Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Førsteamanuensis
Fakultet for biovitenskap og akvakultur
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Biodiversity, Ecology Division
Bakgrunn:
Førsteamanuensis i naturfag, Fakultet for Lærerutdanning og Kunst- og Kulturfag, Nord Universitet, campus Bodø. 2019-2021.
Postdoc ved Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 2017-2019. Arbeidde med taksonomi, systematikk og samfunnsøkologi på froskemygg (Diptera: Corethrellidae)
Avdelingsingeniør ved Universitetsmuseet i Bergen i små stillingsbrøkar frå 2009 til 2017. Arbeidde med tovengesamlingane (Diptera) med særleg vekt på familiane sommarfuglmygg (Psychodidae) og augefluger (Pipunculidae)
Dr. Rer. Nat. ved Universität Kassel (Tyskland) 2017, M.Sc. ved Universitetet i Bergen 2011.
Emneansvar, NAT330 Naturforvaltning
Rettleiing av oppgåver på bachelor, master- og doktorgradsnivå
Gjesteforelesningar i ymse andre emne
2025
2024
Lessons from long-term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate-driven changes 2024 Ecological Entomology - Marta Radošević, Marija Perović, Valentina Dorić, Ivana Pozojević, Viktor Baranov, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Mario Rumišek, Adrian C. Pont, Marija Ivković
Revision of the genus Eugenys Quate, 1996 (Diptera: Psychodidae), with the description of three new species 2024 European Journal of Taxonomy - Santiago Jaume-Schinkel, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
2023
Comparing Global Sentinel-2 Land Cover Maps for Regional
Species Distribution Modeling 2023 Remote Sensing - Zander Venter, Ruben Erik Roos, Megan Sara Nowell, Graciela Monica Rusch, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Markus A. K. Sydenham
Checklist of the Diptera observed at the Botanic Garden Jean Massart (Brussels-Capital-Region, Belgium) during the survey of 2015-2018 2023 Belgian Journal of Entomology - Patrick Grootaert, Paul Beuk, Yves Braet, David Brice, Sébastien Carbonnelle, Stéphane Claerebout, Jocelyn Claude, Niels-Jan Dek, Wouter Dekoninck, JP Haenni, Kai Heller, Olavi Kurina, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Jonas Mortelmans, Kris Peeters, M Pollet, Frank Van de Meutter, Ruud van der Weele
Revisionary notes on Feuerborniella Vaillant, 1971, with the first record of the genus from the Afrotropical region (Diptera, Psychodidae) 2023 Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (DEZ) - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Santiago Jaume-Schinkel
New records of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) for the Dutch fauna 2023 Biodiversity Data Journal - Santiago Jaume-Schinkel, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Iva Njunjić, Menno Schilthuizen
2022
New data on Leiomyza Macquart, 1835 (Diptera, Asteiidae) in Norway and Sweden, including the first records of L. scatophagina (Fallén, 1823) from Norway and of L. birkheadi Gibbs, 2007 from Sweden 2022 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Sven Hellqvist, Jørn R. Gustad, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Linn Katrine Hagenlund
Alepia viatrix sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae), a new species of a Neotropical genus found on the Azores Archipelago (Portugal) 2022 Zootaxa - Santiago Jaume-Schinkel, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Ruud van der Weele, Ximo Mengual
What’s Inside the Hole? A Review of European Dendrolimnetic Moth Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) 2022 Diversity - Santiago Jaume-Schinkel, Alessio Morelli, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Ximo Mengual
First record of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 from the Oriental Region (Diptera, Psychodidae) 2022 ZooKeys - Santiago Jaume-Schinkel, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Platyplastinx ibanezbernali sp. nov., a new species of moth fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Ecuador 2022 Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae - Santiago Jaume-Schinkel, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Linked seasonality between a phoretic mite and its moth fly host (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata and Diptera: Psychodidae) 2022 Acarologia - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Slawomir Kaczmarek, Tomasz Marquardt, Anna Beata Seniczak
