Frank‐Thorsten Krell

Florida State Collection of Arthropods — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography(67), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution(39), Species Distribution and Climate Change(27), Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies(24), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy(21)

Publications155 total

The distribution of 28 species of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) in Colorado, with new state records
Insecta mundi·2025Open Access
A review of Sisyphini Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) endemic to Mauritius: insights from subfossil evidence and phylogenetic analysis
2025Open Access
Four New Dung Beetle Species of the Genus Onthophagus Latreille from West Africa (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)
Taxonomy·2025Open Access
Identification crisis: a fauna-wide estimate of biodiversity expertise shows massive decline in a Central European country
Biodiversity and Conservation·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal
BioScience·2024· 28 citedOpen Access
The European Dung Beetle Aphodius (Melinopterus) Prodromus (Brahm) and Related Native Species in the Dakotas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
Entomological News·2024· 2 cited
One elephant may sustain 2 million dung beetles in East African savannas on any given day
Die Naturwissenschaften·2024· 4 cited
The Silent Extinction of Species and Taxonomists—An Appeal to Science Policymakers and Legislators
Diversity·2023· 122 citedOpen Access
Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice
PLoS Biology·2023· 37 citedOpen Access
Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades
Insect Conservation and Diversity·2023· 40 citedOpen Access
Renaming taxa on ethical grounds threatens nomenclatural stability and scientific communication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2023· 55 citedOpen Access
Election of New Iczn Commissioners using an on-Line Platform
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Authorship and date of publication of the name Scarabaeus stercorosus (currently Anoplotrupes stercorosus) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae)
Zootaxa·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa·2021· 55 citedOpen Access
Attenborough's beauty: exceptional pattern preservation in a frog‐legged leaf beetle from the Eocene Green River Formation, Colorado (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Sagrinae)
Papers in Palaeontology·2021· 2 cited
Taxonomy and distribution of <i>Orubesa</i> in the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding areas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
Zoology in the Middle East·2021
Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses? - A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Suppressing works of contemporary authors using the Code's publication requirements is neither easy nor advisable
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Response to O’Connell et al. (2020): There are multiple ways to adapt taxonomy to conservation goals
Biodiversity and Conservation·2020
Comment (Case 3769) – The journal “Procrustomachia” is available for nomenclatural purposes and should not be suppressed (see BZN 75: 220–223 [Case]; BZN 76: 69–70, 71–72 [Comments])
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature·2020· 3 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Richard L. Pyle(4), Shane T. Ahyong(4), Neal L. Evenhuis(4), Patrice Bouchard(3), Thierry Bourgoin(3), Luis M. P. Ceríaco(3), Dmitry A. Dmitriev(3), Mark S. Harvey(3), Jun‐ichi Kojima(3), S. Kullander(3), Sylvia Krell‐Westerwalbesloh(3), K. Eduard Linsenmair(3), Thomas Schmitt(3), Alberto Ballerio(3), Christopher H. C. Lyal(3), Thomas Pape(3), Maxwell V. L. Barclay(2), Csaba Csuzdi(2), Guilherme Siniciato Terra Garbino(2), Norman F. Johnson(2)