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{{short description|German arachnologist working in Australia}}
{{Infobox academic
|name = Barbara Baehr
|birth_name = Barbara C. Hoffmann
|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|25 February 1953}}
|birth_place = [[Pforzheim]], [[Germany]]
|occupation = Research Scientist
|alma_mater = [[University of Tübingen]]
|discipline = [[Arachnology]]
|workplaces = [[Queensland Museum]]
}}
 
'''Barbara Baehr''' (born Hoffmann; 25 February 1953) is a German [[Scientist|research scientist]], [[Entomology|entomologist]], [[Arachnology|arachnologist]], and spider [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomist]]. She has described over 400 new spider species, mostly from Australia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Research/People/People/Profile/B/Barbara+Baehr#.W033adhKjVo|title=Dr Barbara Baehr|publisher=[[Queensland Museum]]|website=www.qm.qld.gov.au|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> She is originally from [[Pforzheim]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://150-years-of-discovery-emerging-research.thinkable.org/users/barbarabaehr|title=Barbara Baehr|website=thinkable.org|access-date=2018-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717183845/https://150-years-of-discovery-emerging-research.thinkable.org/users/barbarabaehr|archive-date=2018-07-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Infobox academic|honorific_prefix=Dr|name=Barbara Baehr|birth_name=Barbara C. Hoffmann|birth_date=25th of February, 1953|birth_place=Pforzheim, Germany|occupation=Research Scientist|alma_mater=University of Tuebingen|discipline=Arachnology|workplaces=Queensland Museum}}
 
== Education and Workwork ==▼
'''Barbara Baehr''', (née '''Barbara C. Hoffmann)''' born 25th of February, 1953, from [[Pforzheim]], [[Germany|Germany.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://150-years-of-discovery-emerging-research.thinkable.org/users/barbarabaehr|title=Barbara Baehr - Thinkable.org|website=150-years-of-discovery-emerging-research.thinkable.org|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> Internationally recognised [[Scientist|research scientist]], [[Entomology|entomologist]], [[Arachnology|arachnologist]], and spider [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomist]], with major contributions to the discovery of [[biodiversity]], describing 400 new spider species – most of them from [[Australia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Research/People/People/Profile/B/Barbara+Baehr#.W033adhKjVo|title=Dr Barbara Baehr|last=Museum|first=c=AU; co=Queensland Government; ou=Queensland|website=www.qm.qld.gov.au|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref>
Barbara Baehr obtained both her ''[[Staatsexamen]]'' and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[Zoology]] / [[Ecology]] at the [[University of Tübingen|University of Tuebingen]], Germany.▼
 
She worked as a scientific associate at the [[Bavarian State Collection of Zoology|Zoologischen Staatssammlung]] in [[Munich]], Germany, from 1984 to 1998. During this time (1996 - 1998) she also taught invertebrate zoology at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|Ludwig Maximilians University]] of Munich (LMU) from 1996 to 1998, and conducted spider excursions for students.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.australasian-arachnology.org/arachnologists/baehr/|title=AAS -– Australasian Arachnologists -– Dr Barbara Baehr|lastpublisher=Germany|first=manderbachmedia, Offenbach am Main,|website=www.australasian-arachnology.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref>[[File:TapinesthisAustralasian inermis male A.jpg|left|thumb|''Tapinesthis inermis'' (Araneae, Oonopidae), Arnaud Henrard, Rudy Jocqué, Barbara C. BaehrArachnological Society]]<blockquote>“Australia has the most important, most ancient, most wonderful fauna. And if you are working with spiders here you are in paradise.”<ref>{{Citation|last=Queensland Science|title=Dr Barbara Baehr talks about her research on spiders in Australia|date=2014-09-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rFNswvTFg|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref></blockquote>▼
▲== Education and Work ==
▲Barbara Baehr obtained both her [[Staatsexamen]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[Zoology]] / [[Ecology]] at the [[University of Tübingen|University of Tuebingen]], Germany.
 
[[File:Tapinesthis inermis male A.jpg|thumb|''[[Tapinesthis inermis]]'' (Araneae, Oonopidae), Arnaud Henrard, Rudy Jocqué, Barbara C. Baehr]]
▲She worked as a scientific associate at the [[Bavarian State Collection of Zoology|Zoologischen Staatssammlung]] in [[Munich]], Germany from 1984 to 1998. During this time (1996 - 1998) she also taught invertebrate zoology at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|Ludwig Maximilians University]] of Munich (LMU) from 1996 to 1998, and conducted spider excursions for students.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.australasian-arachnology.org/arachnologists/baehr/|title=AAS - Australasian Arachnologists - Dr Barbara Baehr|last=Germany|first=manderbachmedia, Offenbach am Main,|website=www.australasian-arachnology.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref>[[File:Tapinesthis inermis male A.jpg|left|thumb|''Tapinesthis inermis'' (Araneae, Oonopidae), Arnaud Henrard, Rudy Jocqué, Barbara C. Baehr ]]<blockquote>“Australia has the most important, most ancient, most wonderful fauna. And if you are working with spiders here you are in paradise.”<ref>{{Citation|last=Queensland Science|title=Dr Barbara Baehr talks about her research on spiders in Australia|date=2014-09-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rFNswvTFg|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref></blockquote>
Following several research visits to Australia ([[Western Australian Museum]], [[Perth]], 1994; [[Queensland Museum]], Brisbane, &and [[Australian Museum]], [[Sydney]], 1999), she took a research fellow position at the [[Queensland Museum]], [[Brisbane]] in January 2000. Her work herethere focused on an interactive key to spider subfamilies, and was funded by the [[Australian Biological Resources Study]].<ref name=":1" />
 
