyanurum. La Seta, 63 (3): 23–27.
93. Faragò S., Volpe A. & Rosa P. (2010) Cuticole iridescenti: studio sugli Hymenoptera, Chrysididae. La Seta, 62 (2) (2010): 52–55.
94. Rosa P. (2009) Catalogo dei tipi dei Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria” di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria”, 100: 209–272.
95. Rosa P. (2008) La Natura in 1000 forme e colori. Veri Insetti da collezione. Nuova Edizione con 360 pagine di testo e foto a colori sul mondo degli insetti, Aracnidi e altri Artropodi. Alberto Peruzzo Editore. Collezionabili. ISSN 1971 –1514.
96. Rosa P. (2007) La Natura in 1000 forme e colori. Vere Farfalle da collezione. Alberto Peruzzo Editore. ISSN 1972 –3563.
97. Rosa P. (2006–2007) La Natura in 1000 forme e colori. Veri Insetti da collezione. Alberto Peruzzo Editore. ISSN 1971–1514.
98. Rosa P. (2006c) Gli Imenotteri Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) della Collezione Campadelli. Catalogo sistematico della Collezione Campadelli. III contributo. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, 7 (2004): 87–96.
99. Rosa P. (2006b) I Crisidi della Valle d’Aosta. Monographs of the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Saint-Pierre, vol. 6, 394 pp, 108 maps, 12 drawings, 69 SEM photos, 47 colour photos.
100. Rosa P. (2006a) Insetti & Co. DeAgostini Editore, Novara. ISSN 1828-9509.
101. Rosa P. (2005b) La collezione di Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Natura, Milano, 94 (2): 128 pp.
102. Rosa P. (2005a) I Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) della Romagna. Stato attuale delle conoscenze. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, 6 (2003): 29–40.
103. Rosa P. (2004b) Chrysis schmideggeri sp., a new cuckoo-wasp of the Chrysis rubricata-group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) Atti della Società Italiana di Sienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano, 145 (2): 307–319.
104. Rosa P. (2004a) Alcune osservazioni sulle relazioni tra Vegetazione e Crisidi in Italia (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 11 (52): 79–90.
105. Rosa P. (2003–2004) Le farfalle più belle del Mondo. Alberto Peruzzo Editore, Milano. 304 pp. [volume translated in Spanish and Portuguese].
106. Rosa P. (2003b) Cleptes (Leiocleptes) mareki sp., from China (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Cleptinae). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano. 144 (2): 318–328.
107. Rosa P. (2003a) Nuovi reperti di Crisidi per l’Italia, con note tassonomiche. (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 10 (51): 301–313.
108. Rosa P. (2002d) I Crisidi (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) della Valle d’Aosta. Check-list e note introduttive. Revue Valdôtaine d’Histoire Naturelle, 56: 63–70. doi: http://www.sfv.it/public/uploads/Revue/2002%2056/2002%2056%20059_065%20Rosa.pdf
109. Rosa P. (2002c) Imenotteri Crisidi. In AA.VV.: Atlante della Biodiversità nel Parco del Ticino – Edizione 2002. Vol. II. Monografie. Consorzio Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, pp. 91–131.
110. Rosa P. (2002b) Imenotteri Crisidi. In AA.VV.: Atlante della Biodiversità nel Parco del Ticino – Edizione 2002. Vol. I. Elenchi sistematici. Consorzio Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino, pp. 365–
111. Liotta G., Rosa P., Agrò A., Lambiase S. & Laudani U. (2002a) Valutazione dell’infestazione da insetti xilofagi nella Sagrestia Nuova della Certosa di Pavia. Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere (Memorie Lettere), 42: 73–82.
112. Liotta G., Rosa P., Lambiase S. & Laudani U. (2001) Stato fitosanitario degli arredi lignei. Certosa di Pavia, Sagrestia Nuova. Centro interdipartimentale di studi e ricerche per la conservazione dei beni culturali, Pavia, 1-58.

Awards

 

Winner of the SYNTHESYS grant AT-TAF-2439 at the Naturhistorische Museum (Wien, Austria).

