Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte
Associate Professor
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Areas of expertise
Biodiversity, Ecology Division
Background:
Postdoc at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 2017-2019. Worked with taxonomy, systematics and community ecology of frog-biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae)
Chief engineer at the University Museum of Bergen from 2009 to 2017, part-time. Worked with the fly collections (Diptera), focusing particularly on the families Psychodidae, Pipunculidae and Scathophagidae
Dr. Rer. Nat. at Universität Kassel (Germany) 2017, M.Sc. at the University of Bergen 2011.
Teaching and mentoring:
2023
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: Volum 134 s. 265-279 Grootaert, Patrick; Beuk, Paul; Braet, Yves; Brice, David; Carbonnelle, Sébastien; Claerebout, Stéphane
New records of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) for the Dutch fauna 2023, Biodiversity Data Journal: Volum 11 s. 1-16 Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Njunjić, Iva; Schilthuizen, Menno
Comparing Global Sentinel-2 Land Cover Maps for Regional
Species Distribution Modeling
2023, Remote Sensing: Volum 15 Venter, Zander; Roos, Ruben Erik; Nowell, Megan Sara; Rusch, Graciela Monica; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Sydenham, Markus A. K.
2022
First record of Lepidiella Enderlein, 1937 from the Oriental Region (Diptera, Psychodidae) 2022, ZooKeys: Volum 2022 s. 73-79 Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Platyplastinx ibanezbernali sp. nov., a new species of moth fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Ecuador 2022, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae: Volum 62 s. 383-389 Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Alepia viatrix sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae), a new species of a Neotropical genus found on the Azores Archipelago (Portugal) 2022, Zootaxa: Volum 5128 s. 384-396 Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; van der Weele, Ruud ; Mengual, Ximo
What’s Inside the Hole? A Review of European Dendrolimnetic Moth Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) 2022, Diversity: Volum 14 Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago; Morelli, Alessio; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Mengual, Ximo
Linked seasonality between a phoretic mite and its moth fly host (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata and Diptera: Psychodidae) 2022, Acarologia: Volum 62 s. 956-964 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Kaczmarek, Slawomir; Marquardt, Tomasz; Seniczak, Anna Beata
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: Volum 69 s. 232-236 Hellqvist, Sven; Gustad, Jørn R.; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine
2021
The Arthropod Fauna of Oak (Quercus spp., Fagaceae) Canopies in Norway 2021, Diversity: Volum 13 Thunes, Karl H; Søli, Geir Einar Ellefsen; Thuroczy, Csaba; Fjellberg, Arne; Olberg, Stefan; Roth, Steffen
2020
Taxonomic history of Pericoma albomaculata Wahlgren, 1904 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with new synonymies and description of Panimerus halophilus sp. n. 2020, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 67 s. 61-69 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Salmela, Jukka; Suuronen, Anna
Additional data of several Diptera families from Georgia and Azerbaijan 2020, Boletín de la Sociedad Entomològica Aragonesa (Boletín de la S.E.A.): Volum 67 s. 147-153 Dvořak, Libor; Oboňa, Jozef; Dvořakova, Kateřina; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Manko, Peter
Checklist of aquatic Diptera (Insecta) of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, a UNESCO world heritage site 2020, ZooKeys: s. 99-142 Ivković, Marija; Dorić, Valentina; Baranov, Viktor; Mihaljević, Zlatko; Kolcsár, Levente-Péter; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
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: Volum 50 s. 67-82 Polseela, Raxsina; Wagner, Rüdiger; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Rulik, Björn; Apiwathnasorn, Chamnarn
A new species of fossil Corethrella (Diptera, Corethrellidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber 2019, Cretaceous research (Print): Baranov, Viktor A.; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Muller, Patrick; Bernal, Ximena Eunice
2018
New records of Afrotropical Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1800 (Diptera: Chaoboridae) 2018, African Entomology: Volum 26 s. 150-153 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Andersen, Trond
Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site 2018, Communications Biology: Volum 1 s. 1-8 Brown, Brian V.; Borkent, Art; Adler, Peter H.; De Souza Amorim, Dalton; Barber, Kevin; Bickel, Daniel
New species and records of the Pericoma trifasciata group from Croatia (Diptera: Psychodidae) 2018, Zootaxa: Volum 4486 s. 76-82 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Ivkovic, Marija
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: Volum 52 s. 137-153 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Curler, Gregory R; Marshall, Stephen
Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science 2018, Zootaxa: Volum 4402 s. 53-90 Borkent, Art; Brown, Brian V.; Adler, Peter H.; De Souza Amorim, Dalton; Barber, Kevin; Bickel, Daniel
2017
Glacial and postglacial species divergence and dispersal of European trickle midges (Diptera: Thaumaleidae) 2017, Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny: Volum 75 s. 523-534 Haubrock, Phillip Joschka; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Langguth, Henning; Wagner, Rüdiger
The plesiobiontic association of formica lemani bondroit with lasius flavus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Norway 2017, Sociobiology: Volum 64 s. 366-368 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Legøy, Thomas Aga; Soule, Jonathan
Review of the Afrotropical genus Neomaruina Vaillant (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) 2017, Annales de Limnologie: Volum 53 s. 309-313 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Andersen, Trond
2016
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: Volum 41 s. 531-540 Baranov, Viktor A.; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.
