| James N. Zahniser | |||||
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Email: zahniser@illinois.edu Title: Post Doctoral Research Associate
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| Research |
Morphological and molecular systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae including: 1) Higher level relationships among tribes and family-group classification; 2) description of new taxa of Deltocephalinae; 3) phylogeny and historical biogeography of the grassland tribe Chiasmini; 4) generic level revision and reclassification of the tribe Athysanini. |
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| Selected publications |
Zahniser, J.N. and C.H. Dietrich. 2010. Phylogeny of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on molecular and morphological data with a revised family-group classification. Systematic Entomology 35: 489-511. Zahniser, J.N. 2008. Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe. Zootaxa 1808: 1-32. Zahniser, J.N. and C.H. Dietrich. 2008. Phylogeny of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Insecta: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) and related subfamilies based on morphology. Systematics and Biodiversity 6(1): 1-24. Fletcher, M.J. and J.N. Zahniser. 2008. The first record of Goniagnathini from Australia with description of four new species of Goniagnathus Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Zootaxa 1692: 43-54. Zahniser, J.N. and A. Hicks. 2007. Three new species of Icaia Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Peru and distinction of the genus from Athysanella Baker. Zootaxa 1390: 27-39. Zahniser, J.N. and M.D. Webb. 2004. Placement of the Faltala Oman leafhopper group (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with descriptions of three new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(4):667-674. |
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| Education | Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 2008, Entomology M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, 2003, Entomology B.S. Penn State University, State College, PA, 1998, Biology | ||||
Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois
INRS State Scientific Surveys
