DÉNES Avar Lehel

CSIII – Fundamental/exploratory/research and development-innovation in molecular ecology

Areas of interest: biogeography, phylogeography, taxonomy and molecular ecology

DÉNES Avar Lehel – is a scientific researcher with experience in three CNCSIS grants that mainly focused on investigating the role of the Carpathians as refuges, as well as on the diversity of aquatic insects in the context of water quality. The results of these studies highlighted the importance of the region in conserving the current native diversity of aquatic insects. Integrative taxonomy studies have led to the description of several new species of endemic dipterans from the Carpathian Mountains. He has also been the leader of a CNCSIS postdoctoral grant focused on conserving local biodiversity in a European context.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LAJ-S98AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCID Profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-7190

Web of Science Profile: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/HPB-6983-2023

Curriculum Vitae: CV Denes

Representative publications:

Manko P, Vaida RM, Keresztes L, Martynov AV, Szabó E, Baranova B, Kis B, Váncsa É, Dénes AL (2023) Integrative taxonomy supports one rather than several species of Palingenia in South-Eastern Europe (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Palingeniidae). European Zoological Journal, 90(1): 296–306. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2191622. WOS:000963029600001

Dénes AL, Vaida RM, Szabó E, Martynov AV, Váncsa É, Ujvárosi B, Keresztes L (2022) Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe. Journal of Insect Conservation, 26(5): 823–838. doi: 10.1007/s10841-022-00425-z. WOS:000841054300001

László Z, Dénes AL, Király L, Tóthmérész B (2018) Biased parasitoid sex ratios: Wolbachia, functional traits, local and landscape effects. Basic and Applied Ecology; 31: 61–71. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2018.05.014

Dénes AL, Kolcsár L, Török E, Keresztes L (2016) Taxonomic revision of the Carpathian endemic Pedicia (Crunobia) staryi species–group (Diptera, Pediciidae) based on morphology and molecular data, Zookeys. 569: 81–104. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.569.7458. WOS:000386872200002

Dénes AL, Kolcsár L, Török E, Keresztes L (2016). Phylogeography of the micro-endemic Pedicia staryi group (Insecta: Diptera): evidence of relict biodiversity in the Carpathians. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119(3): 719–731. doi: 10.1111/bij.12667. WOS:000386919400011