Introduction:

I am Hunor Takács-Vágó, a PhD student at the Department of Zoology. As part of my doctoral work, I am investigating the jumping spiders living on the island of Papua New Guinea, and within this my main area of ​​interest is the jumping spiders belonging to the extremely interesting genus Bathippus living here, as well as the ant-mimicking species living on the island. The main directions of my research are the taxonomic examination of the species living here, the description of new species, and the examination of sexual selection on these spiders.

Main research areas:

• Description of new species belonging to genera Bathippus and Canama
• Description of ant-mimicking species belonging to the genus of Myrmarachne from the island
• The jumping spider fauna of Mt. Wilhelm
• Study on the sexual selection of New Guinean jumping spiders

Studies:

2023 – : University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Doctoral School, PhD-student

2021 – 2023: University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, degree of Master’s

2018 – 2021: University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, degree of Bachelor’s

Memberships:

2022 – MBT (Magyar Biológiai Társaság) membership

2024 – ESA (European Society of Arachnology) membership

Publication list:

Herczeg, D., Holly, D., Kásler, A., Bókony, V., Papp, T., Takács‐Vágó, H., … & Hettyey, A. (2023). Amphibian larvae benefit from a warm environment under simultaneous threat from chytridiomycosis and ranavirosis. Oikos, 2023(11), e09953.

Szinetár Cs, Takács-Vágó H, Eichardt J (2024) [Occurrence of Theotima minutissima (Petrunkevitch, 1929) in Hungary (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae). Establishment in Europe of an introduced species from Southeast Asia]. Biológia Savaria Természettudományi és Sporttudományi Közlemények 21: 105-112.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7837-1979

Googlescholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7AiPtGkAAAAJ&hl=hu&oi=ao