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Hans Klompen is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. The scope of their work also includes subfields such as Insect Science, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Genetics.

The scientist's scholarly output spans various topics, including the study of mite species, insect-plant interactions and control, vector-borne infectious diseases, bird parasitology and diseases, insect and pesticide research, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and viral infections and vectors.

Hans Klompen has published numerous papers in notable venues. Frequent publication platforms include Zoosymposia, Zootaxa, Systematic and Applied Acarology, PLoS ONE, and PeerJ.

Examples of recent publications by Klompen are:

  • An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification (2021, Systematic Entomology)
  • Integrative Taxonomy of Dermacentor variabilis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) with Description of a New Species, Dermacentor similis n. sp. (2021, Journal of Medical Entomology)
  • Catalogue of the free-living and arthropod-associated Laelapidae Canestrini (Acari: Mesostigmata), with revised generic concepts and a key to genera (2022, Zootaxa)
  • Population genetic structure and demographic history of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae): New evidence supporting old records (2020, Molecular Ecology)
  • Integrating population genetic structure, microbiome, and pathogens presence data in Dermacentor variabilis (2020, PeerJ)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hans Klompen include:

  • Orlando Cómbita-Heredia
  • Paula Lado
  • Shahrooz Kazemi
  • Gilberto J. de Morães
  • Frédéric Beaulieu

Best Publications

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Phylogeny of parasitiform mites (Acari) based on rRNA

    Hans Klompen;Mariam Lekveishvili;William C. Black

  • Phylogeography of Ticks (Acari: Ixodida).

    Lorenza Beati;Hans Klompen

  • First Mesozoic Record of a Parasitiform Mite: a Larval Argasid Tick in Cretaceous Amber (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae)

    Hans Klompen;David A. Grimaldi

  • A new subfamily, Bothriocrotoninae n. subfam., for the genus Bothriocroton Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994 status amend. (Ixodida : Ixodidae), and the synonymy of Aponomma Neumann, 1899 with Amblyomma Koch, 1844

    Hans Klompen;Susan J. Dobson;Stephen C. Barker

  • CRYPTIC HOST SPECIFICITY OF AN AVIAN SKIN MITE (EPIDERMOPTIDAE) VECTORED BY LOUSEFLIES (HIPPOBOSCIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH TWO ENDEMIC GALÁPAGOS BIRD SPECIES

    Noah Kerness Whiteman;Pablo Sánchez;Jane Merkel;Hans Klompen

  • The first Nearctic record of the genus Neocheiridium (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheiridiidae), with description of Neocheiridium gullahorum sp. n.

    Kaarel Sammet;Olavi Kurina;Hans Klompen

  • Molecular phylogeny of telenomine egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s.l.: Telenominae): evolution of host shifts and implications for classification

    Charuwat Taekul;Alejandro A. Valerio;Andrew D. Austin;Hans Klompen

  • Multi-instar descriptions of cave dwelling Erythraeidae (Trombidiformes: Parasitengona) employing an integrative approach.

    Samuel Geremias Dos Santos Costa;Hans Klompen;Leopoldo Ferreira De Oliveira Bernardi;Luciana Cardoso Gonçalves

  • Philippinozercon, a new genus of Heterozerconidae (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata), with description of all active instars.

    Beverly S. Gerdeman;Rufino C. Garcia;Andrew Herczak;Hans Klompen

  • A review of the mite subfamily Harpirhynchinae (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae)—parasites of New World birds (Aves: Neognathae)

    Andre V Bochkov;Barry M OConnor;Hans Klompen

  • Systematic revision of the genera Geckobiella Hirst, 1917 and Hirstiella Berlese, 1920 (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) with description of a new genus for American species parasites on geckos formerly placed in Hirstiella

    Ricardo Paredes-León;Hans Klompen;Tila M. Pérez

  • Morphological support for a clade comprising two vermiform mite lineages: Eriophyoidea (Acariformes) and Nematalycidae (Acariformes)

    Samuel J. Bolton;Philipp E. Chetverikov;Hans Klompen

  • Integrative Taxonomy of Dermacentor variabilis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) with Description of a New Species, Dermacentor similis n. sp.

    Paula Lado;Mael G Glon;Hans Klompen

  • The diversity and host specificity of mites associated with ants: the roles of ecological and life history traits of ant hosts

    K. U. Campbell;H. Klompen;T. O. Crist

  • Redefinition of Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Laelapidae) and description of five new species from Brazil

    Grazielle Furtado Moreira;Hans Klompen;Gilberto Jose De Moraes

  • Phylogeny of infraorder Sejina (Acari: Mesostigmata)

    Mariam Lekveishvili;Hans Klompen

  • Review of the genus Sessiluncus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ologamasidae), description of male and redescription of female of Sessiluncus aegypticus, and notes on some morphological characters of the genus.

    Shahrooz Kazemi;Abdelrady Korashy Nasr;Mahmoud Mohamed Ramadan;Hans Klompen

  • Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Spinturnix (Acari: Spinturnicidae), with the erection of a new genus, Emballonuria

    K. Uchikawa;Meng-Yu. Zhang;O apos;Bm. Connor

  • HOLOTHYRIDS AND TICKS: NEW INSIGHTS FROM LARVAL MORPHOLOGY AND DNA SEQUENCING, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF DIPLOTHYRUS (PARASITIFORMES: NEOTHYRIDAE)

    Hans Klompen

  • Macrodinychus mites as parasitoids of invasive ants: an overlooked parasitic association.

    Jean Paul Lachaud;Hans Klompen;Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud

  • New species of New World Opilioacaridae (Acari: Parasitiformes) with the description of a new genus from the Caribbean region.

    M A Magdalena Vázquez;Hans Klompen

  • The microbiome of Haemaphysalis lemuris (Acari: Ixodidae), a possible vector of pathogens of endangered lemur species in Madagascar

    Paula Lado;Barbara Qurollo;Cathy Williams;Randall Junge

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilberto J. de Moraes
Gilberto J. de Moraes Universidade de São Paulo
David Evans Walter
David Evans Walter University of the Sunshine Coast
Patricia G. Parker
Patricia G. Parker University of Missouri–St. Louis
D. Christopher Rogers
D. Christopher Rogers Northeastern State University
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Adriano B. Kury
Adriano B. Kury Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
David B. Wake
David B. Wake University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Axel Kallies
Axel Kallies University of Melbourne
William A. Shear
William A. Shear American Museum of Natural History

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