Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger

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Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger, born in 1973 in Innsbruck, is a Swiss arachnologist and entomologist.

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Biography

Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger attended the University of Bern, where she studied biology, completing her Ph.D. thesis entitled Systematics of the Oonopid spider genera Xyphinus, Ischnothyreus and Trilacuna (Araneae, Oonopidae) in 2014. [1] Since 1997, she has held a scientific assistant position at the Natural History Museum of Bern, where she works on the Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI) [2] [3] with six-eyed spiders (Oonopidae). [4] [5] She specializes in the study of arachnofauna, including pseudoscorpions and arachnids from the Indomalayan region. Her zoological abbreviation is Kranz-Baltensperger. [6]

Eponym

Prethopalpus kranzae , a species of goblin spider (Oonopidae) endemic to Sumatra, Baehr, 2012 [7]

Selected taxa described

Selected publications

Nentwig, W., Ansorg, J., Cushing, P. E., Kranz-Baltensperger, Y., & Kropf, C. (2024). Understanding and recognizing spiders. In W. Nentwig, J. Ansorg, P. E. Cushing, Y. Kranz-Baltensperger, & C. Kropf (Eds.), House spiders – Worldwide(pp. 3–9). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42834-4_1

Hänggi, A., Bobbitt, I., Kranz-Baltensperger, Y., Bolzern, A., & Gilgado, J. D. (2021, September 30). Spiders (Araneae) from Swiss hothouses, with records of four species new for Switzerland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters, 62(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit6207

Baur, H., Kranz-Baltensperger, Y., Cruaud, A., et al. (2014). Morphometric analysis and taxonomic revision of Anisopteromalus Ruschka (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) – An integrative approach. Systematic Entomology, 39(6), 601–709. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12095

Platnick, N. I., Berniker, L., & Kranz-Baltensperger, Y. (2012). The goblin spider genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates, 3759, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1206/3759.2

Platnick, N. I., Dupérré, N., Ott, R., & Kranz-Baltensperger, Y. (2011, April 29). The goblin spider genus Brignolia(Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2011(349), 1–131. https://doi.org/10.1206/349.1

Kranz-Baltensperger, Y., Platnick, N. I., & Dupérré, N. (2009, August 28). A new genus of the spider family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from Iran. American Museum Novitates, 2009(3656), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1206/3656.1

References

  1. ↑ "The Swiss Book - 2015/05" (PDF). Swiss National Library. p. 46. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Planetary Biodiversity Inventory: The Spider Family Oonopidae". research.amnh.org. Archived from the original on 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Planetary Biodiversity Inventory: Investigators - Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger". research.amnh.org. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  4. ↑ Nentwig, Wolfgang; Ansorg, Jutta; Cushing, Paula E.; Kranz-Baltensperger, Yvonne; Kropf, Christian (2024). "House Spiders - Worldwide". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70448-2.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Yvonne Kranz-Baltensperger | Naturhistorisches Museum Bern". www.nmbe.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  6. ↑ Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  7. ↑ Baehr, Barbara C.; Harvey, Mark S.; Burger, Matthias; Thoma, Marco (2012-06-21). "The New Australasian Goblin Spider Genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 369: 1–113. doi:10.1206/763.1. ISSN   0003-0090.
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