2021
The Arthropod Fauna of Oak (Quercus spp., Fagaceae) Canopies in Norway 2021 Diversity - Karl H Thunes, Geir Einar Ellefsen Søli, Csaba Thuroczy, Arne Fjellberg, Stefan Olberg, Steffen Roth, Carl-C. Coulianos, R. Henry L. Disney, Josef Stary, G. (Bert) Vierbergen, Terje Jonassen, Johannes Anonby, Arne Köhler, Frank Menzel, Ryszard Szadziewski, Elisabeth Stur, Wolfgang Adaschkiewitz, Kjell M. Olsen, Torstein Kvamme, Anders Endrestøl, Sigitas Podenas, Sverre Kobro, Lars Ove Hansen, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Jean-Paul Haenni, Louis Boumans
2020
Checklist of aquatic Diptera (Insecta) of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, a UNESCO world heritage site 2020 ZooKeys - Marija Ivković, Valentina Dorić, Viktor Baranov, Zlatko Mihaljević, Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Jana Nerudova, Adrian C. Pont
Additional data of several Diptera families from Georgia and Azerbaijan 2020 Boletín de la Sociedad Entomològica Aragonesa (Boletín de la S.E.A.) - Libor Dvořak, Jozef Oboňa, Kateřina Dvořakova, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Peter Manko
Taxonomic history of Pericoma albomaculata Wahlgren, 1904 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with new synonymies and description of Panimerus halophilus sp. n. 2020 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Jukka Salmela, Anna Suuronen
2019
Revision of Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) of the Oriental Region, with description of a new genus and species and discussion of putative male/female antagonistic coevolution 2019 Insect Systematics & Evolution - Raxsina Polseela, Rüdiger Wagner, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Björn Rulik, Chamnarn Apiwathnasorn
Description of Gondwanoscurus curleri sp. nov. from the West Usambara Mts, Tanzania (Diptera: Psychodidae) 2019 Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen
A new species of fossil Corethrella (Diptera, Corethrellidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber 2019 Cretaceous research (Print) - Viktor A. Baranov, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Patrick Muller, Ximena Eunice Bernal
2018
Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science 2018 Zootaxa - Art Borkent, Brian V. Brown, Peter H. Adler, Dalton De Souza Amorim, Kevin Barber, Daniel Bickel, Stephanie Boucher, Scott E. Brooks, John Burger, Zachary L. Burington, Renato S. Capellari, Daniel N.R. Costa, Jeffrey M. Cumming, Greg Curler, Carl W. Dick, John H. Epler, Eric Fisher, Stephen D. Gaimari, Jon Gelhaus, David A Grimaldi, John Hash, Martin Hauser, Heikki Hippa, Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal, Mathias Jaschhof, Elena P. Kameneva, Peter H. Kerr, Valery Korneyev, Cheslavo A. Korytkowski, Giar-Ann Kung, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Owen Lonsdale, Stephen A. Marshall, Wayne N. Mathis, Verner Michelsen, Stefan Naglis, Allen L. Norrbom, Steven Paiero, Thomas Pape, Alessandre Pereira-Colavite, Marc Pollet, Sabrina Rochefort, Alessandra Rung, Justin B. Runyon, Jade Savage, Vera C. Silva, Bradley J. Sinclair, Jeffrey H. Skevington, John O. Stireman, John Swann, Pekka Vilkamaa, Terry Wheeler, Terry Whitworth, Maria Wong, D. Monty Wood, Norman Woodley, Tiffany Yau, Thomas J. Zavortink, Manuel A. Zumbado
New records of Afrotropical Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1800 (Diptera: Chaoboridae) 2018 African Entomology - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen
Aquatic insects in the forest canopy: a new genus of moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) developing in slime on aerial roots 2018 Journal of Natural History - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Gregory R Curler, Stephen Marshall
Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site 2018 Communications Biology - Brian V. Brown, Art Borkent, Peter H. Adler, Dalton De Souza Amorim, Kevin Barber, Daniel Bickel, Stephanie Boucher, Scott E. Brooks, John Burger, Zelia L. Burington, Renato S. Capellari, Daniel N.R. Costa, Jeffrey M. Cumming, Greg Curler, Carl W. Dick, John H. Epler, Eric Fisher, Stephen D. Gaimari, Jon Gelhaus, David A. Grimaldi, John Hash, Martin Hauser, Heikki Hippa, Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal, Mathias Jaschhof, Elena P. Kameneva, Peter H. Kerr, Valery Korneyev, Cheslavo A. Korytkowski, Giar-Ann Kung, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Owen Lonsdale, Stephen A. Marshall, Wayne N. Mathis, Verner Michelsen, Stefan Naglis, Allen L. Norrbom, Steven Paiero, Thomas Pape, Alessandre Pereira-Colavite, Marc Pollet, Sabrina Rochefort, Alessandra Rung, Justin B. Runyon, Jade Savage, Vera C. Silva, Bradley J. Sinclair, Jeffrey H. Skevington, John O. Stireman, John Swann, F. Christian Thompson, Pekka Vilkamaa, Terry Wheeler, Terry Whitworth, Maria Wong, D. Monty Wood, Norman Woodley, Tiffany Yau, Thomas J. Zavortink, Manuel A. Zumbado
New species and records of the Pericoma trifasciata group from Croatia (Diptera: Psychodidae) 2018 Zootaxa - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Marija Ivkovic
2017
Review of the Afrotropical genus Neomaruina Vaillant (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) 2017 Annales de Limnologie - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen
Glacial and postglacial species divergence and dispersal of European trickle midges (Diptera: Thaumaleidae) 2017 Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny - Phillip Joschka Haubrock, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Henning Langguth, Rüdiger Wagner
Review of Neurosystasis Satchell, with two new species from Cuba and a discussion of cerci and surstyli in Psychodinae (Diptera: Psychodidae) 2017 Zootaxa - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Rüdiger Wagner
The plesiobiontic association of formica lemani bondroit with lasius flavus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Norway 2017 Sociobiology - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Thomas Aga Legøy, Jonathan Soule
2016
Two new Neotropical species of Perithreticus Vaillant 1973 (Diptera: Psychodidae, Psychodinae) 2016 Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Orestes C. Bello Gonzalez
Two new species of Nototelmatoscopus (Jozifekia), with records of three other species from Thailand 2016 Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen
Blind flight? A new troglobiotic orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina Jama - Trojama Cave in Croatia 2016 PLOS ONE - Trond Andersen, Viktor Baranov, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Marija Ivković, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Martina Pavlek
Review of the Psychodinae from Mallorca, Spain, with description of Pericoma unipennata, sp. n. (Diptera, Psychodidae) 2016 ZooKeys - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Morten Stokkan, Rüdiger Wagner
New records of Trichoceridae (Diptera) from the island of Mallorca. 2016 Biodiversity Data Journal - Andrius Petrašiūnas, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Two new species of fossil Corethrella Coquillett from Late Eocene Rovno amber, with a species-level phylogeny for the family based on morphological traits (Diptera: Corethrellidae) 2016 Systematic Entomology - Viktor A. Baranov, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Evgeny E. Perkovsky
A fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from early Eocene Indian amber with a complex pheromone evaporator 2016 Scientific Reports - Frauke Stebner, Ryszard Szadziewski, Peter T. Rühr, Hukam Singh, Jörg U. Hammel, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Jes Rust
2015
Big-headed flies (Diptera, Pipunculidae) from Finnmark, north Norway 2015 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Christian Kehlmaier
Comment on Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype. 2015 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Björn Rulik
Description of Jezekiella patera gen. et sp. nov. from Europe (Diptera: Psychodidae). 2015 Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae - Rüdiger Wagner, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
2014
2013
New records of lower Diptera ("Nematocera") from Finnmark, northern Norway 2013 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Trond Andersen, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Øyvind Håland, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, John Skartveit
Empidoidea (Diptera) from Finnmark, northern Norway 2013 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Terje Jonassen, Trond Andersen, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
