Centres, Departments & Research Groups

 

Two Departments belong to the Centre of Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research.

 

Arthropoda Department (arthropods include insects, spiders, crustaceans and other groups)

• Coleoptera (beetles)
• Diptera (dipterans like flies and other groups)
• Hymenoptera (hymenopterans like bees, wasps, ants and other groups)
• Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
• Myriapoda (millipedes and centipedes) 
• Lower Arthropoda (primitive arthropods like spiders and other groups)

 

Vertebrate Department 

• Herpetology (amphibians and reptiles)
• Ichthyology (fishes)
• Ornithology (birds)
• Theriology (mammals)

 

CENTRE FOR
MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH (zmb) 

 

• Phylogenetic
• Genomic
• Molecular Taxonomy
• Bioinformatic 
• Molecular laboratory
• Biobank
• Marine Molluscs

 

FURTHER

RESEARCH GROUPS

 

Independent research groups without an exclusive association with one of the above sections or with a broader research scope pertaining to several or all sections: 

 

• Biodiversity Informatics
• Zambian Biodiversity Project
• Biohistoricum