Contact Information
282 Natural Resources Bldg
607 E. Peabody Dr.
M/C 652
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Interests
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.
Teaching: Systematics Discussion Seminar (IB 514).
Research Description
Education
PhD, Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1990
BS, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 1984
academic interests
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects (Hemiptera); curator of Insect Collection
professional affiliations
Society of Systematic Biologists; Entomological Society of America; Entomological Collections Network
selected publications
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.
Trivellone, V. and C. H. Dietrich. 2021. Evolutionary diversification in insect vector-phytoplasma-plant associations. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114(2): 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa048
Cao, Y., C. H. Dietrich, J. N. Zahniser and D. A. Dmitriev 2022. Dense sampling of taxa and characters improves phylogenetic resolution among deltocephaline leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Systematic Entomology https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12540