Winner of the SYNTHESYS grant FR-TAF-5995 at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (France).

Winner of the SYNTHESYS grant HU-TAF-4013 at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest (Hungary) (Rosa, Vas & Xu, 2018).

Winner of the best scientific thesis for the Region Valle d'Aosta proclaimed by the Museo di Storia Naturale of Saint-Pierre, Aosta.

Winner of the XXI Binaghi Award, annual award for the young Italian entomologists of the year, proclaimed by the Italian Entomological Society.

 

Selected articles published on newspapers and journals on the scientific activity of Paolo Rosa

Coen L. (2005). Salvate le farfalle regine così fragili. La Repubblica, 19 luglio 2005: 23.

Fagnani M. G. (2003). Parco del Ticino: "casa" di 4932 specie viventi. Corriere della Sera, 16 giugno 2002: 48.

Lovati C. (1999). Paolo Rosa, l'entomologo che ha messo in scatola l'Amazzonia. Corriere della Sera, 28 ottobre 1999: 48. (Mostra: "Il mondo a sei zampe e non solo", Fondazione Metropolitan, Milano).

Montali G. (2013). Dove osano le farfalle. Oggi, 31: 68-72. (Mostra: "Farfalle & Co.", Fondazione Bioparco, Roma).

Piccini S., Antonozzi C. & Tedeschi F. (2016) “Chi è Paul Bugs?” Bugs World. Volume 4. Geobooks S.r.l., CPZ Costa di Mezzate (BG). ISSN 2531-3533. 70 issues (1120 pp. + 280 data sheets).

Roncati M. (2009). Da sei a centozampe: l'evoluzione in cammino. L'hobby della scienza e della tecnica, 16: 3. (Mostra: "Da sei a centozampe, l'evoluzione in cammino", Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova).

Stefani M. (2009). Da 6 a 100 zampe. Airone, 341: 52-53. (Mostra: "Da sei a centozampe, l'evoluzione in cammino", Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova).

Tassi F. (2008). Un gioiello di vespa. Oasis, 175: 109.

 

Reviewer for the following peer-review journals

Acta Entomologica Serbica; Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici; Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik; Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino; Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana; Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift; Insect Conservation and Diversity; Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology; Journal of Hymenoptera Research; Journal of Insect Biodiversity; Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington; Scopolia; Systematic Entomology; Turkish Journal of Zoology; Vestik Zoologii; Zookeys; Zootaxa; Zoology in the Middle East.

 

International Commetees

Fauna Europaea (www.faunaeur.gov).

ORBIT (https://ec.europa.eu/info/index_en)

 

Oral contributions at Congresses and Conferences

Lecturer and moderator at the IV Eurasian Symposium on Hymenoptera (9th – 15th September 2019), titles: “The cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Central Asia” and “Two sides of the same story: private and professional entomology”.

Lecturer at the VI scientific meeting of the Swiss Systematic Society (15th November 2013), title: “Linsenmaier, the Natur-Museum Luzern and the systematics of the Chrysididae”.

Lecturer at the Entomological event “Dominatori a sei zampe” with the presentation “Insetti nel mondo del cinema”. Museo di Storia Naturale di Verona, 26 Mar 2011

 

Field Research Experience

Austria, Bolivia; Brasil; Chile; China; Egypt; France (Mercantour National Park); Greece (mainland, Creete, Peloponnese, Rhodes); Kyrgyzstan; Mexico; Morocco; Peru; Portugal (mainland, Azores Is.); Spain; South Africa; Russia; Tunisia; Ukraine (Kanev Nature Reserve; Karadag Nature Reserve, Crimea). Different working experience abroad (exhibitions, etc.): Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland. Italy: Aosta Valley: Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso; Abruzzo: Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo; Lombardy and Piedmont: Parco del Ticino; Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Puglia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Veneto, Sardinia, Sicily.

