Rene Tänzler

TL;DR: It is suggested that phylogenetics and phenetics had a subtle and so far unnoticed effect on taxonomy leading to inflated species descriptions, and fast track taxonomy will not only increase speed, but also sustainability of global species inventories.

TL;DR: Hyperdiverse Trigonopterus are a useful taxon for evaluating forest remnants in Melanesia, allowing finer-grained analyses than would be possible with vertebrates commonly used to date, and should help establish other groups of hyperdiverse fauna as target taxa for community ecology.

TL;DR: A species discovery and description pipeline to accelerate and improve taxonomy is outlined, relying on concise expert descriptions, combined with DNA sequencing, digital imaging, and automated wiki species page creation from the journal.

TL;DR: The biogeographical history of hyperdiverse and flightless Trigonopterus weevils is revealed and different approaches to ancestral area reconstruction suggest a complex east to west range expansion.

TL;DR: It is asserted that the biogeographic picture of Bali has been dominated by the influx of mobile organisms from Java, but different relationships may be discovered when flightless invertebrates are studied, and the importance of in-depth analyses of spatial patterns of biodiversity is highlighted.