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Tapani
Hopkins
Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku

Contact

Vesilinnantie 5
20500
Turku

Areas of expertise

Tropical entomology
Ichneumonids

Biography

2021 PhD (Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku)

2013  MSc ecology & evolutionary biography (University of Helsinki)

2010  BSc (hons) botany & zoology (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

2010  BSc theoretical physics (University of Helsinki)

Research

I'm studying the ichneumonid species of the Ugandan rainforest, and how they compare to the Amazonian species. This involves processing a vast insect material I collected in Uganda 2014 - 2015, describing the innumerable new species, describing their ecology.. and eventually comparing to earlier work done in Amazonia.

My long term interest is to not only describe, but also explain, how species are distributed on our planet. Given that half the species in my Ugandan samples have never been seen before, this may take some time.

Publications

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New national and regional biological records for Finland 10. Contributions to Bryophyta and Marchantiophyta 9 (2022)

Memoranda: Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
Pihlaja Kati, Marsh Tarja, Juutinen Riikka, Huttunen Sanna, Ulvinen Tauno, Hopkins Tapani, Kypärä Timo, Parnela Ari, Syrjänen Kimmo,Ervasti Esa, Huhta Ari-Pekka, Vainio Outi, Laaka-Lindberg Sanna, Kestilä Annikki, Maanpää Liisa, Kuitunen Tuomo, Hankonen Esa
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species (2022)

Systematic Entomology
Zamani Alireza, Fric Zdenek Faltýnek, Gante Hugo F., Hopkins Tapani, Orfinger Alexander B., Scherz Mark D., Bartoňová Alena Sucháčková, Pos Davide Dal
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))