Her researchsubsequent hasresearch focusedemphasized on the taxonomy of the Antant spider family [[Ant spider|Zodariidae]],<ref name=ABC>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-14/scientist-finds-ant-eating-spider-with-lock-and-key-genitals/8266434|title=Discovery of ant-eating spider with 'lock and key' genitals|date=2017-02-14|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|location=Australia|access-date=2018-07-17|language=en-AU}}</ref> the Longlong-tailed Barkbark spider family [[Tree trunk spider|Hersiliidae]] and the Longlong-spinnereted[[spinneret]]ed Groundground Spiderspider family Prodidomidae (since transferred to Gnaphosidae as the subfamily [[ProdidomidaeProdidominae]]).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=ABC /><ref>{{Citation|title=DiscoveryCite of ant-eating spider with 'lock and key' genitals|date=2017-02-15web|url=httphttps://wwwwsc.abcnmbe.net.auch/radiofamilydetail/brisbane/programs/focus/ant-eating-spider/827238081|publishertitle=AustralianNMBE Broadcasting- CorporationWorld Spider Catalog|languagewebsite=en-AUwsc.nmbe.ch|access-date=20182019-0706-1704}}</ref>{{clear|left}}
 
She is married to Martin Baehr (born 1943), who is also a German entomologist and arachnologist.
 
{{Wikispecies|Barbara C. Baehr|Barbara C. Baehr|position=right}} ▼
==Publications==
* {{cite journal | last1=Baehr | first1=Barbara C. | last2=Ubick | first2=Darrell | title=A Review of the Asian Goblin Spider GenusCamptoscaphiella(Araneae: Oonopidae) | journal=American Museum Novitates | publisher=American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored) | issue=3697 | year=2010 | issn=0003-0082 | doi=10.1206/3697.2 | pages=1–65| s2cid=85133418 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/280178 }}
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* {{cite journal | last1=Baehr | first1=Barbara C. | last2=Harvey | first2=Mark S. | last3=Smith | first3=Helen M. | title=The Goblin Spiders of the New Endemic Australian Genus Cavisternum (Araneae: Oonopidae) | journal=American Museum Novitates | publisher=American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored) | issue=3684 | date=4 March 2010 | issn=0003-0082 | doi=10.1206/667.1 | pages=1–40| s2cid=83677917 | url=https://zenodo.org/record/5358760 }}
* Baehr, B.; Ubick, D., 2010. 'A review of the Asian goblin spider genus Camptoscaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae'), ''American Museum novitates'', no. 3697, http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6084
* {{cite journal | last1=BAEHR | first1=BARBARA C. | last2=WHYTE | first2=ROBERT | title=The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species | journal=Zootaxa | publisher=Magnolia Press | volume=4154 | issue=5 | date=24 August 2016 | pages=501–525 | issn=1175-5334 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1 | pmid=27615856 }}
 
* {{cite journal | last1=PUGH | first1=P.R. | last2=HADDOCK | first2=S.H.D. | title=A description of two new species of the genus Erenna (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Erennidae), with notes on recently collected specimens of other Erenna species | journal=Zootaxa | publisher=Magnolia Press | volume=4189 | issue=3 | date=10 November 2016 | issn=1175-5334 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.1 | page=401| pmid=27988743 | doi-access=free }}
* Baehr, B.; Harvey, M.S.; Smith, H. M. (Helen Motum), 2010. T'he goblin spiders of the new endemic Australian genus Cavisternum (Araneae, Oonopidae)', ''American Museum novitates'', no. 3684, http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6047
* {{cite journal | last1=FRAMENAU | first1=VOLKER W. | last2=BAEHR | first2=BARBARA C. | title=Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae) | journal=Zootaxa | publisher=Magnolia Press | volume=4213 | issue=1 | date=23 December 2016 | pages=zootaxa.4213.1.1 | issn=1175-5334 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4213.1.1 | pmid=28006790 }}
*Baehr, B.C.; Whyte, R. 2016. 'The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: ''Maratus'') of the Queensland Museum, including six new species', ''Zootaxa,'' 4154(5): 501–525. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]: [http://dx.doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.4154.5.1 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1].
*Baehr, B.C.; Whyte, R. 2016. 'The first described male Tube-web Spider for mainland Australia: ''Ariadna kiwirrkurra'' sp. nov. (Araneae: Segestriidae)', ''Zootaxa,'' 4189(3): 595–599. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]: [http://dx.doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.4189.3.11 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.11]
*Framenau, V.W.; Baehr, B.C. 2016. 'Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus ''Tasmanicosa'' (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae)', ''Zootaxa,'' 4213(1): 1–82. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]: [http://dx.doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.4213.1.1 10.11646/zootaxa.4213.1.1]
*
 
== Filmography ==
'*''The Nature of Things''' (TV Series documentary). Herself – Queensland Museum
-* ''Tarantula: Australia's King of Spiders'' (2005) ... Herself -– QLDQueensland Museum (as Dr. Barbara Baehr)<ref>{{CiteIMDb web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6585355/|title=6585355|Barbara Baehr|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref>▼
 
Herself - QLD Museum
 
▲- Tarantula: Australia's King of Spiders (2005) ... Herself - QLD Museum (as Dr. Barbara Baehr)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6585355/|title=Barbara Baehr|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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