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Ana Zippel successfully defended her PhD thesis in October 2023.

My main research interest is to gain new knowledge of ontogenetic patterns by studying the fossil and extant record of the group Euarthropoda. The emphasis of my PhD thesis is on the group Insecta. Research conducted during my PhD project should enable us to make further conclusions on changes of biodiversity of Insecta through time. The project will also make it possible to pass on the gained knowledge to the broader public, raise awareness about the broad range of insect morphology and their ecology, whether extant or fossil, as well as address the problem of declining biodiversity of Insecta.

Dec 2020 - Started to work at LMU Munich under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Joachim T. Haug. Also started my PhD project with emphasis on the ontogenetic patterns through time in the group Insecta.

Jul 2020 - Finished my second Master studies with my thesis on larvae of Stenus species (rove beetles) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Oliver J. Betz. Received the title of Master of Science.

Dec 2017 - Maternity leave.

Apr 2017 - Worked as a pedagogical and scientific staff of the Botanical Garden of Tübingen.

Sep 2015 - Enrolled for my second Master studies in Tübingen, Germany.

Jan 2015 - Maternity leave.

Apr 2013 - Moved to Germany.

Feb 2010 - Dez 2012 - Worked as a biology teacher in the Zagreb ZOO and various schools in Zagreb.

Nov 2009 - Finished my first Master studies in Zagreb, Croatia, with my thesis on Copepoda under the supervision of Prof. Dr. I. Ternjej. Received the title of Master of Educational Biology.

Oct 2008 - Received a scholarship for a semester at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Jun 2006 - Worked as a nature specialist in Virginia, USA.

Oct 2003 - Enrolled for my bachelor studies at the University of Zagreb, Croatia

2024 / early view

Haug, C., Haug, J.T., Haug, G.T., Müller, P., Zippel, A., Kiesmüller, C., Gauweiler, J. & Hörnig, M.K. 2024. Fossils in Myanmar amber demonstrate the diversity of anti-predator strategies of Cretaceous holometabolan insect larvae. iScience 27, 108621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108621

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Haug, J.T., Zippel, A., Linhart, S., Müller, P. & Haug, C. 2024. Unusual snakefly larvae in about 100 million-year-old amber and the evolution of the larva-pupa transition. Palaeoentomology 007, 104–111. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.7

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Zippel, A., Haug, C., Iturbe-Ormaeche, B.Y. & Haug, J.T. 2024. Diversity of archostematan beetle larvae through time with new fossils. Palaeodiversity 17, 49–71. https://doi.org/10.18476/pale.v17.a3

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Zippel, A., Haug, C., Müller, P. & Haug, J.T. early view. Elateriform beetle larvae preserved in about 100-million-year-old Kachin amber. PalZ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00682-6

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2023

Braig, F., Popp, T., Zippel, A., Haug, G.T., Linhart, S., Müller, P., Weiterschan, T., Haug, J.T. & Haug, C. 2023. The diversity of larvae with multi-toothed stylets from about 100 million years ago illuminates the early diversification of antlion-like lacewings. Diversity 15, 1219. Free access PDF Supplement

Haug, C., Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Baranov, V., Haug, G.T., Kiesmüller, C., Zippel, A., Hörnig, M.K. & Haug, J.T. 2023. The first fossil record of a mantis lacewing pupa, and a review of pupae in Mantispidae and their evolutionary significance. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 129, 185–205. Free access PDF Supplement 1 Supplement 2 Supplement 3 Supplement 4 Supplement 5

Haug, C., Zippel, A., Müller, P. & Haug, J.T. 2023. Unusual larviform beetles in 100-million-year-old Kachin amber resemble immatures of trilobite beetles and fireflies. PalZ 97, 485–496. Free access PDF

Zippel, A., Haug, C., Elverdi, Z., Müller, P. & Haug, J.T. 2023. Possible fungus-eating cucujiformian beetle larvae with setiferous processes from Cretaceous and Miocene ambers. Fossil Record 26, 191–207. Free access PDF

Zippel, A., Haug, C., Müller, P. & Haug, J.T. 2023. The first fossil false click beetle larva preserved in amber. PalZ 97, 209–215. Free access PDF

2022

Haug, C., Posada Zuluaga, V., Zippel, A., Braig, F., Müller, P., Gröhn, C., Weiterschan, T., Wunderlich, J., Haug, G.T. & Haug, J.T. 2022. The morphological diversity of antlion larvae and their closest relatives over 100 million years. Insects 13, 587. Free access PDF Supplement

Haug, C., Zippel, A., Hassenbach, C., Haug, G.T. & Haug, J.T. 2022. A split-footed lacewing larva from about 100-million-year-old amber indicates a now extinct hunting strategy for neuropterans. Bulletin of Geosciences 97, 453–464. Free access PDF Supplement

Haug, C., Zippel, A., Müller, P. & Haug, J.T. 2022. A modern type of ant-like stone beetle larva preserved in 99-million-year-old Kachin amber. Fragmenta entomologica 54, 193–200. Free access PDF

Zippel, A., Baranov, V.A., Hammel, J.U., Hörnig, M.K., Haug, C. & Haug, J.T. 2022. The first fossil immature of Elmidae: an unusual riffle beetle larva preserved in Baltic amber. PeerJ 10, e13025. Free access PDF

Zippel, A., Haug, C., Gauweiler, J., Hörnig, M.K., Haug, G.T. & Haug, J.T. 2022. A small beetle larva preserved in 23-million-year-old Mexican amber: possible first fossil record of an immature variegated mud-loving beetle. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 74, A150322. Free access PDF

Zippel, A., Haug, C., Hoffeins, C., Hoffeins, H.-W. & Haug, J.T. 2022. Expanding the record of larvae of false flower beetles with prominent terminal ends. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 128, 81–104. Free access PDF Supplement

Zippel, A., Haug, C., Müller, P. & Haug, J.T. 2022. First fossil tumbling flower beetle-type larva from 99 million-year-old amber. PalZ 96, 219–229. Free access PDF

2021

Haug, C., Haug, G. T., Zippel, A., van der Wal, S. & Haug, J. T. 2021. The earliest record of fossil solid-wood-borer larvae—immature beetles in 99 million-year-old Myanmar amber. Palaeoentomology 4, 390–404. Free access PDF Suppl Tab 1 Suppl Text 1 Suppl Fig 1 Suppl File 1 Suppl File 2 Suppl File 3 Suppl File 4 Suppl File 5 Suppl File 6

Haug, J.T., Haug, G.T., Zippel, A., van der Wal, S., Müller, P., Gröhn, C., Wunderlich, J., Hoffeins, C., Hoffeins, H.-W. & Haug, C. 2021. Changes in the morphological diversity of larvae of lance lacewings, mantis lacewings and their closer relatives over 100 million years. Insects 12, art. 860. Free access PDF Suppl incl high-res figs

Haug, J.T., Zippel, A., Haug, G.T., Hoffeins, C., Hoffeins, H.-W., Hammel, J.U., Baranov, V. & Haug, C. 2021. Texas beetle larvae (Brachypsectridae) – the last 100 million years reviewed. Palaeodiversity 14, 161–183. Free access PDF Supplement

Zippel, A., Kiesmüller, C., Haug, G.T., Müller, P., Weiterschan, T., Haug, C., Hörnig, M.K. & Haug, J.T. 2021. Long-headed predators in Cretaceous amber—fossil findings of an unusual type of lacewing larva. Palaeoentomology 4, 475–498. Free access PDF Suppl Tab 1 Suppl Tab 2

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