Mårten Klinth
Laboratory technician
ORCID: 0000-0003-4755-6682. ResearchGate. Google Scholar.

OBJECTIVE
Taxonomist with research focus on both worms (Clitellata) and insects (Hymenoptera). In charge of the DNA labs where we mainly do DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. Passionate about public outreach.

PROJECTS
2015-2023       Establishing a DNA barcode library of Scandinavian clitellates, Research assistant, Gothenburg University.
2020-2024       Stöd till biologiska samlingar (”BISAM”), Laboratory technician.
2024-2027       Swedish Insect Monitoring Scheme ("SIMS"), Laboratory technician.

PUBLICATIONS

Klinth, M., Rota, E., Martinsson, S., & Erséus, C. (2024). Paralumbricillus gen. nov. and other new marine enchytraeids from the North Atlantic. Fauna norvegica, 43, 110-134. 

Miraldo, A., Sundh, J., Iwaszkiewicz-Eggebrecht, E., Buczek, M., Goodsell, R., Johansson, H., ... & Ronquist, F. (2024). Data of the Insect Biome Atlas: a metabarcoding survey of the terrestrial arthropods of Sweden and Madagascar. bioRxiv, 2024-10. 

Iwaszkiewicz-Eggebrecht, E., Goodsell, R. M., Bengsson, B. Å., Mutanen, M., Klinth, M., van Dijk, L. J., ... & Ronquist, F. (2024). High-throughput biodiversity surveying sheds new light on the brightest of insect taxa. bioRxiv, 2024-10. 

Torppa, K. A., Castano, C., Glimskär, A., Skånes, H., Klinth, M., Roslin, T., ... & Maaroufi, N. I. (2024). Soil moisture and fertility drive earthworm diversity in north temperate semi-natural grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 362, 108836. 

Erséus, C., Klinth, M., & Martinsson, S. (2023). Etablering av bibliotek av DNA-streckkoder från svenska gördelmaskar (Annelida). Naturvårdsverket. 

Klinth, M. J., Rota, E., Martinsson, S., Prantoni, A. L., & Erséus, C. (2022). New insights into the systematics of Lumbricillus and Marionina (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) inferred from Southern Hemisphere samples, including three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 194(4), 1103-1133.

Erséus, C., Klinth, M. J., Rota, E., De Wit, P., Gustafsson, D. R., & Martinsson, S. (2019). The popular model annelid Enchytraeus albidus is only one species in a complex of seashore white worms (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 19, 105-133.

Klinth, M. J., Martinsson, S., & Erséus, C. (2017). Phylogeny and species delimitation of North European Lumbricillus (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae). Zoologica Scripta, 46(1), 96-110.

Klinth, M. J., Rota, E., & Erséus, C. (2017). Taxonomy of North European Lumbricillus (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae). ZooKeys, (703), 15.

IN PREP
Karlsson, D., Klinth, M., Ronquist, F. et al. (in prep.) Mild lysis or the Hybrid method – a comparison of two molecular methods

TAXONOMY
The following is a list of species and genera that I have been involved in describing.

Claparedrilus Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2017
Claparedrilus semifuscoides Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2017
Claparedrilus torquatus Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024

Cognettia asloae (Martinsson, Klinth & Erséus, 2018)

Enchytraeus albellus Klinth, Erséus & Rota, 2019 in Erséus et al 2019
Enchytraeus demutatus Schmelz, Klinth, Chalkia, Anastasiadou, & Vavoulidou, 2019

Lumbricillus bibulbus Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Lumbricillus boreas Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Lumbricillus elisae Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Lumbricillus finisafricae Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2021
Lumbricillus latithecatus Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2017
Lumbricillus nivalis Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2021
Lumbricillus scandicus Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2017
Lumbricillus sejongensis Lee, Klinth & Jung, 2019

Paralumbricillus Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Paralumbricillus bicornis Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Paralumbricillus bilobatus Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Paralumbricillus lofotensis Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024
Paralumbricillus sanguineus Klinth & Rota, 2024 in Klinth et al, 2024

Marionina fusca Klinth, Rota & Erséus, 2021

SELECTED TALKS   
Appart from presenting my research at several Systematikdagarna and similar conferences I give about 50 informal presentation about our research to the public every year. I love being on the stage and always try to deliver the scientific results in an understandable way with a large pitch of humour.

New littoral enchytraeids from the North Atlantic
In: Systematikdagarna Lund, Sweden, November 2023

TEACHING               

2021 -> present   Supervisor of >10 student projects in taxonomic entomology, most on a bachelor’s or master’s degree level

2024 -> present   NABiS (Nordic Academy of Biodiversity and Systematic Studies) Program Master Course – Insects: Inventory and Identification 
Field and lab assistant: Collecting techniques and methods, field and lab sessions.

OTHER COMMITMENTS

2021-2024 Board member of the Swedish Systematists Society (chair since 2022)