{"id":78539,"date":"2019-02-26T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T10:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/about\/staff\/szuts-tamas\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T04:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:28:39","slug":"szuts-tamas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/about\/staff\/szuts-tamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sz\u0171ts Tam\u00e1s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p> <p align=\"justify\">I am Dr. Tam\u00e1s Sz\u0171ts, a senior lecturer of the Department of Zoology. At the department, I teach and organize the subjects Biogeography, Zootaxonomy and Field Practice III for BSc students. I teach courses in Taxonomy, Exotic Zoology, Microscopic Photography and Molecular Zoology for Master&#8217;s students. My broad area of research interest is the taxonomic and systematic research of spiders, as well as the detection and interpretation of patterns in their biogeography and evolution. In addition to my higher education duties, I also participate in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/hu\/2022\/07\/19\/emelt-szintu-erettsegi-vizsgara-felkeszito-tanfolyam-indul\/\">Hungarian<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/education\/admission\/online-preparatory-program\/\">English<\/a> university preparatory programs of \u00c1TE.<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong>Main research areas:<\/strong><\/p> <ul> <li>taxonomy of tropical spiders (Africa, New Guinea, Middle East).<\/li> <li>taxonomic revision of domestic spiders<\/li> <li>taxonomy of different families of spiders (woodlice hunters, velvet spiders and jumping spiders).<\/li> <li>evolution and biogeography of spiders<\/li> <li>molecular taxonomy<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>Topic management<\/strong><\/p> <p>PhD students: 1<\/p> <p>MSc students: 3<\/p> <p>BSc students: 8<\/p> <p>TDK theses: 3<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong>Thesis topics<\/strong><\/p> <p>Examination of jumping spiders of New Caledonia (taxonomy, DNA barcode)<\/p> <p>Study of jumping spiders of New Guinea (taxonomy, DNA barcode)<\/p> <p>Molecular taxonomy of velvet spiders<\/p> <p>Study of jumping spider reproductive organ evolution<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong>Progress<\/strong><\/p> <p>2019-Present University of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Zoology<\/p> <p>2018\u00a0 Habilitation, University of Veterinary Medicine<\/p> <p>2011-2018 ELTE SEK, Department of Biology<\/p> <p>2010- 2011 California Academy of Sciences, Schlinger Arachnology Postdoctoral Research Fellow<\/p> <p>2009- 2017 Carlsberg Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Entomology, Zoological Museum and University of Copenhagen<\/p> <p>2006-2008 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Entomology, Zoological Museum and University of Copenhagen<\/p> <p>1999-2005 Hungarian Natural History Museum Zoo<\/p> <p>1999-2004 MTA TKI Zootaxonomy Research Group<\/p> <p>1994-1999 J\u00f3zsef Atilla University certified biologist<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><strong>Publication list (Top10)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/m2.mtmt.hu\/gui2\/?type=authors&amp;mode=browse&amp;sel=10011793\">MTMT<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=O6q_iRUAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8954-0641\">ORCID<\/a><\/p> <p><strong>Sz\u0171ts, T.<\/strong>, Zhang, J. X., Gall\u00e9-Szpisjak, N. &amp; De Bakker, D.\u00a0Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Papua New Guinean Mount Wilhelm and surrounding mountains. In:\u00a0Robillard, T., Legendre, F., Villemant, C. &amp; Leponce, M. (eds.)\u00a0<i>Insects of Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea &#8211; volume 2<\/i>.\u00a0<i>M\u00e9moires du Mus\u00e9um national d\u2019Histoire naturelle<\/i>\u00a02020;\u00a0214: 521-555.<\/p> <p>Weso\u0142owska W, <strong>Sz\u0171ts T.\u00a0<\/strong>A revision of the genus <em>Pochyta<\/em> Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina). <em>Zootaxa<\/em>. 2021 Oct 13;5052(1):1-41. doi:10.11646\/zootaxa.5052.1.1<\/p> <p>Maddison WP, <strong>Sz\u0171ts T<\/strong>. Myrmarachnine jumping spiders of the new subtribe Levieina from Papua New Guinea (Araneae, Salticidae, Myrmarachnini). <em>ZooKeys<\/em>. 2019 842:85. doi:10.3897\/zookeys.842.32970<\/p> <p>Zamani A, Altin \u00c7A, <strong>Sz\u0171ts T<\/strong>. A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species. <em>Zootaxa<\/em>. 2020 4851(3):zootaxa-4851. doi:10.11646\/zootaxa.4851.3.6<\/p> <p>Scharff N, Coddington JA, Blackledge TA, Agnarsson I, Framenau VW, <strong>Sz\u0171ts T<\/strong>, Hayashi CY, Dimitrov D. Phylogeny of the orb\u2010weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea). <em>Cladistics<\/em>. 2020 36(1):1-21. doi:10.1111\/cla.12382<\/p> <p>Miller JA, Griswold CE, Scharff N, \u0158ez\u00e1\u010d M, <strong>Sz\u0171ts T<\/strong>, Marhabaie M. The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae). <em>ZooKeys<\/em>. 2012 (195):1-144. doi:10.3897\/zookeys.195.2342<\/p> <p>Chousou\u2010Polydouri N, Carmichael A, <strong>Sz\u0171ts T<\/strong>, Saucedo A, Gillespie R, Griswold C, Wood HM. Giant Goblins above the waves at the southern end of the world: The biogeography of the spider family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea). <em>Journal of Biogeography<\/em>. 2019; 46(2):332-42. doi:10.1111\/jbi.13487<\/p> <p>Blackledge TA, Scharff N, Coddington JA, <strong>Sz\u0171ts T<\/strong>, Wenzel JW, Hayashi CY, Agnarsson I. Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>. 2009; 106(13):5229-34. doi:10.1073\/pnas.0901377106<\/p> <p>Sz\u0171ts T, Zalai B, Villepoux O, Buchholz S, Eichardt J, Zhukovets E, Oger P, Szinetar C. On the identity of the Palearctic species of the wolf spider genus Trebacosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa. 2017; 4216(4): 4216. doi:10.11646\/zootaxa.4216.4.6<\/p> <p>Wheeler WC, Coddington JA, Crowley LM, Dimitrov D, Goloboff PA, Griswold CE, Hormiga G, Prendini L, Ram\u00edrez MJ, Sierwald P, Almeida\u2010Silva L. &#8230; <strong>Sz\u0171ts, T.<\/strong> &#8230; The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target\u2010gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. <em>Cladistics<\/em>. 2017; 33(6):574-616. doi:10.1111\/cla.12182<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p>(Updated: 2022. September 15th)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction I am Dr. Tam\u00e1s Sz\u0171ts, a senior lecturer of the Department of Zoology. At the department, I teach and organize the subjects Biogeography, Zootaxonomy and Field Practice III for BSc students. I teach courses in Taxonomy, Exotic Zoology, Microscopic Photography and Molecular Zoology for Master&#8217;s students. 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