Dave Karlsson
Researcher (Doctor in Systematic Zoology) and Station Manager
ORCID: 0000-0003-4639-823X ResearchGate. Google Scholar.
OBJECTIVE
Taxonomist and naturalist with research focus on Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. Heavily involved in education and outreach, with a passion for natural history education.
PROJECTS
2003-2020 The Swedish Malaise Trap Project, PI.
2018-2022 The Swedish Insect Inventory Project, PI.
2020-2024 Stöd till biologiska samlingar (”BISAM”), PI.
PUBLICATIONS
Karlsson, D., Hartop, E., Forshage, M., Jaschhof, M. and Ronquist, F. (2020) The Swedish Malaise Trap Project: A 15 Year Retrospective on a Countrywide Insect Inventory. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e47255. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e47255
Karlsson, D., Forshage, M., Holston, K. and Ronquist, F. (2020) The data of the Swedish Malaise Trap Project, a countrywide inventory of Sweden's insect fauna. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e56286. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e56286
Ronquist, F., Forshage, M., Häggqvist, S., Karlsson, D., Hovmöller, R., Bergsten, J., Holston, K., Britton, T., Abenius, J., Andersson, B., Neerup Buhl, P., Coulianos, C.-C., Fjellberg, A., Gertsson, C.-A., Hellqvist, S., Jaschhof, M., Kjærandsen, J., Klopfstein, S., Kobro, S., Liston, A., Meier, R., Pollet, M., Riedel, M., Rohácek, J., Schuppenhauer, M., Stigenberg, J., Struwe, I., Taeger, A., Ulefors, S.-O., Varga, O., Withers, P. and Gärdenfors, U. (2020) Completing Linnaeus’s inventory of the Swedish insect fauna: Only 5,000 species left? PLoS ONE 15 (3): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0228561
Klopfstein, S., Santos, B. F., Shaw, M. R., Alvarado, M., Bennett, A. M. R., Dal Pos, D., Giannotta, M., Herrera Florez, A. F., Karlsson, D., Khalaim, A. I., Lima, A. R., Mikó, I., Sääksjärvi, I. E., Shimizu, S., Spasojevic, T., van Noort, S., Vilhelmsen, L., and Broad, G. (2019) Darwin wasps: a new name heralds renewed efforts to unravel the evolutionary history of Ichneumonidae. Entomological Communications, 1, 2019: ec01006
Ritter, C. D, Häggqvist, S., Karlsson, D., Sääksjärvi, I. E., Muasya, A .M., Nilsson, R. H. and Antonelli, A. (2019) Biodiversity assessments in the 21st century: the potential of insect traps to complement environmental samples for estimating eukaryotic and prokaryotic diversity using high-throughput DNA metabarcoding. Genome 62: 147–159 (2019)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0096.
Karlsson, D., Ronquist, F., (2012) Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a Discussion of Terminology. PLoS ONE 7(4): e32573. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032573
Seltmann, k., Yoder, M., Miko, I., Forshage, M., Bertone, M., Agosti, D., Austin, A., Balhoff, J., Borowiec, M., Brady, S., Broad, G., Brothers, D., Burks, R., Buffington, M., Campbell, H., Dew, K., Ernst, A., Fernandez-Triana, J., Gates, M., Gibson, G., Jennings, J., Johnson, N., Karlsson, D., Kawada, K., Krogmann, L., Kula, R., Mullins, P., Ohl, M., Rasmussen, C., Ronquist, F., Schulmeister, S., Sharkey, M., Talamas, E., Tucker, E., Vilhelmsen, L., Ward, P. S., Wharton, R. and Deans, A. (2012) A hymenopterists’ guide to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology: utility, clarification, and future directions. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 27: 67–88. doi: 10.3897/JHR.27.2961
Karlsson, D. & Magnusson, P. (2010) Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), ny underfamilj brokparasitsteklar för Sverige. Entomologisk Tidskrift 131: 51-54
Magnusson, P., Forshage, P., Glemhorn, K., & Karlsson, D.(2008) Tre anmärkningsvärda nya brokparasitsteklar (Ichneumonidae) för Sverige från Svenska Malaisefälleprojektet Entomologisk Tidskrift 129: 9-13