 

Authored Taxa: 120

Chrysidea falsa Rosa & Xu, 2015; Chrysidea merina Mita & Rosa, 2019; Chrysidea rioae Mita & Rosa, 2019; Chrysidea vazimba Mita & Rosa, 2019; Chrysis andreyi Rosa, 2017; Chrysis arkadyi Rosa, Halada, Baiocchi, Proshchalykin, 2021; Chrysis aswathiae Rosa, 2013; Chrysis baldocki Rosa, 2021; Chrysis balthasari Rosa, 2019; Chrysis belokobylskiji Rosa, 2019; Chrysis bernasconii Rosa, 2021; Chrysis brunneamarginata Farhad, Rosa & Talebi, 2019; Chrysis chalybaeia Rosa, 2019; Chrysis diadema Rosa, 2018; Chrysis extraordinaria Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2016; Chrysis fastigiata Rosa, 2018; Chrysis fusca Rosa, 2017; Chrysis gamberoonensis Farhad, Rosa & Talebi, 2019; Chrysis gertiana Rosa, 2018; Chrysis gurkoi Rosa, 2019; Chrysis hyalinopyga Rosa, 2019; Chrysis improba Rosa, 2019; Chrysis inconsueta Rosa, 2017; Chrysis kazenasi Rosa, 2018; Chrysis kizilkumiana Rosa, 2015; Chrysis lapislazulina Rosa & Xu, 2017; Chrysis leleji Rosa, 2018; Chrysis lyda Rosa, 2017; Chrysis lyubae Rosa, 2019; Chrysis manuelae Madl & Rosa, 2012; Chrysis milkoi Rosa, 2019; Chrysis mokrousovi Rosa, 2017; Chrysis niehuisi Rosa, 2019; Chrysis nikolaji Rosa, 2017; Chrysis parabrevitarsis Soon, Castillo, Paukkunen, Johanson, Ødegaard , Rosa, Schmitt & Niehuis, 2021; Chrysis priapus Rosa, 2018; Chrysis proauriceps Rosa, 2017; Chrysis pusillima Rosa & Madl, 2012; Chrysis robertsi Rosa, 2021; Chrysis schmideggeri Rosa, 2004; Chrysis sericata Rosa, 2018; Chrysis shestakovi Rosa, 2018; Chrysis sibirica Rosa, 2017; Chrysis sooni Rosa, 2017; Chrysis tarbinskyi Rosa, 2017; Chrysis travancoriana Rosa, 2021; Chrysis uzbekistana Rosa, 2017; Chrysis vinokurovi Rosa, 2017; Chrysis viridisibirica Rosa, 2017; Chrysis vittoriorosai Rosa, 2019; Chrysis vulcanica Rosa, 2015; Chrysis yurii Rosa, 2017; Chrysellampus obtusidentibus Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2015; Chrysellampus proximocellis Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2015; Chrysura baiocchii Rosa, 2013; Cleptes albonotatus Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes eburnecoxis Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes flavolineatus Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes helanshanus Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes mareki Rosa, 2003; Cleptes mongolicus Rosa, Halada & Agnoli, 2020; Cleptes niger Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes shengi Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes sinensis Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes tibetensis Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes transoxianus Rosa, 2018; Cleptes villosus Wei, Rosa & Xu, 2013; Cleptes striatipleuris Rosa, Forsage, Paukkunen & Soon 2015; Colpopyga nesterovi Rosa, 2017; Elampus agnolii Rosa, 2017; Elampus coloratus Rosa, 2017; Elampus gladiator Rosa, 2021; Euchroeus victorius Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium alatum Rosa, 2018; Hedychridium arensi Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium belokobylskiji Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium fadeevi Rosa, 2018; Hedychridium gabriellae Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium karakolense Rosa & Agnoli, 2019; Hedychridium kilimniki Rosa, 2018; Hedychridium leleji Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium loktionovi Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium longigena Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium mocsaryi Rosa, 2021; Hedychridium propodeale Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium proshchalykini Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium sibiricum Rosa, 2017; Hedychridium tarbinskyi Rosa & Agnoli, 2019; Hedychrum crassitarse Rosa, 2019; Hedychrum linsenmaieri Rosa, 2019; Hedychrum migliaccioi Rosa, 2019; Hedychrum zenobia Rosa, 2019; Holophris thailandica Rosa, Wei, Notton & Xu, 2016; Holopyga lucens Rosa, 2018; Istiochrysis ziliolii Rosa, Feng & Xu, 2016; Leptopareia luzonensis Rosa, Wei, Notton & Xu, 2016; Odontochrydium bicristatum Rosa, 2018; Odontochrydium xui Rosa, 2018; Omalus helanshanus Wei, Rosa, Liu & Xu, 2014; Omalus probiaccinctus Wei, Rosa, Liu & Xu, 2014; Omalus pseudoimbecillus Wei, Rosa, Liu & Xu, 2014; Omalus tibetanus Wei, Rosa, Liu & Xu, 2014; Omalus corrugatus Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2015; Omalus hainanensis Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2015; Philoctetes cynthiae Rosa, 2017; Philoctetes longiflagellis Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2015; Philoctetes lyubae Rosa, 2017; Philoctetes pavesii Rosa, 2018; Philoctetes simulator Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2015; Pseudochrysis gengiskhan Rosa, 2017; Pseudomalus agnolii Rosa, 2017; Trichrysis coeruleamaculata Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2016; Spinolia spinosa Rosa & Halada, 2020; Trichrysis tridensnotata Rosa, Wei & Xu, 2016; Trichrysis yuani Rosa, Feng & Xu, 2016.

