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Karim Vahed
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'''Karim Vahed''' [[Royal Entomological Society|FRES]] is an [[Entomology|entomologist]] in the UK, he is Professor of Entomology at the [[University of Derby]] and is an expert in [[Cricket (insect)|crickets]] and [[Tettigoniidae|bushcrickets (katydids)]]<ref name=":0"></ref>.
== Education and career ==
Vahed studied [[Biology|biological sciences]] at the [[University of Exeter]]<ref name=":1" /> and did a PhD on the [[evolution]] and function of [[Nuptial gift|nuptial feeding]] in bushcrickets at the [[University of Nottingham]], focussing on the role of the [[spermatophylax]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. In 1993 he joined the University of Derby, eventually becoming Professor of Entomology<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== Research ==
Vahed's research looks in particular at the sexual behaviour of the [[Orthoptera]] order of [[Insect|insects]], the crickets and bush crickets and related groups<ref name=":0" />.
He found a group of bushcricket species ''Anonconotus sp.'' that are able to mate many times without need to recover<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1)</ref>, he has studied the behaviour of giving nuptial gifts in insects<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, his team also found a cricket species ''[[Platycleis affinis]]'' in which the [[Testicle|testes]] accounted for 14% of the insect's body weight, the largest of any animal at the time of the study, enabling it to mate more frequently<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
Vahed is involved in conservation of rare orthoperans and monitors the rare scaly cricket ''Pseudomogoplistes vicentae'' on the UK mainland<ref></ref> as well as on the [[Channel Islands]] including a potential new site for the species on [[Guernsey]]<ref></ref>.
In 2014 Vahed was interviewed on [[BBC Four|BBC Fou]]<nowiki/>r television documentary ''Spider House'' by Tim Cockerill<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, in 2019 he appeared on ''The British Garden: Life And Death On Your Lawn'' with [[Chris Packham]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== Awards and honours ==
Vahed is a Fellow of the [[Royal Entomological Society]]<ref> Postgrad.com|website=www.postgrad.com|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>, of the [[Royal Society of Biology]], of the [[Linnean Society of London|Linnean Society]] and is a Senior Fellow of the [[Higher Education Academy]]<ref></ref>.
== References ==
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2sLr7VH University of Derby profile]
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[[Category:British entomologists]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society]]
[[Category:20th-century British scientists]]
[[Category:21st-century British scientists]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham]]
== Education and career ==
Vahed studied [[Biology|biological sciences]] at the [[University of Exeter]]<ref name=":1" /> and did a PhD on the [[evolution]] and function of [[Nuptial gift|nuptial feeding]] in bushcrickets at the [[University of Nottingham]], focussing on the role of the [[spermatophylax]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. In 1993 he joined the University of Derby, eventually becoming Professor of Entomology<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== Research ==
Vahed's research looks in particular at the sexual behaviour of the [[Orthoptera]] order of [[Insect|insects]], the crickets and bush crickets and related groups<ref name=":0" />.
He found a group of bushcricket species ''Anonconotus sp.'' that are able to mate many times without need to recover<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1)</ref>, he has studied the behaviour of giving nuptial gifts in insects<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, his team also found a cricket species ''[[Platycleis affinis]]'' in which the [[Testicle|testes]] accounted for 14% of the insect's body weight, the largest of any animal at the time of the study, enabling it to mate more frequently<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
Vahed is involved in conservation of rare orthoperans and monitors the rare scaly cricket ''Pseudomogoplistes vicentae'' on the UK mainland<ref></ref> as well as on the [[Channel Islands]] including a potential new site for the species on [[Guernsey]]<ref></ref>.
In 2014 Vahed was interviewed on [[BBC Four|BBC Fou]]<nowiki/>r television documentary ''Spider House'' by Tim Cockerill<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, in 2019 he appeared on ''The British Garden: Life And Death On Your Lawn'' with [[Chris Packham]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== Awards and honours ==
Vahed is a Fellow of the [[Royal Entomological Society]]<ref> Postgrad.com|website=www.postgrad.com|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>, of the [[Royal Society of Biology]], of the [[Linnean Society of London|Linnean Society]] and is a Senior Fellow of the [[Higher Education Academy]]<ref></ref>.
== References ==
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2sLr7VH University of Derby profile]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:British entomologists]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society]]
[[Category:20th-century British scientists]]
[[Category:21st-century British scientists]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham]]
January 17, 2020 at 12:39AM
