Contact Information
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Interests
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects (Hemiptera)
Research Description
Ongoing projects include phylogenomic analyses of major lineages of Membracoidea, development of online tools for genus and species identification, studies of the diversity and evolution of leafhopper-associated plant pathogens, and conservation of grassland insect biotas.
Education
PhD, Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1990
BS, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 1984
Additional Campus Affiliations
Systematic Entomology, Section Leader, Illinois Natural History Survey
Department Affiliate, Entomology
Affiliate, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Recent Publications
Bai, H., Zhang, J., Dietrich, C. H., Li, Y., & Yuan, X. (2023). Structural Characteristics of Mitochondrial Genomes of Eight Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae) and Their Phylogenetic Implications. Genes, 14(7), Article 1510. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14071510
Brown, M. E., & Dietrich, C. H. (2023). Four New State Records of Delphacid Planthopper Species (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Illinois, USA. Great Lakes Entomologist, 56(1-2), 126-136. https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2459
Cao, Y., Dietrich, C. H., Kits, J. H., Dmitriev, D. A., Richter, R., Eyres, J., Dettman, J. R., Xu, Y., & Huang, M. (2023). Phylogenomics of microleafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae): morphological evolution, divergence times, and biogeography. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7(4), Article ixad010. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad010
Chen, J., Zhang, J., Liu, W., Shah, B., Dietrich, C. H., & Duan, Y. (2023). Morphological and ultrastructural studies of the internal reproductive systems of two deltocephaline leafhoppers, Nephotettix cincticeps and Deltocephalus vulgaris (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae). ZooKeys, 2023(1182), 339-359. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1182.111297
Dietrich, C. H. (2023). A new species of Kana Distant representing the first record of Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 5319(1), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.9