Główne zainteresowania badawcze
Taksonomia, filogeneza i biologia Tardigrada.
Taksonomia DNA i metody filogenetyczne.
Meiofauna.
Biologia ewolucyjna.
Ekologia molekularna.
Biologia pszczoły miodnej i gospodarka pasieczna.
Aktualne zadania badawcze
- Filogeneza i taksonomia integratywna wybranych grup Tardigrada.
- Integratywne opisy nowych dla wiedzy gatunków niesporczaków.
- Bioróżnorodność i ekologia Tardigrada.
- Wzorce różnicowania się i rozmieszczenia mikroskopijnych bezkręgowców.
Lista publikacji
Majdi N., Araujo T.Q., Bekkouche N., Fontaneto D., Garrigue J., Larrieu L., Kamburska L., Kieneke, A., Minowa A.K., Laumer C., Sabatino R., Sorel D., Stec D. , Traunspurger W.
Freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna of the Massane Forest Reserve in the Eastern French Pyrenees.
Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 39(1).
Stec D.
Integrative taxonomy supports two new species of Macrobiotus (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) allowing further discussion on the genus phylogeny.
European Journal of Taxonomy, 930: 79–123.
Surmacz B., Stec D. , Prus-Frankowska M., Buczek M., Michalczyk Ł., Łukasik P.
Pinpointing the microbiota of tardigrades: What is really there?
Environmental Microbiology, 26(6): e16659.
Kayastha P., Stec D. , Sługocki Ł., Gawlak M., Mioduchowska M., Kaczmarek Ł.
Integrative taxonomy reveals new, widely distributed tardigrade species of the genus Paramacrobiotus (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Scientific Reports, 13: 2196.
Stec D.
Integrative taxonomy helps to revise systematics and questions the purported cosmopolitan nature of the type species within the genus Diaforobiotus (Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae).
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 23: 309-328.
Vecchi M. , Tsvetkova A.Y., Stec D. , Ferrari C., Calhim S., Tumanov D.V.
Expanding Acutuncus: phylogenetics and morphological analyses reveal a considerably wider distribution for this tardigrade genus.
Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 180: 107707.
Zawierucha K., Stec D. , Dearden P.K., Shain D.H.
Two new tardigrade genera from New Zealand’s Southern Alp glaciers display morphological stasis and parallel evolution.
Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 178: 107634.
Kiosya Y., Stec D.
New species of the genus Richtersius Pilato & Binda, 1989 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae) from Uzbekistan.
Folia Biologica (Kraków), 70: 141-150.
Pogwizd J., Stec D.
An integrative description of a new Richtersius species from Greece (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Richtersiusidae).
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 68(1): 1-21.
Stec D.
An integrative description of two new Mesobiotus species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) with updated genus phylogeny.
Zoological Studies, 61: 85.
Stec D.
Macrobiotus rebecchii sp. nov., a new limno-terrestrial and hermaphroditic tardigrade from Kyrgyzstan.
Animals, 12(21): 2906.
Stec D. , Cancellario T., Fontaneto, D.
Diversification rates in Tardigrada indicate a decreasing tempo of lineage splitting regardless of reproductive mode.
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 22: 965-974.
Stec D. , Morek W.
Reaching the Monophyly: Re-Evaluation of the Enigmatic Species Tenuibiotus hyperonyx (Maucci, 1983) and the Genus Tenuibiotus (Eutardigrada).
Animals, 12(3): 404.
Stec D. , Vončina K., Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
The Macrobiotus ariekammensis species complex provides evidence for parallel evolution of long claws in macrobiotid tardigrades.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(4): 1067-1099.
Tůmová M., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł., Devetter M.
Buccal tube dimensions and prey preferences in predatory tardigrades.
Applied Soil Ecology, 170: 104303.
Vecchi M. , Ferrari C., Stec D. , Calhim S.
Desiccation risk favours prevalence and diversity of tardigrade communities and influences their trophic structure in alpine ephemeral rock pools.
Hydrobiologia, 849: 1995-2007.
Vecchi M. , Stec D. , Tommi V., Ryndov S., Chartrain J., Calhim, S.
Macrobiotus naginae sp. nov., a New Xerophilous Tardigrade Species from Rokua Sand Dunes (Finland).
Zoological Studies, 61: 22.
Kiosya Y., Pogwizd J., Matsko Y., Vecchi M. , Stec D.
