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		Otto Merkl
		Head of Department of Coleoptera Hungary Natural History Museum, Budapesht
		Taxonomic specialization:	Tenebrionidae, Lagriidae

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ADDRESS:

Baross u. 13 Budapest H-1088 Hungary Телефон: Fax: E-mail: merkl@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu Internet: http://www.coleoptera.org/p202.htm

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:

TOTAL OF PUBLICATIONS: about 100

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Merkl, O. & Ronkay, L. (1983): Zoological collecting trips in Armenia, IV. - Folia ent. hung. 44 (1): 19-23.
• Merkl, O. (1984): Coccinellinae and Epilachninae from North Korea (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). - Folia ent. hung. 45 (2): 143-155.
• Merkl, O. (1986): A review of the Australian species of the subtribe Statirina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 78: 187-199.
• Merkl, O. (1986): Erotylidae, Mycetophagidae, Endomychidae, Arpidiphoridae and Cisidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 1. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 175-178.
• Wendt, H. & Merkl, O. (1986): Bruchidae and Bruchelidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 1. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 187-189.
• Merkl, O. (1987): A review of the Australian species of the subtribe Lagriina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 79: 121-166.
• Merkl, O. (1987): Lagriine beetles of the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Acta zool. hung. 33 (1-2): 113-120.
• Merkl, O. (1987): Taxa dedicated to Dr. Zoltan Kaszab. - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 79: 24-36.
• Merkl, O. (1987): Scydmaenidae, Corylophidae, Sphaeriidae, Ptiliidae, Scaphidiidae, Pselaphidae and Histeridae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 111-119.
• Merkl, O. (1987): Species of some clavicorn families from the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 182-188.
• Merkl, O. (1987): Coccinellidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 196-203.
• Merkl, O. (1987): Cerambycidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 221-226.
• Bellstedt, R. & Merkl, O. (1987): Hydraenidae, Hydrochidae, Spercheidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae and Georissidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 169-174.
• Gruev, B., Tomov, V. & Merkl, O. (1987): Chrysomelidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 227-241.
• Horak, J. & Merkl, O. (1987): Mordellidae and Scraptiidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 204-207.
• Klausnitzer, B. & Merkl, O. (1987): Helodidae, Eucinetidae and Clambidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 180-181.
• Ruecker, H. W. & Merkl, O. (1987): Lathridiidae and Merophysiidae of the Kiskunsag National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park, 2. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 193-195.
• Merkl, O. (1988): Oreogria gen. n. from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Acta zool. hung. 34 (2-3): 247-271.
• Merkl, O. (1988): Novelties of Borchmannia, Falsonemostira and Rouyerus from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: agriini). Ч Ent. Rev. Japan 43 (1): 81-88.
• Merkl, O. (1988): Notes on Lagria azureipennis Macleay, 1866, with description of Lagria gressitti sp. n. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 80: 65-69.
• Merkl, O. (1988): The Scientific Results of Hungarian Soil Zoological Expeditions in New Guinea. Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini. - Folia ent. hung. 49: 123-151.
• Merkl, O. (1988): Novelties of Sivacrypticus Kaszab, 1964 and Enneboeus Waterhouse, 1878 (Coleoptera, Archeocrypticidae). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 80: 71-78.
• Merkl, O. (1989): Melanesian representatives of Toxicum and Cryphaeus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Toxicini). - Acta zool. hung. 35 (3-4): 235-254.
• Merkl, O. (1989): Zoltan Kaszab, a Hungarian pioneer in the zoological research of Mongolia. - FЎldrajzi Muzeumi Tanulmanyok 6: 15-20.
• Merkl, O. & Szel, Gy. (1989): Zoological collectings by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Korea. 91. A report on the collectings of the Twelfth Expedition. - Folia ent. hung. 50: 87-93.
• Merkl, O. (1990): Reassessment of the beetle fauna of Batorliget, NE Hungary (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Batorliget Nature Reserves - after forty years. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 381-498.
• Merkl, O. (1990): Lagriine beetles collected by the post-war Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Acta zool. hung. 36 (1-2): 47-57.
• Merkl, O. (1990): A review of Bothynogria Borchmann (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Acta zool. hung. 36 (3-4): 279-294.
• Merkl, O. (1991): Lagriini of the Nepal-Himalayas (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). - Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A., Nr. 470, 18 pp.
• Merkl, O. (1991): Epitragini from Iran (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Ч Acta zool. hung. 37 (1-2): 59-66.
• Maes, J.-M. & Merkl, O. (1991): Catalogo de los Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera) de Nicaragua. - Rev. Nica. Ent. 17: 19-52.
• Tusnadi, Cs. K. & Merkl, O. (1991): A dracenaszu (Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff; Coleoptera: Scolytidae) elїfordulasa Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana' tЎrzsekben. [The occurrence of Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (Col.: Scolytidae) in Hungary in imported Dracaena fragrans stems.] Ч NЎvenyvedelem 27: 296-302.