Genera:

Leptopareia Rosa & Xu, 2016; Istiochrysis Rosa & Xu, 2016; Urimaso Galileo, Rosa & Santos-Silva, 2020; Hosticus Galileo, Rosa & Santos-Silva, 2020

 

Patronimic Taxa:

 

 

 

Chrysis rosai Arens, 2017:

 

 

 

 

Macroocula rosai Pagliano, 2021:

Miscophus paolorosai Schmid-Egger, 2011:

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This page is dedicated to the article "A new subspecies of Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771) from Sardinia" by Gian Luca Agnoli.

Una nuova sottospecie sarda di Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771) (Hymenoptera Chrysididae)

Boll. Soc. ent. ital., Genova, 127 (1): 49-52, 30.6.1995

by Gian Luca Agnoli

 

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reported in the Zoological Record Volume 132 as: Subsp. nov.
occurrence: Parnopes grandior linsenmaieri

 

ABSTRACT: A new subspecies of Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771) from Sardinia (Hymenoptera Chrysididae). Parnopes (s.str.) grandior linsenmaieri n.ssp. from Sardinia (Italia) is described, as a geographical subspecies. Like P. unicolor Grib. the n.ssp. hasn't any metallic coloration on the gaster. Compared to typical form, linsenmaieri n.ssp. has another chromatic-morphologic differences, but not so considerable to establish a new species. Typical Parnopes grandior (Pall.) is not present on the isle, where endemic linsenmaieri n.ssp. takes the place of typical grandior. Bembix geneana Costa seems to be the probable host of linsenmaieri n.ssp.

 

Addendum

The Author plans to elevate the subspecies linsenmaieri to the species rank as a new statement.

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My interests are focused on Chrysidids, Macrophotography and Web design, pursued with my best professional approach thanks to the technical-scientific training that made me experiment study methods and laboratory practices.

From the particular intersection of such experiences an idea arose in my mind: to transform my private notes - written on my personal computer - into public pages for the multifaceted world of the Internet. Thus the embryo of the future Chrysis.net website was originated. The website saw the light at the end of 2000. Since then it has changed really so much, also thanks to the positive feedbacks provided by the first spontaneous visitors who acted as pioneer species in a territory ready to be colonized. Chrysis.net website has kept with time that mix of Science, Photography and Web design and is therefore an intimate expression of my own character and point of view. Chrysis.net is also a kind of fairly detailed trace of my existence.

