Olivia Moosdorf
Master student
Head of male Dorylus helvolus, sausagefly.
Olivia Moosdorf
Contact
Olivia Moosdorf
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research
Phyletisches Museum
Vor dem Neutor 1 (room 205)
07743 Jena
Germany
Tel.: +49 3641 9-49149
olivia.moosdorf@uni–jena.de
Research Interest
My research specifically revolves around male ants. The focus of my bachelor thesis has laid on the investigation of the head morphology of male Dorylus helvolus (Linnaeus, 1764). For my upcoming master thesis, I am extending my studies further by analysing different characteristics of male dorylines. The analysis is based on geometric morphometrics with the objective to determine if differences in shape can be explained by the behaviour of the workers, as a proxy for colony lifestyle.
Research Topics
- Evolutionary morphology
- Phylogeny and Systematics
Research Methods
- Scanning electron microscopy
- µ-computed tomography
- 3D-rendering
- geometric morphometric
Short CV
Since 2020: Master student at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2016 – 2020: Bachelor of Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Media Coverage
02.02.2022 on Myrmecological News Blog: »Male-worker but not male-queen morphological differences in the head of the ant Dorylus helvolus«External link
Publication
Boudinot, B. E., Moosdorf, O. T. D., Beutel, R. G., & Richter, A. (2021). Anatomy and evolution of the head of Dorylus helvolus (Formicidae: Dorylinae): Patterns of sex- and caste-limited traits in the sausagefly and the driver ant. Journal of Morphology, 282(11), 1616–1658. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21410