Phylogenetic position of two Macrobiotus species with a revisional note on Macrobiotus sottilei Pilato, Kiosya, Lisi & Sabella, 2012 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Zootaxa, 4933(1): 113-135.
Miler K. , Opalek M., Ostap-Chec M., Stec D.
Diel rhythmicity of alcohol-induced intoxication in the honeybee workers.
Journal of Zoology, 314: 96-103.
Miler K. , Stec D. , Kamińska A., Pardyak L., Kuszewska K.
Alcohol intoxication resistance and alcohol dehydrogenase levels differ between the honeybee castes.
Apidologie, 52: 230-241.
Ostap-Chec M., Opalek M., Stec D. , Miler K.
Discontinued alcohol consumption elicits withdrawal symptoms in honeybees.
Biology Letters, 17: 20210182.
Stec D.
Integrative Descriptions of Two New Mesobiotus Species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Vietnam.
Diversity, 13(11): 605.
Stec D. , Vecchi M. , Calhim S., Michalczyk Ł.
New multilocus phylogeny reorganises the family Macrobiotidae (Eutardigrada) and unveils complex morphological evolution of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group.
Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 160: 106987.
Stec D. , Vecchi M. , Dudziak M., Bartels P.J., Calhim S., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative taxonomy resolves species identities within the Macrobiotus pallarii complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Zoological Letters, 7: 9.
Vecchi M. , Stec D.
Integrative descriptions of two new Macrobiotus species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Mississippi (USA) and Crete (Greece).
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 97(1): 281-306.
Bryndová M., Stec D. , Schill R.O., Michalczyk Ł., Devetter M.
Dietary preferences and diet effects on life-history traits of tardigrades.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 188(3): 865-877.
Itang L.A.M., Stec D. , Mapalo M.A., Mirano-Bascos D., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Mesobiotus dilimanensis, a new tardigrade species from the Philippines (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: furciger group).
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 19-31.
Kaczmarek Ł., Bartylak T., Stec D. , Kulpa A., Kepel M., Kepel A., Roszkowska M.
Revisiting the genus Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016 (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) – remarks, updated dichotomous key and an integrative description of new species from Madagascar.
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 287: 121-146.
Miler K. , Stec D. , Czarnoleski M.
Heat wave effects on the behavior and life history traits of sedentary antlions.
Behavioral Ecology, 31: 1326-1333.
Pogwizd J., Stec D.
New Records of Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus Bertolani, 1982 Provide Insight into Its Genetic Variability and Geographic Distribution.
Folia Biologica (Kraków), 68(2): 57-72.
Stec D. , Dudziak M., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative descriptions of two new Macrobiotidae species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotoidea) from French Guiana and Malaysian Borneo.
Zoological Studies, 59: 23.
Stec D. , Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 286: 117-134.
Stec D. , Krzywański Ł., Arakawa K., Michalczyk Ł.
A new redescription of Richtersius coronifer, supported by transcriptome, provides resources for describing concealed species diversity within the monotypic genus Richtersius (Eutardigrada).
Zoological Letters, 6: 2.
Stec D. , Krzywański Ł., Zawierucha K., Michalczyk Ł.
Untangling systematics of the Paramacrobiotus areolatus species complex by an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the group, with multilocus phylogeny and species delineation within the genus Paramacrobiotus.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 188(3): 694-716.
Stec D. , Kuszewska K.
CO2 narcosis influences the memory of honey bees.
Journal of Apicultural Research, 59(4): 663-668.
Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Macrobiotus coronifer Richters, 1903 (type species for Richtersius Pilato & Binda, 1989): designating a new neotype from the original type locality described within the integrative taxonomy framework.
Zootaxa, 4858(2): 292-294.
Stec D. , Tumanov D.T., Kristensen R.M.
Integrative taxonomy identifies two new tardigrade species (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Greenland.
European Journal of Taxonomy, 614: 1-40.
Stec D. , Vecchi M. , Maciejowski W., Michalczyk Ł.
Resolving the systematics of Richtersiidae by multilocus phylogeny and integrative redescription of the nominal species for the genus Crenubiotus (Tardigrada).
Scientific Reports, 10: 19418.
Zając K.S., Proćków M., Zając K., Stec D. , Lachowska-Cierlik D.
Phylogeography and potential glacial refugia of terrestrial gastropod Faustina faustina (Rossmässler, 1835) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Helicidae) inferred from molecular data and species distribution models.
