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@ARTICLE{Troeger:645934,
author = {Troeger, Daniel and Bock, Bernhard and Hammel, Jörg U. and
Grabe, Veit and Beutel, Rolf G. and Pohl, Hans},
title = {{F}rom cabinets to collectomics: discovering females and
primary larvae of {S}trepsiptera in a historical collection},
journal = {Natural history collections and museomics},
volume = {3},
issn = {3033-0955},
address = {Sofia},
publisher = {Pensoft},
reportid = {PUBDB-2026-00690},
pages = {1 - 31},
year = {2026},
abstract = {Natural history collections house material from centuries
of collecting efforts. In the Phyletisches Museum Jena
(PMJ), ca. 1 Mio specimens are deposited, some of them
dating back as far as the 17th century. Modern imaging
techniques have the potential to gain new insights from this
historical material. However, a large part of the PMJ insect
collection has not been revised by scientists in recent
times. We screened the entire Auchenorrhyncha collection and
found several specimens parasitized by two different species
of the genus Halictophagus (Halictophagidae, Strepsiptera)
that had previously been overlooked. These historical
findings represent the only evidence to date of the
occurrence of these two species in Germany and therefore
suggest, at least historically, a larger distribution area
than was previously known. In addition, hitherto unknown
females and primary larvae were morphologically documented
using state-of-the-art techniques such as
synchrotron-radiation-based X-ray µCT and scanning electron
microscopy. The data generated in this study cover the field
of collectomics and can be seamlessly used as a basis for
the emerging discipline of museomics. In taxonomic and
systematic research and in the context of environmental
change, pinned insects may play an outstanding role in the
near future, as their DNA is not damaged by formalin
fixation and thus can yield remarkable results even after
more than 100 years. Our results underpin the value of
historical material for modern research questions,
especially for species that are difficult to find in
nature.},
cin = {DOOR ; HAS-User / Hereon},
ddc = {900},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)Hereon-20210428},
pnm = {6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) / FS-Proposal: I-20230517
(I-20230517)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 / G:(DE-H253)I-20230517},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P05-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.3897/nhcm.3.173071},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/645934},
}