Dr Michael Geiser
Curator, Coleoptera
ORCID: 0000-0002-9278-2358
Department: Life Sciences
Division: LS Insects Division
Group: Insects, Coleoptera
Specialisms: Coleoptera, Prionoceridae, Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Melyridae, Phengodidae, Chrysomelidae, taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, biogeography, faunistics, Indochina, collection management
Email: m.geiser@nhm.ac.uk
- Phone: 207942 5469
Summary
I'm one of the curators of Coleoptera (beetles), specifically looking after the Elateroidea (including "Cantharoidea") and Chrysomelidae collections, occasionally also dealing with other beetle groups. I'm responsible for loan requests and look after visitors for the above beetle taxa. I'm also an active taxonomist working on the former "Malacodermata" (Prionoceridae, Melyridae, Cantharidae and their relatives).
Qualifications
Degrees
- PhD in Environmental Sciences (Biogeography), University of Basel, Switzerland, 2009 - 2014
- MSc in Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland, 2007 - 2009
- BSc in Biology, Major in Organismic Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland, 2004 - 2007
Highlighted publications
- Geiser MF, Hagmann R, Nagel P, Loader SP (2016) A first broad-scale molecular phylogeny of Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) provides insight into taxonomy, biogeography and life history evolution. ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY 74, 3 - 21.
- Mendelson JR, Barclay MVL, Geiser M, Streicher JW (2016) The Taxonomic Status ofBufo intermediusGünther, 1858: Forensic Entomology Confirms What Was Long Suspected from Morphology. Copeia 104, 697 - 701. doi: 10.1643/ch-16-422
- Geiser M, Nagel P (2013) Coleopterology in Laos – an introduction to the nature of the country and its coleopterological exploration. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds). 34, Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel 11 - 46.
- Geiser M (2013) The soldier-beetle subfamily Silinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Laos: An annotated checklist and new faunistic data. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds). 34, Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel : Basel, Switzerland. 255 - 267.
- Geiser M (2010) Studies on Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). II. A revision of the genus Prionocerus Perty, 1831. Zootaxa 2328, 1 - 48.
Highlighted publications
- Geiser MF, Hagmann R, Nagel P, Loader SP (2016) A first broad-scale molecular phylogeny of Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) provides insight into taxonomy, biogeography and life history evolution. ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY 74, 3 - 21.
- Mendelson JR, Barclay MVL, Geiser M, Streicher JW (2016) The Taxonomic Status ofBufo intermediusGünther, 1858: Forensic Entomology Confirms What Was Long Suspected from Morphology. Copeia 104, 697 - 701. doi: 10.1643/ch-16-422
- Geiser M, Nagel P (2013) Coleopterology in Laos – an introduction to the nature of the country and its coleopterological exploration. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds). 34, Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel 11 - 46.
- Geiser M (2013) The soldier-beetle subfamily Silinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Laos: An annotated checklist and new faunistic data. Beetle diversity of Laos. Part I.. Brancucci M, Nagel P, Kolibac J, Geiser M (Eds). 34, Pro Entomologia Foundation & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel : Basel, Switzerland. 255 - 267.
- Geiser M (2010) Studies on Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). II. A revision of the genus Prionocerus Perty, 1831. Zootaxa 2328, 1 - 48.