Curriculum vitae

• 2001 - 2008 Studies in Biology with later specialization in Zoology at the University of Tübingen

• 2009 - 2015 PhD Thesis at the University of Tübingen

Publications

Schmelzle, S., R.A. Norton, M. Heethoff. (2015): Mechanics of the ptychoid defense mechanism in Ptyctima (Acari, Oribatida): one problem, two solutions. – Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 254, 27 – 40. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2014.09.002

Schmelzle, S., R. A. Norton, M. Heethoff (2012): A morphological comparison of two closely related ptychoid oribatid mite species: Phthiracarus longulus and P. globosus (Acari: Oribatida: Phthiracaroidea). – Soil Organisms 84 (2): 431 – 443.

Alberti, G., M. Heethoff, R. A. Norton, S. Schmelzle, A. Seniczak, S. Seniczak (2011): Fine structure of the gnathosoma of Archegozetes longisetosus [corrected] AOKI (Acari: Oribatida, Trhypochthoniidae). – Journal of Morphology 272 (9): 1025 – 1079.

Schmelzle, S., L. Helfen, R. A. Norton & M. Heethoff (2010): The ptychoid defensive mechanism in Phthiracarus longulus (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidea): Exoskeletal and muscular elements. – Soil Organisms 82 (2): 253 – 273.

Schmelzle, S., L. Helfen, R. A. Norton & M. Heethoff (2009): The ptychoid defensive mechanism in Euphthiracaroidea (Acari: Oribatida): A comparison of muscular elements with functional considerations. – Arthropod Structure and Development 38 (6): 461 – 472, doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.07.001.

Schmelzle, S., L. Helfen, R. A. Norton & M. Heethoff (2008): The ptychoid defensive mechanism in Euphthiracaroidea (Acari: Oribatida): A comparison of exoskeletal elements. – Soil Organisms 80 (2): 227 – 241.