• Merkl, O. (1992): Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from Laos and Vietnam, with reclassification of Old World "Doliema". - Acta zool. hung. 38 (3-4): 261-280.
• Merkl, O. & Tusnadi, Cs. K. (1992): First introduction of Xyleborus affinis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a pest of Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana', to Hungary. - Folia ent. hung. 52 [1991]: 67-72.
• Gruev, B. & Merkl, O. (1992): To the geographic distribution of the Longitarsus pratensis-group (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). - Folia ent. hung. 52 [1991]: 15-20.
• Svэhla, V. & Merkl, O. (1992): Some Oedemeridae (Coleoptera) from North Korea. - Folia ent. hung. 52 [1991]: 97-104.
• Merkl, O. (1992): The species of 22 beetle families (Coleoptera) from the Beda-Karapancsa Landscape Protection Area, South Hungary. - Dunantuli Dolg. Term. tud. Sorozat 6: 103-112.
• Kompantzeva, T. & Merkl, O. (1992): A new Rhipidandrus species from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). - Folia ent. hung. 53: 89-92.
• Merkl, O. (1992): The second species of Oxinthas (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Coniontini). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 84: 89-92.
• Angelini, F., Daffner, H. & Merkl, O. (1993): Leiodidae from the Buekk National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 93-98.
• Besuchet, Cl. & Merkl, O. (1993): Scydmaenidae, Ptiliidae and Pselaphidae (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 99-103.
• Merkl, O. (1993): Eucinetoidea, Dascilloidea, Byrrhoidea, Dermestoidea and Bostrichoidea from the Buekk National Park (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 105-110.
• Lyubarskiy, G. & Merkl, O. (1993): Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 111-115.
• Ruecker, W. H. & Merkl, O. (1993): Latridiidae (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 117-120.
• Merkl, O. (1993): Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 121-127.
• Merkl, O. (1993): Tenebrionoidea of the Buekk National Park I: Mycetophagidae, Cisidae, Colydiidae (Coleoptera). - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 129-132.
• Borowiec, L. & Merkl, O. (1993): Bruchidae (Coleoptera) of the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, I. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 153-155.
• Lucht, W. & Merkl, O. (1993): Diversicornia II. - Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, Throscidae. - In: Fauna Hungariae, VIII, 3. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 34 pp.
• Merkl, O. (1993): Diversicornia VI. - Clavicornia I. - In: Fauna Hungariae, VIII, 8. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 27 pp.
• Slipinski, S. A. & Merkl, O. (1993): Diversicornia VI. - Clavicornia VIII. - In: Fauna Hungariae, VIII, 8. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 75 pp.
• Gruev, B., Merkl, O. & K. Vig (1993): Geographical distribution of Alticinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Romania. - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 85: 75-132.
• Merkl, O. (1993): Zoological collectings by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Africa; a report on the Elgon Expedition, 1992. - Miscnea zool. hung. 8: 51-64.
• Ayal, Y. & Merkl, O. (1994): Spatial and temporal distribution of tenebrionid species (Coleoptera) in the Negev Highlands, Israel. - J. Arid Env. 27: 347-361.
• Halperin, J., Merkl, O. & Kehat, M. (1995): An annotated list of the Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of Israel and adjacent areas. - Phytoparasitica 23 (2): 127-137.
• Merkl, O. (1996): Histeridae and Scaphidiidae (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 259-262.
• Kodada, J. & Merkl, O. (1996): Dryopoidea (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 281-283.
• Merkl, O. (1996): The species of 14 clavicorn families (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 285-291.
• Audisio, P. & Merkl, O. (1996): Kateretidae and Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 293-298.
• Merkl, O., Hegyessy, G. & Kovacs, T. (1996): Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 309-326.
• Tomov, V., Gruev, B., Vig, K. & Merkl, O. (1996): Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of the Buekk National Park. - In: Mahunka, S. (ed.): The Fauna of the Buekk National Park, II. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 327-349.
• Merkl, O. (1996): The species of 27 beetle families (Coleoptera) from -rseg (Western Hungary). - In: Vig, K. (ed.): Natural History of -rseg Landscape Conservation Area II. Savaria Muzeum, Szombathely, pp. 103-139.
• Merkl, O. & Kompantzeva, T. K. (1996): Old World Rhipidandrus Leconte: synonymies, faunistics, identification key and description of two new species from Australia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). - Acta zool. hung. 42 (2): 89-109.
• Merkl, O. & Kovacs, T. (1997): Nemzeti Biodiverzitas-monitorozo rendszer VI. Bogarak. [National Biodiversity Monitoring System VI. Beetles.] - Magyar Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum, Budapest, 44 pp.
• Merkl, O. & Chen, B. (1997): A review of Mimoborchmannia Pic (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). - Acta zool. hung. 43 (2): 111-119.
• Triplehorn, C. A. & Merkl, O. (1997): Review of the genus Loxostethus Triplehorn, with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperini). - Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 90 (6): 736-741.

Last updated: September 13, 2001.