- Management of the insect collection

- Phylogeny, Ecology, and Faunistics of Heteroptera

 - Amphibiens in Norway

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Academic article

• Steffen Roth; Omar Cava; Klaus Reinhardt (2025). Hesperocimex sonorenis Ryckman, 1958 and Cimex incrassatus Usinger and Ueshima, 1965 – two blood-sucking bugs in cactus nest cavities of the Sonoran Desert (NW Mexico). (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Jorge Molina; Reinhard Predel (2014). Biodiversity, ecology, and behavior of the recently discovered insect order Mantophasmatodea. (external link)
• Astghik Ghazarayan; Tigran Hayrpetyan; Ioseb Natradze et al. (2023). First records of bat-associated Cimex lectularius (Cimicidae, Heteroptera) for Armenia and Georgia. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Steffen Hahn; María Eugenia Montani et al. (2023). Contribution to the Cimicidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna from Argentina: biology and geographical distribution. (external link)
• Karl H Thunes; Geir Einar Ellefsen Søli; Csaba Thuroczy et al. (2021). The Arthropod Fauna of Oak (Quercus spp., Fagaceae) Canopies in Norway. (external link)
• Bjørn Arild Hatteland; Solveig Haukeland; Steffen Roth et al. (2013). Spatiotemporal analysis of predation by carabid beetles (Carabidae) on nematode infected and uninfected slugs in the field. (external link)
• Bjørn Arild Hatteland; Steffen Roth; Arild Andersen et al. (2013). Distribution and spread of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris Moquin - Tandon in Norway. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Michael T. Siva-Jothy; Ondřej Balvín et al. (2023). The evolution of female-biased genital diversity in bedbugs (Cimicidae). (external link)
• Torbjørn Ekrem; Steffen Roth; Trond Andersen et al. (2012). Insects inhabiting freshwater and humid habitats in Finnmark, northern Norway. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Ondřej Balvín; Michael T. Siva-Jothy et al. (2019). Bedbugs (Cimicidae) evolved before their bat hosts and did not co-speciate with ancient humans. (external link)
• Steffen Roth (2009). Die Wanzen Norwegens: Arten, Erfassungsstand und Rote Liste. (external link)
• Anders Endrestøl; Steffen Roth (2020). The firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) new to the Norwegian fauna – with an explosive expansion in Northern Europe. (external link)
• Reinhard Predel; Susanne Neupert; Wolf Huetteroth et al. (2012). Peptidomics-based phylogeny and biogeography of mantophasmatodea (Hexapoda). (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Klaus Reinhardt (2009). Sexual dimorphism in winter survival rate differs little between damselbug species (Heteroptera: Nabidae). (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Bjørn Arild Hatteland; Torstein Solhøy (2012). Some notes on reproductive biology and mating behaviour of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon 1855 in Norway including a mating experiment with a hybrid of Arion rufus (Linnaeus 1758) x ater (Linnaeus 1758). (external link)
• Serap Senol Tuncay; Steffen Roth; Fevzi Bardakci et al. (2018). Genetic diversity of common toads (Bufo bufo) along the norwegian coast: Disjunct distribution of locally dominant haplotypes. (external link)
• Sławomir Kaczmarek; Tomasz Marquardt; Snorre Hagen et al. (2025). Complete instars’ morphology of Zercon forsslundi Sellnick, 1958 (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) with notes on distribution and evolution. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; O. Calva; J. Kennedy et al. (2023). Primicimex cavernis Barber 1941 (Heteroptera: Cimicidae): A rare parasite on a very abundant host. (external link)
• Steffen Roth (2014). Fieberocapsus flaveolus (Reuter,1870)(Miridae, Heteroptera) - ein bemerkenswerter Wanzenfund für Sachsen-Anhalt. (external link)
• Carsten Morkel; Berend Aukema; Wolfgang H.O. Dorow et al. (2018). Wanzenfunde (Insecta: Heteroptera) aus Nordhessen anlässlich des 43. Treffens der „Arbeitsgruppe Mitteleuropäischer Heteropterologen“ im August 2017. (external link)
• Elisa Pianezzola; Steffen Roth; Bjørn Arild Hatteland (2013). Predation by carabid beetles on the invasive slug Arion vulgaris in an agricultural semi-field experiment. (external link)
• Anna Seniczak; Stanislaw Seniczak; Josef Stary et al. (2021). High Diversity of Mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) Supports the High Conservation Value of a Broadleaf Forest in Eastern Norway. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Arne Janssen; Maurice W. Sabelis (2008). Odour-mediated sexual attraction in nabids (Heteroptera : Nabidae). (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Dag Dolmen; Kåre Nes et al. (2016). Large populations of the common toad Bufo bufo in Norway. (external link)
• Ondřej Balvín; Steffen Roth; Jitka Vilimova (2015). Molecular evidence places the swallow bug genus Oeciacus Stål within the bat and bed bug genus Cimex Linnaeus (Heteroptera: Cimicidae). (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Carl-Cedric Coulianos; Thomas Persson Vinnersten et al. (2018). Cimex pipistrelli complex new to Norway and additional records of bed bug species (Cimicidae, Heteroptera) from Norway and Sweden. (external link)
• Václav Hypša; Jana Martinů; Sazzad Mahmood et al. (2025). Dynamic but constrained: repeated acquisitions of nutritional symbionts in bed bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) from a narrow taxonomic pool. (external link)
• Anna Seniczak; Stanisław Seniczak; Radomir Graczyk et al. (2021). A forest pool as a habitat island for mites in a limestone forest in Southern Norway. (external link)
• Raul Ramirez; Terje Lislevand; Axel Retana et al. (2012). Ectoparasite loads of the Central American Whiptail Lizard Ameiva festiva (Squamata: Teiidae). (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Carl-Cedric Coulianos (2014). A survey of aquatic and terrestrial Heteroptera in northern Europe with special regard to Finnmark, Norway (and adjacent regions).. (external link)
• Anna Beata Seniczak; Thomas Bolger; Steffen Roth et al. (2019). Diverse mite communities (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) from a broadleaf forest in western Norway. (external link)
• Steffen Roth (2024). Auf den (zu großen) Fußspuren USINGERs: Suche nach Cimicidae in Argentinien – Ein Reisebericht -. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Bastian Fromm; Gerd Gäde et al. (2009). A proteomic approach for studying insect phylogeny: CAPA peptides of ancient insect taxa (Dictyoptera, Blattoptera) as a test case. (external link)
• Lita Greve; Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte; Steffen Roth (2012). A „winter“ inscet- the third record of Pachycerina pulchra (Loew, 1850) (Diptera, Brachycera, Fam. Lauxaniidae) from Norway. (external link)
• Anna Seniczak; Wojciech Niedbała; J. Carlos Iturrondobeitia et al. (2021). Type of broadleaf forest matters most for ptyctimous mite communities (Acari, Oribatida) in Norway. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Robert Jehle (2016). High genetic diversity of common toad (Bufo bufo) populations under strong natural fragmentation on a Northern archipelago. (external link)
• Ondřej Balvín; Steffen Roth; Benoit Talbot et al. (2018). Co-speciation in bedbug Wolbachia parallel the pattern in nematode hosts. (external link)

