On the standardized use of Malaise traps for insect assessments

With the participation of the GBOL taxon coordinator Björn Rulik of Museum Koenig in Bonn (ZFMK), a detailed description of the standardized use of Malaise traps for the detection of flying insects has recently been published. The authors also explore ways to use DNA barcoding and metabarcoding to accelerate the analysis of complex trap contents in order to assess larger proportions of diversity at species level resolution. Let’s hope that as many federal states as possible take initiatives to capture “their” insect fauna and monitor their development.