| Chris Dietrich | |||||
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Email: dietrich@inhs.illinois.edu Title: Systematic Entomologist
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| Activities | Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects (Hemiptera); curator of Insect Collection |
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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 within several leafhopper subfamilies; inventory and conservation of grassland insect biotas. Teaching: Systematics Discussion Seminar (IB 514). |
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| Message to Students |
Please e-mail me to inquire about current openings. See the U of I Entomology Dept. website (link at left) for application instructions. |
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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. 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. Dietrich, C. H., Hart, J., Raila, D., Ravaioli, U., Sobh, N., Sobh, O., Taylor, C. 2012. InvertNet: a new paradigm for digital access to invertebrate collections. In: Blagoderov V. and V. S. Smith (Eds) No specimen left behind: mass digitization of natural history collections. ZooKeys 209: 165-181. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.209.3571 |
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| Program Affiliates |
Department of Entomology, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Associate Editor, Annals of Entomological Society of America; Membracoidea Editor, Zootaxa. | ||||
| Education | PhD, Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1990 BS, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 1984 | ||||
Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois
INRS State Scientific Surveys