New records of Trichoceridae (Diptera) from the island of Mallorca. 2016, Biodiversity Data Journal: Volum 4 s. 1-8 Petrašiūnas, Andrius; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Review of the Psychodinae from Mallorca, Spain, with description of Pericoma unipennata, sp. n. (Diptera, Psychodidae) 2016, ZooKeys: Volum 2016 s. 149-160 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Stokkan, Morten; Wagner, Rüdiger
A fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from early Eocene Indian amber with a complex pheromone evaporator 2016, Scientific Reports: Volum 6:34352 Stebner, Frauke; Szadziewski, Ryszard; Rühr, Peter T.; Singh, Hukam; Hammel, Jörg U.; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Two new Neotropical species of Perithreticus Vaillant 1973 (Diptera: Psychodidae, Psychodinae) 2016, Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment: Volum 51 s. 121-127 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Andersen, Trond; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Bello Gonzalez, Orestes C.
Blind flight? A new troglobiotic orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina Jama - Trojama Cave in Croatia 2016, PLOS ONE: Volum 11:e0152884 Andersen, Trond; Baranov, Viktor; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Ivković, Marija; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Pavlek, Martina
2015
Big-headed flies (Diptera, Pipunculidae) from Finnmark, north Norway 2015, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 62 s. 167-173 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Kehlmaier, Christian
Description of Jezekiella patera gen. et sp. nov. from Europe (Diptera: Psychodidae). 2015, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae: Volum 55 s. 505-511 Wagner, Rüdiger; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Paradryomyza spinigera Ozerov, 1987 new to Norway, with records of some other little known Diptera from Finnmark (Diptera: Acartophthalmidae, Campichoetidae, Diastatidae, Dryomyzidae, and Micropezidae) 2015, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 62 s. 196-204 Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
2014
2013
New records of moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Croatia, with the description of Berdeniella keroveci sp nov 2013, Zootaxa: Volum 3737 s. 57-67 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Ivkovic, Marija; Klaric, Aleksandra
Empidoidea (Diptera) from Finnmark, northern Norway 2013, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 60 s. 201-245 Jonassen, Terje; Andersen, Trond; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
New records of lower Diptera ("Nematocera") from Finnmark, northern Norway 2013, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 60 s. 182-189 Andersen, Trond; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Håland, Øyvind; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Skartveit, John
New records of Hesperinidae and Bibionidae (Insecta, Diptera) from Croatia | Novi nalazi iz porodica Hesperinidae i Bibionidae (Insecta, Diptera) iz Hrvatske | 2013, Natura Croatica: Volum 22 s. 29-36 Skartveit, John; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Klaric, Aleksandra; Håland, Øyvind
2012
Moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Finnmark, northern Norway 2012, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 59 s. 108-119 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Andersen, Trond
New faunistic records of non-biting moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia 2012, Klapalekiana: Volum 48 Jezek, Jan; Lukas, Jozef; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Obona, Jozef
Phantom midges (Diptera, Chaoboridae) from Finnmark, northern Norway 2012, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 59 s. 155-157 Andersen, Trond; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Description of a new Psychoda Latreille species from Fennoscandia (Diptera: Psychodidae) 2012, Zootaxa: s. 34-43 Salmela, Jukka; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; More, Anna
2011
A revised checklist of Norwegian moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) 2011, Norwegian Journal of Entomology: Volum 58 s. 180-188 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Håland, Øyvind; Andersen, Trond
2021
Artsgruppeomtale tovinger (Diptera). Norsk rødliste for arter 2021. Artsdatabanken. 2021, Artsdatabanken: Gammelmo, Øivind; Kjærandsen, Jostein; Leendertse, Arjen; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Jonassen, Terje
Raudlista må få politiske konsekvensar 2021, Trønder-avisa: Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
2020
Når tovenger tyr til å fråtsa på frosk III: Myiasis 2020, Insektnytt: Volum 45 s. 5-12 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
2018
Coevolution of Diptera with Anuran amphibians – an overview 2018, Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
2017
A first, local DNA barcode reference database of forensically important flies (Diptera) of the island of La Réunion. 2017, Meganck, K; Ebejer, M; Kirk-Spriggs, A H; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Couri, M; Rognes, Knut
2016
Flying deeper underground? A New troglobiotic chironomid (Diptera) from the Lukina Jama - Trojama Cave system in Croatia 2016, Andersen, Trond; Baranov, Viktor; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Ivkovic, Marija; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Pavlek, Martina
2015
DNA Barcoding of Diptera from Finnmark reveals Holarctic distributions and possible cryptic speciation. 2015, Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Blind flight? A new troglobiotic orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina jama – Trojama cave in Croatia. 2015, Andersen, Trond; Baranov, Viktor; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Ivković, Marija; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Pavlek, Martina
Blind flight? A new troglobiotic orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukinajama – Trojama cave in Croatia 2015, Andersen, Trond; Baranov, Viktor A.; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Ivkovic, Marija; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Pavlek, Martina
Two new species of Psychomasina Ježek, 2004 (Diptera: Psychodidae) 2015, Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
Phylogenetic patterns in genital asymmetry of
Psychodidae 2015, Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen
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: Volum 72 s. 309-310 Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Hagenlund, Linn Katrine; Rulik, Björn
2013
Identifying Norwegian Psychodidae using DNA barcodes (Insecta: Diptera) 2013, Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Andersen, Trond
2012
Vannelskende insekter i Finnmark 2012, Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen: s. 92-103 Andersen, Trond; Ekrem, Torbjørn; Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen; Roth, Steffen; Stur, Elisabeth; Søli, Geir Einar Ellefsen