. south africa, witsand nature reserve, collecting in red sand dunes

. usa, new jersey, stones and mussel shells shells on beach

. namibia, sand dunes near swakopmund and collecting gear

.. intro.. projects.. data.. papers.. talks.. posters

.. presentations at conferences or symposia

.. 2011

  • Dikow, T. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apioceridae and Mydidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Diptera: Asiloidea). 59th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, Nevada, USA, Nov. 2011.
  • Dikow, T. Molecules and morphology: insights from phylogenetic analyses of insect taxa. 30th Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 2011.

    .. 2010

  • Dikow, T. Phylogeny of Mydidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Diptera: Asiloidea). 58th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, California, USA, Dec. 2010.
  • Dikow, T. Phylogenetic and biodiversity studies on Asiloidea flies (Diptera: Brachycera). Seminar Series, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA, Nov. 2010.
  • Dikow, T. Phylogenetische Studien an Apioceridae, Asilidae und Mydidae (Insecta: Diptera) - morphologische, molekulare und paläontologische Ergebnisse. Zoologisches Kolloquium, Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany, Oct. 2010.
  • Dikow, T. Phylogenetic relationships within Mydidae based on morphology of imagines (Diptera: Asiloidea). Phylogeny and taxonomy within the “orthorrhaphous” Brachycera Symposium, 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San José, Costa Rica, Aug. 2010.
  • Dikow, T. An overview of Afrotropical Mydidae - the most diverse mydid fauna worldwide. Advances in Afrotropical Dipterology Symposium, 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San José, Costa Rica, Aug. 2010.
  • Dikow, T. The Encyclopedia of Life, the Biodiversity Heritage Library, and Systematic Dipterology. 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San José, Costa Rica, Aug. 2010.
  • Dikow, T. LifeDesk: Managing and sharing biodiversity research on the web. 29th Willi Hennig Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA, May 2010 & 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San José, Costa Rica, Aug. 2010.

    .. 2009

  • Dikow, T. The Encyclopedia of Life, the Biodiversity Synthesis Center and Systematic Entomology. 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Dec. 2009.
  • Dikow, T. LifeDesk: Managing and sharing biodiversity data on the web. Entomological Collections Network (ECN) annual meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Dec. 2009.
  • Dikow, T. Encyclopedia of Life & Biodiversity Synthesis Center – accelerating the pace of scientific discovery. Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Bavaria, Germany, Mar. 2009.

    .. 2008

  • Dikow, T. & Grimaldi, D. Robber flies from the Cretaceous and Tertiary (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asilidae) - phylogenetic placement, biogeography, and faunal comparison. 27th Willi Hennig Society Meeting, Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina, Oct. 2008.
  • Dikow, T. The Encyclopedia of Life & the Biodiversity Synthesis Center - accelerating the pace of scientific doscovery. 27th Willi Hennig Society Meeting, Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina, Oct. 2008.
  • Dikow, T. Phylogenetic systematics & megadiverse taxa - insights from morphological & molecular studies of robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae). Watson Armour Seminar Series, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, Sep. 2008.
  • Dikow, T. & Grimaldi, D. Asilidae from the Cretaceous & Tertiary (Diptera: Brachycera) - phylogenetic placement, biogeography, & faunal comparison. 23rd International Congress of Entomology, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Jul. 2008.
  • Dikow, T. & Westneat, M. Synthesis of information in phylogenetics, evolution, biogeography, & megadiverse taxa. 23rd International Congress of Entomology, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Jul. 2008.

    .. 2007

  • Dikow, T. Total evidence phylogeny of robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae). 26th Annual Hennig Society Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA, Jun.–Jul. 2007. (PDF web 808kb)
  • Dikow, T. Phylogeny of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) - total evidence & parsimony. Graduate Student Symposium at Annual Meeting of the Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, Mar. 2007. (PDF web 1.5MB)

    .. 2006

  • Dikow, T. Towards a phylogeny of robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) - evidence from morphology of the imagines. 54th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Dec. 2006. (PDF web 1.1MB)
  • Dikow, T. Phylogeny of Asilidae with special reference to the position of Leptogastrinae based on morphology of imagines (Diptera: Asiloidea). 6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan, Sep. 2006. (PDF web 1.5MB)
  • Dikow, T. New insight on the phylogenetic relationships within Mydidae and its relationship to Apioceridae (Diptera: Asiloidea). 6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan, Sep. 2006. (PDF web 516kb)
  • Dikow, T. Towards a phylogeny of robber flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) - evidence from morphology of the imagines. 25th Annual Hennig Society Meeting, Oaxaca, Mexico, Aug. 2006. (PDF web 1.2MB)

    .. 2005

  • Dikow, T. Towards a hypothesis of the phylogenetic relationships within robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae). 53rd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, Dec. 2005. (PDF web 220kb)
  • Dikow, T. Einst und heute: Wie beurteilt man frühere Klassifikationen im Lichte neuer Phylogenien? 8th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Basel, Switzerland, Sep. 2005. (PDF web 164kb)
  • Dikow, T. Leptogastrinae in the fossil record (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) - evaluation of minimum age, biogeographical implications and morphological characteristics. Fossils X 3 - Insects Arthropods Amber. Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 2005. (PDF web 1.4MB)

    .. 2004

  • Dikow, T. New phylogenies and past classifications - should we compare the two? 52nd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Nov. 2004. (PDF web 136kb)
  • Dikow, T. & Meier, R. Afrotropical biodiversity hotspots and robber flies: Using taxonomic revisions to test plant-based hotspots. Natal Museum Research Forum, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Jan. 2004. (PDF web 2.2MB)

    .. 2003

  • Dikow, T. & Meier, R. Taxonomic Revisions - Species numbers, locality data & biodiversity research. 51st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Oct. 2003. (PDF web 984kb)
  • Dikow, T. & Meier, R. Taxonomische Revisionen - Artenzahlen, Funddaten & Biodiversitätsforschung. 6. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Dresden, Germany, Sep. 2003. (PDF web 1.2MB)

    .. 2002

  • Dikow, T. & Meier, R. Extrapolating from the observed species richness in a revision to its ‘true’ species diversity. A case study using Euscelidia (Asilidae: Diptera). 5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia, Sep.–Oct. 2002.
  • Dikow, T. & Geller-Grimm, F. Asilidae database - content, structure, and accessibility. 5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia, Sep.–Oct. 2002.
  • Dikow, T. Revision & phylogenetische Analyse der Gattung Euscelidia Westwood, 1850 (Diptera: Asilidae). Diploma thesis defense presentation. University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Jan. 2002.

    .. 2000

  • Dikow, T. & Mathis, W.N. A revision & phylogenetic study of Actocetor (Diptera: Ephydridae). National Museum of Natural History, Research Training Program presentation, Washington, DC, USA, Aug. 2000.