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 20(4): 747-762.
Zając K., Stec D.
Molecular Approach to Identifying Three Closely Related Slug Species of the genus Deroceras (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Agriolimacidae).
Zoological Studies, 59: e55.
Coughlan K., Michalczyk Ł., Stec D.
Macrobiotus caelestis sp. nov., a new tardigrade species (Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from the Tien Shan mountains (Kyrgyzstan).
Annales Zoologici, 69(3): 499-513.
Coughlan K., Stec D.
Two new species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi complex (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Australia and India, with notes on their phylogenetic position.
European Journal of Taxonomy, 573: 1-38.
Gąsiorek P., Morek W., Stec D. , Blagden B., Michalczyk Ł.
Revisiting Calohypsibiidae and Microhypsibiidae: Fractonotus Pilato, 1998 and its phylogenetic position within Isohypsibiidae (Eutardigrada: Parachela).
Zoosystema, 41(6): 71-89.
Gąsiorek P., Morek W., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Untangling the Echiniscus Gordian knot: paraphyly of the “arctomys group” (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).
Cladistics, 35(6): 633-653.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Michalczyk Ł.
Deceptive conservatism of claws: distinct phyletic lineages concealed within Isohypsibioidea (Eutardigrada) revealed by molecular and morphological evidence.
Contributions to Zoology, 88(1): 78-132.
Morek W., Stec D. , Gąsiorek P., Surmacz B., Michalczyk Ł.
Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840: the first integrative study of inter-population variability in a tardigrade species.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57(1): 1-23
Stec D.
Mesobiotus datanlanicus sp. nov., a new tardigrade species (Macrobiotidae: Mesobiotus harmsworthi group) from Lâm Đồng Province in Vietnam.
Zootaxa, 4679(1): 164-180.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative redescription of Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for Hypsibioidea (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada).
Zootaxa, 4415(1): 45-75.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Zawierucha Z., Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Revision of Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) refutes the polar-temperate distribution of the genus.
Zootaxa, 4472(2): 261-297.
Kaczmarek Ł., Zawierucha K., Buda J., Stec D. , Gawlak M., Michalczyk Ł., Roszkowska M.
An integrative redescription of the nominal taxon for the Mesobiotus harmsworthi group (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) leads to descriptions of two new Mesobiotus species from Arctic.
PLoS ONE, 13(10): e0204756
Marley N.J., Kaczmarek Ł., Gawlak M. Bartels P.J., Nelson D.R., Roszkowska M., Stec D. , Degma P.
A clarification for the subgenera of Paramacrobiotus Guidetti, Schill, Bertolani, Dandekar and Wolf, 2009, with respect to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Zootaxa, 4407(1): 130-134.
Nowak B., Stec D.
An integrative description of Macrobiotus hannae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Poland.
Turkish Journal of Zoology, 42: 269-286.
Roszkowska M., Stec D. , Gawlak M., Kaczmarek Ł.
An integrative description of a new tardigrade species Mesobiotus romani sp. nov. (Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the Ecuadorian Pacific coast.
Zootaxa, 4450(5): 550-564.
Stec D. , Arakawa K., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Macrobiotus shonaicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Japan with notes on its phylogenetic position within the hufelandi group.
PLoS ONE,13(2): e0192210.
Stec D. , Kristensen R.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative taxonomy identifies Macrobiotus papei, a new tardigrade species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from the Udzungwa Mountains National Park (Tanzania).
Zootaxa, 4446(2): 273-291.
Stec D. , Krzywański Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative description of Macrobiotus canaricus sp. nov. with notes on M. recens (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae).
European Journal of Taxonomy, 452: 1-36.
Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Michalczyk Ł.
Unmasking hidden species diversity within the Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri complex, with an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the family Ramazzottiidae (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela).
Systematics and Biodiversity, 16(4): 357-376.
Stec D. , Roszkowska M., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of a population of Mesobiotus radiatus (Pilato, Binda and Catanzaro, 1991) from Kenya.
Turkish Journal of Zoology, 42: 523-540.
Stec D. , Roszkowska M., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Paramacrobiotus lachowskae, a new species of Tardigrada from Colombia (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae).
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 45(1): 43-60.
Zawierucha Z., Stec D. , Lachowska-Cierlik D., Takeuchi N., Li Z., Michalczyk Ł.
