Barbara Baehr, (née Barbara C. Hoffmann) born 25th of February, 1953, from Pforzheim, Germany.[1] Is an internationally recognised research scientist, entomologist, arachnologist, and spider taxonomist, with major contributions to the discovery of biodiversity, describing 400 new spider species – most of them from Australia.[2]
Dr Barbara Baehr | |
|---|---|
| Born | Barbara C. Hoffmann 25th of February, 1953 Pforzheim, Germany |
| Occupation | Research Scientist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Tuebingen |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Arachnology |
| Institutions | Queensland Museum |
Education and Work
Barbara Baehr obtained both her Staatsexamen and PhD in Zoology / Ecology at the University of Tuebingen, Germany.
She worked as a scientific associate at the Zoologischen Staatssammlung in Munich, Germany from 1984 to 1998. During this time (1996 - 1998) she also taught invertebrate zoology at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) from 1996 to 1998, and conducted spider excursions for students.[3]
“Australia has the most important, most ancient, most wonderful fauna. And if you are working with spiders here you are in paradise.”[4]
Following several research visits to Australia (Western Australian Museum Perth, 1994; Queensland Museum & Australian Museum, Sydney, 1999), she took a research fellow position at the Queensland Museum, Brisbane in January 2000. Her work here focused on an interactive key to spider subfamilies, and was funded by the Australian Biological Resources Study.[3]
Her research has focused on the taxonomy of the Ant spider family Zodariidae,[5] the Long-tailed Bark spider family Hersiliidae and the Long-spinnereted Ground Spider family Prodidomidae.[2][6]
She is married to Martin Baehr (born 1943), who is also a German entomologist and arachnologist.
Publications (list not exhaustive)
- 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
- 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
- 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. doi: 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. doi: 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. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4213.1.1
Filmography
The Nature of Things (TV Series documentary)
Herself - QLD Museum
- Tarantula: Australia's King of Spiders (2005) ... Herself - QLD Museum (as Dr. Barbara Baehr)[7]
References
- ^ "Barbara Baehr - Thinkable.org". 150-years-of-discovery-emerging-research.thinkable.org. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ^ a b Museum, c=AU; co=Queensland Government; ou=Queensland. "Dr Barbara Baehr". www.qm.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Germany, manderbachmedia, Offenbach am Main,. "AAS - Australasian Arachnologists - Dr Barbara Baehr". www.australasian-arachnology.org. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Queensland Science (2014-09-29), Dr Barbara Baehr talks about her research on spiders in Australia, retrieved 2018-07-17
- ^ "Discovery of ant-eating spider with 'lock and key' genitals". ABC News. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ^ Discovery of ant-eating spider with 'lock and key' genitals, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2017-02-15, retrieved 2018-07-17
- ^ "Barbara Baehr". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-07-17.