New records of moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Croatia, with the description of Berdeniella keroveci sp nov 2013 Zootaxa - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Marija Ivkovic, Aleksandra Klaric
New records of Hesperinidae and Bibionidae (Insecta, Diptera) from Croatia 2013 Natura Croatica - John Skartveit, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Aleksandra Klaric, Øyvind Håland
2012
New faunistic records of non-biting moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia 2012 Klapalekiana - Jan Jezek, Jozef Lukas, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Jozef Obona
Phantom midges (Diptera, Chaoboridae) from Finnmark, northern Norway 2012 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Trond Andersen, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Finnmark, northern Norway 2012 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen
Description of a new Psychoda Latreille species from Fennoscandia (Diptera: Psychodidae) 2012 Zootaxa - Jukka Salmela, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Anna More
2011
A revised checklist of Norwegian moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) 2011 Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Øyvind Håland, Trond Andersen
2025
Wing shape changes as a proxy for invasion success in Antarctica: The case study of Psychoda albipennis (Psychodidae) using geometric morphometrics. 2025 II Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución - Jordan Hernandez-Martelo, Tamara Contador, Melissa Gañan, Katherine Chávez, Juan Pablo Guitierrez, Peter Convey, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Hugo A. Benítez
2021
Raudlista må få politiske konsekvensar 2021 - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Artsgruppeomtale tovinger (Diptera). Norsk rødliste for arter 2021. Artsdatabanken. 2021 - Øivind Gammelmo, Jostein Kjærandsen, Arjen Leendertse, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Terje Jonassen
2020
Når tovenger tyr til å fråtsa på frosk III: Myiasis 2020 Insektnytt - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
2018
2017
A first, local DNA barcode reference database of forensically important flies (Diptera) of the island of La Réunion. 2017 7th International Barcode of Life Conference - K Meganck, M Ebejer, A H Kirk-Spriggs, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, M Couri, Knut Rognes, Daniel Whitmore, Massimiliano Virgilio, S Gombeer, Thierry Backeljau, M De Meyer, K Jordaens
2016
Flying deeper underground? A New troglobiotic chironomid (Diptera) from the Lukina Jama - Trojama Cave system in Croatia 2016 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology - Trond Andersen, Viktor Baranov, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Marija Ivkovic, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Martina Pavlek
2015
Blind flight? A new troglobiotic orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukinajama – Trojama cave in Croatia 2015 8th Central European Dipterological Conference - Trond Andersen, Viktor A. Baranov, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Marija Ivkovic, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Martina Pavlek
Phylogenetic patterns in genital asymmetry of
Psychodidae 2015 German Entomology Congress 2015 - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Blind flight? A new troglobiotic orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina jama – Trojama cave in Croatia. 2015 The 8th Central European Dipterological Conference - Trond Andersen, Viktor Baranov, Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Marija Ivković, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Martina Pavlek
DNA Barcoding of Diptera from Finnmark reveals Holarctic distributions and possible cryptic speciation. 2015 Biodiversity and DNA Barcoding symposium - Linn Katrine Hagenlund, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
2013
Identifying Norwegian Psychodidae using DNA barcodes (Insecta: Diptera) 2013 BioSyst.EU 2013, Global systematics! - Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Trond Andersen
2012
Vannelskende insekter i Finnmark 2012 Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen - Trond Andersen, Torbjørn Ekrem, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Steffen Roth, Elisabeth Stur, Geir Einar Ellefsen Søli
