Rob Felix

Scientific interests

My research is focused on taxonomy and ecology of Orthoptera, mainly in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. These studies are mainly carried out as a freelance Orthopterologist. In the last ten years I have participated in different Orthopterological study trips to Socotra Island, Zambia, Ethiopia, Montenegro and Morocco. Results are worked out at this moment and will be published in due course.

Professional employment and academic education

1992 - 1998 Biology (MSc), University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

1998 - present Consultant Ecology at Ecological Consultancy Natuurbalans – Limes Divergens BV, The Netherlands.

Collaborative projects with CeNak staff

Revision and phylogeny of the genus Acrotylus;

Revision and phylogeny of the genus Cataloipus;

Phylogeny of Oedipodinae of Socotra Island (Yemen);

Population genetics of isolated populations of Ephippiger diurnus in the Netherlands.

Selected publications

Bakker, W., J. Bouwman, F. Brekelmans, E. Colijn, R. Felix, M. Grutters, W. Kerkhof & R. Kleukers 2015. De Nederlandse sprinkhanen en krekels (Orthoptera) - Entomologische Tabellen 8. EIS, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Desutter-Grandcolas & Felix 2012. Socotracris kleukersi n. gen. n. sp., a new troglobitic cricket from Socotra (Yemen) (Orthoptera: Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae). Zootaxa 3252: 57 – 65.

Felix, R.P.W.H. & H.H. van Kleef, 2004. [Oecanthus pellucens entering the Netherlands at Lobith (Orthoptera: Gryllidae).] Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 21: 1-6. (In Dutch).

Felix, R.P.W.H. & P.H. van Hoof. 2004. [A large population of the sicklebearing bush-cricket Phaneroptera falcata on the Oirschotse Heide (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).] Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 20: 13 – 16. (In Dutch).

Felix, R.P.W.H. 2004. [The two-coloured bush-cricket Metrioptera bicolor, first record for the Netherlands (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)]. Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 21: 7 – 10. (In Dutch). 

Felix, R.P.W.H. & B. Massa 2016. Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia. Zootaxa 4189 (1): 1 – 059.

Profilseite Rob Felix bei Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rob_Felix2