André NEL
Professeur(e)
Entité de rattachement
Evolution fonctionnelle et Taxonomie (EvoFoncT)
Recherches
Habilité(e) à diriger des recherches
Présentation
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Former Employments
Assistant Professor, MNHN, Paris, 1994-2013
Full Professor, MNHN, Paris, 2013-2017
Professor of Mathematics, secondary school, 1983-1994
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Research topics
My research focuses on Entomology, with a strong emphasis on comparative morphology and fossil insects. It includes use of the phylogenetic tools, and development of new tools in comparative morphology and palaeoecology.
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Publication Activities: Total of 621 scientific publications, plus ca. 40 communications in congresses.
* 431 articles in peer-reviewed front journals in Palaeontology and Entomology between 1983 and 2018 (average 22 papers per year; 4 in the journal Nature, 1 in Nature Communications, 3 in PNAS, one in Gondwana Research, and 8 in Scientific Reports). I am first author or the senior author behind my students on 80% of these articles. I have published 141 articles in peer-reviewed journals with impact factors lower than 1; 39 articles in peer-reviewed journal without impact factors (period 1983 to 2003); nine monographs.
* cited 8482 times (4293 since 2013), h-index is 41, i10-index is 273, according to Google scholar at the date of 03 July 2018 and after the removal of homonymous authors from the list:
- La chronique de l’ISYEB « En direct des espèces » dans le journal « The Conversation »
Publications
2026
- , juillet 2026 — Two new roachoid specimens from the Carboniferous of the Reyran massif, Var, France (Holopandictyoptera, Archimylacridae, Phyloblattidae). We describe the second representative of the phyloblattid genus Anthracoblattina from the late Carboniferous Reyran Basin … Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France vol. 131, n° 2, p. 137-144ISSN0037928X, 25402641
- , juillet 2026 — A new enigmatic insect nymph from the pennsylvanian douro basin, paradua mine, portugal. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen , , –
- , juin 2026 — Two new roachoid specimens from the carboniferous of the reyran massif, var, france (holopandictyoptera, archimylacridae, phyloblattidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France vol. 131, n° 2, p. 137-144 tex.hal_id: hal-05660440 tex.hal_version: v1
- , avril 2026 — <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">UCE</span> phylogenomics improves the classification of the cosmopolitan pitbuilding antlion tribe Myrmeleontini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae). Abstract Myrmeleontini is a widespread antlion tribe within the lacewing family Myrmeleontidae, well known for its larvae… Systematic Entomology vol. 51, n° 2, e70040ISSN0307-6970, 1365-3113
- , 2026 — The first accurate fossil representative of Gynacantha (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Gynacantha oligocenica sp. nov. is described from the Oligocene of Poland on the basis of a complete forewing. It is the first… Palaeoentomology vol. 9, n° 4, p. 343-351ISSN2624-2834, 2624-2826
- , 2026 — The first record of Achilidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) in Miocene Dominican amber revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomography. The diversity of planthoppers in the Miocene Dominican amber is considerable but remains underestimated due to the large number… Palaeoworld vol. 35, n° 4, p. 201127ISSN1871-174X
- , 2026 — Synonymizing the Baltic amber genus Discotropiduchus Boderau, Peng, Jouault & Nel, 2025 with Tritophania Jacobi, 1938 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae). Zootaxa vol. 5869, n° 2, p. 378-380ISSN1175-5334, 1175-5326
- , 2026 — Carboniferous fossils enlighten the systematics and evolution of Hemiptera. Abstract Papers in Palaeontology vol. 12, n° 2, e70073 tex.hal_id: insu-05553840 tex.hal_version: v1ISSN2056-2799, 2056-2802
- , 2026 — Earliest fossil record of pollen-foraging megachiline bees. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol. 701, , p. 114152ISSN00310182
- , 2026 — A new gall midge fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France). Historical Biology , , p. 1-6ISSN0891-2963, 1029-2381