Publications of Elisabeth Stur

Gerecke R, Cantonati M, Spitale D, Stur E & Wiedenbrug S. (2011). The challenges of long-term ecological research in springs in the northern and southern Alps: indicator groups, habitat diversity, and medium-term change. - Journal of Limnology 70 (Suppl. 1): 168-187.

Przhiboro A, Ekrem T & Stur E. (2011). Bionomics and taxonomy of Tanytarsus recurvatus Brundin, 1947. - In: Wang X. & Liu W. (eds.) Contemporary chironomid studies - Proceedings of the XVII International Symposium on Chironomidae (6-9 July 2009, Nankai University, China), pp. 159-183, Nankai University Press.

Stur E & Ekrem T. (2011). Exploring unknown life stages of Arctic Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) with DNA barcoding. - Zootaxa 2743: 27-39.

Stur, E & Spies, M (2011). Description of Chaetocladius longivirgatus sp. n., with a review of C. suecicus (Kieffer) (Diptera: Chironomidae). - Zootaxa 2762: 37-48.

Ekrem T, Stur E & Hebert PDN. (2010). Females do count: Documenting Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity using DNA barcoding. - Org. Divers. Evol. 10: 397-408.

Ekrem T, Willassen E & Stur E. (2010) Phylogenetic utility of five genes for dipteran phylogeny: a test case in the Chironomidae leads to generic synonymies. - Mol. Phyl. Evol. 57: 561-571.

Martin P, Stur E & Wiedenbrug S. (2010) Larval parasitism of spring-dwelling alpine water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari): a study with particular reference to chironomid hosts. - Aquat. Ecol. 44: 431-448.

Ekrem T & Stur E. (2009) A review of the genus Zavrelia (Diptera: Chironomidae). - Eur. J. Entomol. 106: 119-144.

Stur E & Ekrem T. (2008) Description of the Alpine Micropsectra oberaarensis sp. n. with taxonomic comments on the attenuata group (Diptera: Chironomidae). - Entomol. Fenn. 19: 142-150.

Ekrem T, Willassen E & Stur E. (2007) A comprehensive DNA library is essential for identification with DNA barcodes. - Mol. Phyl. Evol. 43: 530-542.

Ekrem T & Stur E. (2007) Description of Tanytarsus hjulorum sp. nov., with notes and DNA-barcodes of some South African Tanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae). - In: Andersen T. (ed.): Contributions to the systematics and ecology of aquatic Diptera. A Festschrift honoring Ole A. Sæther, pp. 87-92, The Caddis Press.

Stur E, Fittkau EJ & Serrano MAS. (2006). Male, female, pupa and larva of Parapentaneura bentogomensis gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae from Brazil (Diptera, Chironomidae). - Zootaxa 1384: 59-68.

Martin P & Stur E. (2006). Parasite-host associations and life cycles of spring-living water mites (Hydrachnidia, Acari) from Luxembourg. - Hydrobiologia 573: 17-37.

Stur E & Ekrem T. 2006. A revision of the West Palaearctic species of the Micropsectra atrofasciata species group (Diptera: Chi ronomidae). - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146: 165-225.

Stur E & Wiedenbrug S (2006) Chironomidae. In Gerecke R & Franz H (eds.) Quellen im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden. Faunistisch-ökologische Untersuchungen und Perspektiven für die langfristige Umweltbeobachtung , pp. 183-193. Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Forschungsbericht 51.

Gerecke R, Schrankel I, Stur E, Wagner R & Wiedenbrug S. (2006) Die Langzeituntersuchungsstellen: Feinverteilung der Fauna und erste Beobachtungen zu Veränderungen in der Zeit. In Gerecke R & Franz H (eds.) Quellen im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden. Faunistisch-ökologische Untersuchungen und Perspektiven für die langfristige Umweltbeobachtung, pp. 221-254. Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Forschungsbericht 51.

Franz H, Gerecke R, Stur E, Wagner R & Wiedenbrug S. (2006) Die Langzeituntersuchungsstellen: Feinverteilung der Fauna und erste Beobachtungen zu Veränderungen in der Zeit. In Gerecke R & Franz H (eds.) Quellen im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden. Faunistisch-ökologische Untersuchungen und Perspektiven für die langfristige Umweltbeobachtung , pp. 255-263. Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Forschungsbericht 51.

Stur E, Martin P & Ekrem T. 2005. Non-biting midges as hosts for water mite larvae in spring habitats in Luxembourg. - Annales de Limnologie 41 (4): 225-236.

Martin P and Stur E. (2005). Are the attachment sites of larval water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) on their dipteran hosts suited for host partitioning? Arch. hydrobiol 164: 89-107.

Stur E and Wiedenbrug S. (2005). Two New Orthoclad Species (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Cold Water Springs of the Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Germany. Aquatic Insects 27: 125-131.

Stur E and Sæther OA. 2004. A New Hairy-winged Pseudorthocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Luxembourg. Aquatic Insects 26, 79-83.

Stur E and Andersen T. 2002. Chironomidae types in the Museum of Zoology, Bergen. Chironomus Newsletter on Chironomidae research 15: 17-28.

Martin P, Wiedenbrug S, Stur E and Schrankel I. 2002. Wassermilben (Hydrachnidia, Acari) als Parasiten an quellbewohnenden Zuckmücken (Chironomidae, Diptera) - erste Befunde aus dem Nationalpark Berchtesgaden. - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL), Tagungsbericht 2001 (Kiel), Tutzing 2002: 691-696.

Stur E and Andersen T. 2000. A new species of Physoneura Ferrington et Sæther, 1995, from Ecuador (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Norw. J. Entomol. 47, 131-136.

Stur E and Ekrem T. 2000. Tanytarsus usambarae spec. nov. from West Usambara Mts., Tanzania, East Africa (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 23, 219-223.

Stur E. 2000. Chironomidengemeinschaften (Diptera, Nematocera) des Rio Bento Gomes, eines intermittierenden neotropischen Tieflandflusses. Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Munich, 177 pp.

Stur E, Nolte U and Fittkau EJ. 2000. Chironomids from a surface-drift habitat in an intermittent stream in tropical Brazil. In: Late 20th century research on Chironomidae: an anthology from the 13th international symposium on Chironomidae (ed Hoffrichter O) pp. 425-433. Shaker Verlag, Aachen.

Stur E and Fittkau EJ. 1997. Diagnostic characters distinguishing the larvae of Ablabesmyia and Paramerina, and first record of Paramerina in Brazil (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae). Spixiana 20, 161-165.

Nolte U, Oliveira MJ and Stur E. 1997. Seasonal, discharge-driven patterns of mayfly assemblages in an intermittent Neotropical stream. Freshwater Biology 37, 333-343.