Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Chris Dietrich
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-7408 Fax: 217-333-4949 Email: dietrich@inhs.illinois.edu Title: Systematic Entomologist, Associate Center Director Unit: DBEE–SBD Office Location: NRB | ||
| Activities | Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects (Hemiptera); curator of Insect Collection; Research Leader, Section for Biodiversity |
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| Research |
Research: Ongoing projects include phylogenetic analysis and revision of the family-group taxa of Membracoidea (leafhoppers and treehoppers); revisionary studies of the leafhopper subfamilies Typhlocybinae; inventory and conservation of grassland insect biotas. Teaching: Systematics Discussion Seminar. |
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| Professional affiliations |
Society of Systematic Biologists; Entomological Society of America; Entomological Collections Network | ||
| Selected publications |
Dietrich, C. H., R. A. Rakitov, J. L. Holmes, and W. C. Black, IV. 2001. Phylogeny of the major lineages of Membracoidea (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) based on 28S rDNA sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 18: 293-305. Dietrich, C. H., S. H. McKamey, and L. L. Deitz. 2001. Morphology-based phylogeny of the treehopper family Membracidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea). Systematic Entomol. 26: 213-239. Dietrich, C. H. 2002. Evolution of Cicadomorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera). Denisia 176: 155-170. Dietrich, C. H. 2005. Keys to the families of Cicadomorpha and subfamilies and tribes of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Florida Entomologist 88: 502-517. Dietrich, C. H., and D. A. Dmitriev. 2006. Review of the New World genera of the leafhopper tribe Erythroneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey 37(5): 119-190. |
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| Program Affiliates |
INHS Center for Economic Entomology, Department of Entomology, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Associate Editor, Annals of Entomological Society of America; Cicadomorpha Editor, Zootaxa. | ||
| Education | PhD, Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1990 BS, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 1984 | ||