Hymenoptera, primarily ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae)
Ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae) faunistics, taxonomy, and evolution
Hymenoptera faunistics in Hungary
2015: Szilágyság
Zootaxonomy: Hymenoptera – University of Veterinary Medicine
Contribution to exhibitions (writing exhibit sript, providing advice)
2017: Museum Escape - escape rooms - content, conceptual design, implementation
Appearance in Radio and TV programmes
Publishing in science magazines, both in print and online
Performances at special museum events (eg. the Night of Museums)
VAS Z. 2019: New species and new records of Campopleginae from the Palaearctic region (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia entomologica hungarica 80: 247–271.
VAS Z. & BAKARDZSIEV K. 2019: Hybrizontinae of Hungary (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia entomologica hungarica 80: 273–278.
VAS Z. 2019: Contributions to the taxonomy, identification, and biogeography of Casinaria Holmgren and Venturia Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae). – Zootaxa 4664(3): 351–364.
VAS Z. 2019: Darazsak – Gesta Hymenopterorum. – Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest, 199 pp.
VAS Z. 2019: Contributions to the taxonomy, identification, and biogeography of Eriborus Förster, 1869 and Nepiesta Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae). – Opuscula Zoologica 50(1): 87–98.
VAS Z. 2019: New species and new records of ichneumon wasps from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 65(1): 21–32.
VAS Z. 2019: Contributions to the taxonomy, identification, and biogeography of the Western Palaearctic species of Campoletis Förster (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae). – Zootaxa 4565(3): 373–382.
VAS Z. 2018: New species and new records of ichneumon wasps from Hungary and adjacent countries (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 79: 81–100.
VAS Z. & SCHWARZ M. 2018: Contributions to the taxonomy, identification and biogeography of the Thaumatogelis Schwarz, 1995 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Zootaxa 4444(4): 421–436.
VAS Z. 2017: Data to the Vietnamese ichneumon wasp fauna with description of a new Teleutaea species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 78: 101–110.
ROSA P., VAS Z. & XU Z.-F. 2017: The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. – Zootaxa 4252(1): 1–130.
VAS Z. 2016: Woldstedtius merkli sp. n. from Hungary (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 77: 57–65.
VAS Z. 2016: New records of wasps in Hungary and Romania (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Vespidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 77: 67–78.
VAS Z. & KUTASI CS. 2016: Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary - an overlooked taxon in hypogean research. – Subterranean Biology 19: 31–39.
VAS Z. 2016: Contributions to the knowledge of Ichneumonidae and Gasteruptiidae fauna of Sălaj County, Romania (Hymenoptera). – Studia Universitatis “Vasile Goldiş”, Seria Ştiinţele Vieţii 26(1): 133–140.
VAS Z., SZÖLLŐSI-TÓTH P. & MUSKOVITS J. 2016: Contributions to the knowledge of aculeate wasp and ant fauna of Sălaj County, Romania (Hymenoptera: Aculeata, excluding bees). – Studia Universitatis “Vasile Goldiş”, Seria Ştiinţele Vieţii 26(1): 153–160.
VAS Z. 2016: Temelucha flavia sp. n. from the southern Mediterranean region (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae). – Ecologica Montenegrina 8: 38–44.
VAS Z. 2016: A new species of Temelucha Förster from Malta with an updated and revised identification key to the Western Palaearctic Temelucha species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae). – Journal of Hymenoptera Research 48: 67–84.
VAS Z., MIFSUD D. & BROAD G.R. 2015: New records of ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Malta. – Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta 7: 139–142.
VAS Z. 2015: New records of ichneumon wasps in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia with a key to the Western Palaearctic Xylophrurus species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 76: 223–240.
VAS Z. & SZENTIVÁNYI T. 2015: Contributions to the Albanian ichneumon wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Ecologica Montenegrina 3: 66–69.
VAS Z. & ZOMBORI L. 2015: First records of two symphytan and a crabronid species in the Hungarian fauna (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae, Diprionidae, Crabronidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 76: 217–222.
VAS Z. 2015: A Hártyásszárnyúak Gyűjteményének története / A brief history of the Hymenoptera Collection, HNHM. – Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 107: 87–100.
VAS Z. 2014: First records of two ichneumon wasp species in Kenya (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 75: 139–142.
VAS Z. & JÓZAN ZS. 2014: Új adatok és határozókulcs Magyarország lopódarázs faunájához (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). [New data and key to the Mud-Dauber fauna of Hungary (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).] – Natura Somogyiensis 24: 157–164.
VAS Z. 2013: First records of three ichneumon wasp species in Hungary (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). – Folia Entomologica Hungarica 74: 189–194.