Media interview

• Karoline Vårdal; Steffen Roth (2009). Fyrste Funn i fylket. (external link)
• Anders Nyland; Steffen Roth (2009). Mystisk insekt. (external link)

Exhibition production

• Bjarte Henry Jordal; Steffen Roth; Dimitar Dimitrov et al. (2019). Insekter - en million suksesshistorier. (external link)
• Terje Lislevand; Gunnar Langhelle; Steffen Roth et al. (2019). De første virveldyr på land. (external link)

Conference poster

• Steffen Roth; Robert Jehle (2009). The genetic structure of common toad (Bufo bufo) populations under long-term, natural fragmentation. (external link)

Popular science article

• Steffen Roth (2012). Neuer Wein aus alten Schläuchen: DNA-Untersuchungen an Sammlungsmaterial. (external link)
• Trond Andersen; Torbjørn Ekrem; Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte et al. (2012). Vannelskende insekter i Finnmark. (external link)
• Steffen Roth (2012). Buchbesprechung "Suomen Luteet" (Die Wanzen Finnlands). (external link)
• Roald Bengtson; Ole Kristoffer Bøhn; Hallvard Elven et al. (2025). In memoriam Blomsterfluepioneren Tore R. Nielsen til minne. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Anders Endrestøl (2024). Skjoldlus-workshop 2024. (external link)

Lecture

• Steffen Roth; Bjørn Arild Hatteland (2013). Biologi og bekjemplse av Brunskogsnegl (Arion vulgaris). (external link)

Conference lecture

• Steffen Roth; Klaus Reinhardt; Endre Willassen (2018). The evolution of specialisation and generalism in bedbugs (Cimicidae). (external link)
• Torbjørn Ekrem; Elisabeth Stur; Trond Andersen et al. (2012). Kartlegging av insekter knyttet til vann og fuktige habitater i Finnmark. (external link)
• Steffen Roth; Edward H. Morrow; Klaus Reinhardt et al. (2014). A molecular phylogeny of the bed bug family (Cimicidae): preliminary results. (external link)
• Steffen Roth (2009). Die Wanzen Norwegens:Arten, Rote Liste und Erfassungsstand (Heteroptera in Norway: species, Red Data List and knowledge). (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steffen_Roth4/contributions

• Phylogeny and ecology of the Cimicidae: Bedbugs, or Cimicidae, copulate in a spectacular way: males pierce the cuticle of the female and transfer their sperm into the female body (traumatic insemination). In at least two cimicid species this reproductive mode has been shown or implicated to result in sexual conflict, a process that is known to accelerate the rate of evolutionary change. The aims of this study are a) revealing the molecular phylogenetic relationship within the Cimicidae and b) to reconstructing the evolution of sexual organs, particularly the female copulatory organ which seems to ameliorate the damage caused by the male.

• Evolution of reproductive systems in damselbugs (Nabidae) - Linking behaviour, morphology and phylogeny
• Phylogeny and ecology of Mantophasmatodea
• Faunistics of Heteroptera in Norway
• Population dynamics of Amphibians in Norway

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