High mitochondrial diversity in a new water bear species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) from mountain glaciers in central Asia, with the erection of a new genus Cryoconicus.
Annales Zoologici, 68(1): 179-201.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Marnissi J., Michalczyk Ł.
The tardigrade fauna of Tunisia, with an integrative description of Bryodelphax maculatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae).
African Zoology, 52(2): 77-89.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative redescription of Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840), the nominal taxon for the class Heterotardigrada (Ecdysozoa: Panarthropoda: Tardigrada).
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 270: 107-122.
Gąsiorek P., Zawierucha K., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Integrative redescription of a common Arctic water bear Pilatobius recamieri (Richters, 1911).
Polar Biology, 40(11): 2239-2252.
Mapalo M., Stec D. , Mirano-Bascos D., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of a limnoterrestrial tardigrade from the Philippines, Mesobiotus insanis, new species (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group).
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 65: 440-454.
Nowak B., Stec D.
The first record of Macrobiotus vladimiri Bertolani, Biserov, Rebecchi and Cesari, 2011 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Poland.
Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41: 558-567.
Roszkowska M., Ostrowska M., Stec D. , Janko K., Kaczmarek Ł.
Macrobiotus polypiformis sp. nov., a new tardigrade (Macrobiotidae; hufelandi group) from the Ecuadorian Pacific coast, with remarks on the claw abnormalities in eutardigrades.
European Journal of Taxonomy, 327: 1-19.
Stec D. , Kristensen R.M.
An integrative description of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the Northern Afrotropic region.
Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41: 800-811.
Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Blagden B., Michalczyk Ł.
Description of Macrobiotus scoticus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Scotland by means of integrative taxonomy.
Annales Zoologici, 67(2): 181-197.
Stec D. , Zawierucha K., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Ramazzottius subanomalus (Biserov, 1985) (Tardigrada) from Poland.
Zootaxa, 4300(3): 403-420.
Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Morek W., Zawierucha K., Kaczmarek Ł., Lachowska-Cierlik D., Michalczyk, Ł.
An integrative revision of Mesocrista Pilato, 1987 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae).
Journal of Natural History, 50(45-46): 2803-2828.
Kosztyła P., Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Zawierucha K., Michno K., Ufir K., Małek D., Hlebowicz K., Laska A., Dudziak M., Frohme M., Prokop Z.M., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Experimental taxonomy confirms the environmental stability of morphometric traits in a taxonomically challenging group of microinvertebrates.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 178(4): 765-775.
Mapalo M., Stec D. , Mirano-Bascos D.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Mesobiotus philippinicus sp. nov., the first limnoterrestrial tardigrade from the Philippines.
Zootaxa, 4126(3): 411-426.
Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Stec D. , Blagden B., Michalczyk Ł.
Experimental taxonomy exposes ontogenetic variability and elucidates the taxonomic value of claw configuration in Milnesium Doyère, 1840 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Apochela).
Contributions to Zoology, 85(2): 173-200.
Morek W., Stec D. , Gąsiorek P., Schill R.O., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
An experimental test of eutardigrade preparation methods for light microscopy.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 178(4): 785-793.
Roszkowska M., Stec D. , Ciobanu D.A., Kaczmarek Ł.
Tardigrades from Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, South America) with descriptions of two new Macrobiotidae species.
Zootaxa, 4105(3): 243-260.
Stec D. , Gąsiorek P., Morek W., Kosztyła P., Zawierucha K., Michno K., Kaczmarek Ł., Prokop Z.M., Michalczyk Ł.
Estimating optimal sample size for tardigrade morphometry.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 178(4): 776-784.
Stec D. , Morek W., Gąsiorek P., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
Determinants and taxonomic consequences of extreme egg shell variability in Ramazzottius subanomalus (Biserov, 1985) (Tardigrada).
Zootaxa, 4208(2): 176-188.
Sobczyk M., Michno K., Kosztyła P., Stec D. , Michalczyk Ł.
Tolerance to ammonia of Thulinius ruffoi (Bertolani, 1981), a tardigrade isolated from a sewage treatment plant.
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 5(6): 721-727.
Stec D. , Smolak R., Kaczmarek Ł., Michalczyk Ł.
An integrative description of Macrobiotus paulinae sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: hufelandi group) from Kenya.
Zootaxa, 4052(5): 501-526.