Meet Patrick Urban: The German dung beetle specialist who found a species never known to science among collected beetles
- PC: University of Nebraska–LincolnFrom university laboratories in Germany to beetle specimens collected from dung in China, Patrick Urban’s career has focused on insects that are easy to overlook.
- The German biologist specialises in dung beetle taxonomy and ecology, with particular attention to the Onthophagini group found across the Palearctic and Indomalayan regions.
- His work involves comparing specimens, studying fine physical differences and determining where they belong in the existing scientific classification.
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- PC: University of Nebraska–LincolnFrom university laboratories in Germany to beetle specimens collected from dung in China, Patrick Urban’s career has focused on insects that are easy to overlook.
- The German biologist specialises in dung beetle taxonomy and ecology, with particular attention to the Onthophagini group found across the Palearctic and Indomalayan regions.
- His work involves comparing specimens, studying fine physical differences and determining where they belong in the existing scientific classification.
Sources: Times of India