Karlsson, D. & Glemhorn, K. (2007) Svenska Malaisefälleprojektet - unikt nationellt forskningsprojekt stationerat på Öland! Calidris 2: 48-51
Karlsson, D. & Glemhorn, K. (2007) Nya fynd skapar rubriker. Biodiverse 2: sid 10-11
Karlsson, D. & Glemhorn, K.(2007, uppdaterad 2012) Inventering - Svenska Malaisefälleprojektet (SMTP) ArtDatabankens hemsida
Karlsson, D, Pape, T, Johanson, K A, Liljeblad, J. & Ronquist, F. (2005) Svenska Malaisefälleprojektet, eller hur många arter steklar, flugor och myggor finns i Sverige? — Entomologisk Tidskrift 126: 1-2: 43-53
IN PREP
Karlsson, D. (in prep.) Revision of the Western Palaearctic Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Karlsson, D., Klinth, M., Ronquist, F. et al. (in prep.) Mild lysis or the Hybrid method – a comparison of two molecular methods
SELECTED TALKS
Below is a small selection of talks from recent years; I have given up to 100 talks per year in the course of my daily duties as managing director of Station Linné and as project leader of the Swedish Malaise Trap Project. I don't think it's too much to say that I'm an ambassador of our field station and taxonomy over all both to the international research community and the public.
Svenska Malaisefälleprojektet
In: 10-årsfirandet av svenska och norska artprojektens samarbete Oslo, Norway, September 2019
The Swedish Malaise Trap Project – A contribution to the Taxonomic Renaissance
In: Biosyst. EU Meeting Gothenburg, Sweden, August 2017
Svenska Malaisefälleprojektet och Världens Största Insektssamling
In: Flora och Faunavårdskonferensen Uppsala, Sweden, April 2017
The Swedish Malaise Trap Project
in: Beyond Pests: Biodiversity in the Urban Environment
ICE 2016 XXV International Congress of Entomology Orlando, Florida, September 2016
The Swedish Malaise Trap Project: An impossible craziness or a necessary challenge?
In: 8th International Conference of Hymenopterists Cusco, Peru, July 2014
The Swedish Malaise Trap Project
or How many species of Hymenoptera and Diptera are there in Sweden?
In: 6th International Conference of Hymenopterists Sun City, South Africa, January 2006
TEACHING
2003 -> present Supervisor of >100 student projects in taxonomic entomology, most on a bachelor’s or master’s degree level
2005 -> present INSIKTER OM INSEKTER (Introduction week on entomology, Ölands Folkhögskola)
Course leader and instructor.
2014 -> present NABiS (Nordic Academy of Biodiversity and Systematic Studies) Program Master Course – Insects: Inventory and Identification
Course leader Instructor: Comparative insect morphology and terminology, Preparation techniques and methods, Collecting techniques and methods, Diversity, phylogeny and evolution of insects: Ichneumonoidea, field and lab sessions.
2018 ForBio (Forskerskole i Biosystematikk) and STI (The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative) course: Entomology hands-on: collecting, sorting, species ID
Course leader Instructor: General entomology, Preparation techniques and methods, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, field sessions
Awards
2020 Centerwalls pris, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
Motivation:” for his dedicated work in documenting and classifying the Swedish insect fauna and spreading knowledge about the insects' diversity and conservation to a wider public”.
2017 Årets Ölänning
Presented by H M Konung Carl XVI Gustaf at his summer castle Solliden on Öland
Motivation: Dave Karlsson is a modern Linnaeus. With groundbreaking insect research at an international top level, a broad educational approach and as an inspirational leader, he has contributed to give Station Linnaeus and Öland a worldwide reputation.
2013 Ölandsklubbens stora pris
Motivation: Dave Karlsson has, as a location manager at Station Linné, done a job of great importance. His work is valuable not only to Öland, but to the international research community.