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Kjell Arne Johanson is affiliated with the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work prominently involves subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Insect Science.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
  • Insect behavior and control techniques

Johanson has published several papers, including:

  • Description of six new species of Oecetis (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) from Vietnam (2020), published in Zootaxa
  • Eighteen new species of Oecetis McLachlan 1877 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) from New Caledonia (2020), published in Zootaxa

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Tin Sjöberg
  • János Oláh
  • Tobias Malm
  • Gilles Vinçon
  • Thai Hong Pham

Johanson's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Opuscula Zoologica
  • European Journal of Taxonomy
  • Zootaxa
  • ZooKeys
  • Aquatic Insects

Best Publications

  • Seven new species of Chimarra (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Malawi

    Emma Wahlberg;Marianne Espeland;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • Dichlorvos exposure impedes extraction and amplification of DNA from insects in museum collections

    Marianne Espeland;Marianne Espeland;Martin Irestedt;Kjell Arne Johanson;Monika Åkerlund

  • A new classification of the long-horned caddisflies (Trichoptera : Leptoceridae) based on molecular data

    Tobias Malm;Tobias Malm;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • New records of Dasyhelea Kieffer, 1911 from Sweden, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

    Jonas Strandberg;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • Generic review of Hydropsychinae, with description of Schmidopsyche , new genus, 3 new genus clusters, 8 new species groups, 4 new species clades, 12 new species clusters and 62 new species from the Oriental and Afrotropical regions (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae)

    J. Olah;K. A. Johanson

  • Testing the monophyly of Calocidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) based on multiple molecular data.

    Kjell Arne Johanson;Tobias Malm;Tobias Malm

  • Phylogeny of the Ecnomidae (Insecta: Trichoptera)

    Kjell Arne Johanson;Marianne Espeland;Marianne Espeland

  • Association and description of males, females and larvae of two New Caledonian Xanthochorema species (Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae) based on mitochondrial 16S and COI sequences

    Kjell Arne Johanson

  • Revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus Gracilipsodes (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae: Grumichellini)

    Tobias Malm;Tobias Malm;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • Generic review of Polycentropodidae with description of 32 new species and 19 new species records from the Oriental, Australian and Afrotropical Biogeographical Regions

    János Oláh;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • Phylogeny of the Polycentropodidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) based on protein-coding genes reveal non-monophyletic genera

    Kjell Arne Johanson;Tobias Malm;Marianne Espeland;Elisabet Weingartner

  • Phylogeny of the Helicophidae (Trichoptera), with emphasis on the New Caledonian species of Helicopha

    Kjell A. Johanson;Marlene Keijsner

  • Molecular phylogeny of Sericostomatoidea (Trichoptera) with the establishment of three new families

    Kjell Arne Johanson;Tobias Malm;Marianne Espeland

  • Testing the monophyly of the New Zealand and Australian endemic family Conoesucidae Ross based on combined molecular and morphological data (Insecta: Trichoptera: Sericostomatoidea)

    Kjell Arne Johanson;Karl Kjer;Tobias Malm

  • Description of 33 new species of Calamoceratidae, Molannidae, Odontoceridae and Philorheithridae (Trichoptera), with detailed presentation of their cephalic setal warts and grooves

    János Oláh;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • The age, ancestral distribution and radiation of Chimarra (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) using molecular methods

    Emma Wahlberg;Emma Wahlberg;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • Systematic revision of American Helicopsyche of the subgenus Feropsyche (Trichoptera, Helicopsychidae)

    Kjell Arne Johanson

  • The historical biogeography of Apsilochorema (Trichoptera, Hydrobiosidae) revised, following molecular studies

    Jonas Strandberg;Kjell Arne Johanson

  • Revision of the Fijian Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) with description of 24 new species

    Kjell Arne Johanson;János Oláh

  • Twenty-one new Polyplectropus species from New Caledonia (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)

    Kjell Arne Johanson;John B. Ward

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