The beginning of my historical interest in Chrysidids dates back to 1981, in remembrance of that first female of Hedychrum nobile caught by hand after a half hour of jumps and ambushes, and guarded today as a sacred relic. But only in the summer of 1985 I discovered how vast is the world of the small Chrysidids, when I experiencedthat a field of Umbellifers is something close to a paradise. Then the first information and the first fundamental contacts with eminent entomologists, including Guido Pagliano, Walter Linsenmaier, Maurizio Pavesi, Paolo and Vittorio Rosa.

From some time and for many reasons my current interest in Chrysidids is evolving in function of the same Chrysis.net website.

I'm currently employed at CINECA Interuniversity Consortium, with assignments in user experience, usabilty, accessibilty, software user interfaces, image processing and computer forensics.

Among the many projects that solicit my mind - and that are increasingly difficult to achieve beacuse of the lack of time - I would like to carry out further new features for Chrysis.net website and some new entomological articles already at an advanced stage of drafting.

Education and training

• Specialist degree in Geological Science, awarded at the Faculty of Scienze Fisiche Matematiche Naturali of the University of Bologna, with experimental theses: "Concretions of the North Adriatic sea: petrographic-paleoecologic characterization".
• Post-graduate course in Computer Science, awarded at the University of Bologna.

Work experiences

• [currently] consultant at CINECA Interuniversity Consortium, for user experience, usabilty, accessibilty, software user interfaces, image processing and computer forensics.
• Collaboration with the IT company Multimodo (Bologna), for web design and graphics.
• Collaboration with CLUEB publishing house, for analog and digital photography, digital acquisition of manuscripts of the 'Biblioteca Universitaria' of Bologna and the Royal College of Spain in Bologna.
• Project of courses on office automation for corporate employees.
• Theoretical-Experimental School of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Material Science, edited by the Società Italiana di Microscopia Elettronica.
• Experimentation at the Laboratory of Radiodating of Montecuccolino (ENEA, Bologna) for 14C and U-Th dating of fossil samples.
• Participation to the cruise IGM-CNR 'CS96' for oceanographic researched perfomed in the Channel of Sicily aboard the vessel "Urania".
• Experimental theses on petrography, mineralogy and paleoecology with optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, chemical microanalysis, X-Ray diffraction.
• Military service (1994-1995) as tank gunner on the Leopard 1 A1 tank, with training on individual and platoon firearms, protection of people and sensitive targets.

Papers

Curation of the book: Agnoli Mario, Bologna «città aperta». Settembre 1943 - Aprile 1945. Minerva Edizioni, Bologna. 2021. After 46 years, the memories of Mario Agnoli, mayor of Bologna from the 18th September 1943 to the dawn of 21st April 1945, are back in the bookstores. The volume - released in 1975 and quickly out of print - traces the events of a crucial historical period for the Bolognese, collects vintage photographs and reproductions of letters and documents concerning the events and episodes that characterized the Agnoli administration. This second edition, revised and corrected according to the instructions left by the author to the family, is enriched with unpublished documents and represents an important source for scholars and history buffs. [...]

Rosa P. & Agnoli G. L., 2019 - Two new outstanding species of the genus Hedychridium Abeille from Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 2019, 28(1): 42–50.

Agnoli G.L., 2005 - The genus Methocha in Europe: a discussion on taxonomy, distribution and likely origin of its known species and subspecies (Hymenoptera Tiphiidae Methochinae).
Bulletin of Insectology 58 (1): 35-47, 2005 - ISSN 1721-8861. read more

Agnoli G.L., 1995 - Una nuova sottospecie sarda di Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771) (Hymenoptera Chrysididae) [A new subspecies of Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771) from Sardinia]. Boll. Soc. ent. ital., Genova, 127 (1): 49-52, 30.6.1995. read more

Bologna fra storia e fantasia [Bologna between history and fantasy]
Comastri Montanari D., Macchiavelli L. & Bergonzoni F.
Fotographs by G.L. Agnoli, M. Gerussi, V. Manieri, Drawings by F. Bergonzoni
Ed. CLUEB, Bologna, 2001

Web site design

The websites that I signed, working together with many colleagues and friends, are now lost in the history of the Web. That's why I avoid a list, since everything changes quickly.

LIBRit

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