Publications
Published
Castillo, S. E., Redei, D, and Weirauch, C. Pseudocetherinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) revisited: phylogeny and taxonomy of the lobe-headed bugs. European Journal of Taxonomy 788: 1-95. [link]
Kieran, T. J., Gordon, E. R. L., Riverón, A. Z., Ibarra-Cerdeña, C. N., Glenn, T. C., and Weirauch,C. 2021. Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease‐vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae). Systematic Entomology 46: 725–740. [link]
Frankenberg, S., Knyshov, A., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., and Weirauch, C. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Guapinannus Wygodzinsky, 1951 (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae), with description of 19 new species. Zootaxa 4958: 261–286. [link]
Weirauch, C., Zhang, G., Forero, D., and Bérenger, J. M. 2021. Living on a sticky trap: natural history and morphology of Bactrodes assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Bactrodinae). Journal of Natural History 55: 341–363. [link]
Knyshov, A., Gordon, E., and Weirauch, C. 2021. New alignment-based sequence extraction software (ALiBaSeq) and its utility for deep level phylogenetics. PeerJ 9:e11019. [link]
Knyshov, A., Hoang, S., and Weirauch, C. 2021. Pretrained Convolutional Neural Networks Perform Well in a Challenging Test Case: Identification of Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) Using a Small Number of Training Images. Insect Systematics and Diversity 5, March 2021, 3. [link]
Knyshov, A., Weirauch, C., and Hoey-Chamberlain, R. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships and revised classification of the true bug infraorder Dipsocoromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Cladistics 37: 248–275. [link]
Masonick, P. and Weirauch, C. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Nearctic erosa species group of Phymata Latreille, 1802 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 41. [link]
Weirauch, Forero, and Schuh. 2020. Taxonomic revision of Camarochilus Harris (Hemiptera: Pachynomidae). American Museum Novitiates 2020(3959): 1-31. [link]
Schuh, R. T. and Weirauch, C. 2020. True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History (Second Edition). Siri Scientific Press. 800 pp.
Weirauch, C, Hoey-Chamberlain, R., and Knyshov, A. 2020. Four new genera of Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Afrotropical and Neotropical regions. Zootaxa 4768: 95-111. [link]
Hernandez, M., Masonick, P., and Weirauch, C. 2019. Crowdsourced online images provide insights into predator-prey interactions of putative natural enemies. Food Webs (Short Communication) 21: e00126. [link]
De Moya, R., Weirauch, C., Sweet, A. D., Skinner, R., Walden, K. K. O., Swanson, D. R., Dietrich, C., and Johnson, K. 2019. Deep instability in the phylogenetic backbone of Heteroptera is only partly overcome by transcriptome-based phylogenomics. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(6). [link]
Knyshov, A., Hoey-Chamberlain, R, and Weirauch, C. 2019. Hybrid enrichment of poorly preserved museum specimens refines homology hypotheses in a group of minute litter bugs (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha: Schizopteridae). Systematic Entomology 44(4): 985-995. [link]
Masonick and Weirauch, 2019. Integrative species delimitation in Nearctic ambush bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae): insights from molecules, geometric morphometrics and ecological associations. Systematic Entomology 45(1): 205-223. [link]
Masonick, 2019. Description of a Bizarre New Genus and Species of Ambush Bugs from the Dominican Republic (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(4): 1-6. [link]
Masonick, Hernandez, and Weirauch, 2019. No guts, no glory: Gut content metabarcoding unveils the diet of a flower‐associated coastal sage scrub predator. Ecosphere 10(5): 1-18. [link]
Hoey-Chamberlain, R., and Weirauch, C. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the New World big-eyed minute litter bug genus Ommatides Uhler (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae). Zootaxa 4585(1): 073–099. [link]
Smith, S., Hwang, W. S., and Weirauch, C. 2019. Synonymy of Mangabea Villiers and Stenorhamphus Elkins, with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Collartidini). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 135-149. [link]
Knyshov, A., Gordon, E.R.L., and Weirauch, C. 2019. Cost-efficient capture of historical arthropod specimen DNA using PCR-generated baits. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10(6): 841-852. [link]
Kevin P. Johnson, Christopher H. Dietrich, Frank Friedrich, Rolf Beutel, Benjamin Wipfler, Ralph S. Peters, Julie Allen, Malte Petersen, Alexander Donath, Kimberly K. O. Walden, Alexey Kozlov, Lars Podsiadlowski, Christoph Mayer, Karen Meusemann, Alexandros Vasilikopoulos, Rob Waterhouse, Stephen Cameron, Christiane Weirauch, Daniel Swanson, Diana Percy, Nathaniel Hardy, Irene Terry, Shanlin Liu, Xin Zhou, Bernhard Misof, Hugh M. Robertson, Kazunori Yoshizawa. 2018. Phylogenomics and the evolutionary history of hemipteroid insects. 2018. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115(50): 12775-12780. [link]
Troy J. Kieran, Michael Forthman, Eric Gordon, Rochelle Chamberlain, R T Kimball, Brant C. Faircloth, Christiane Weirauch, Travis C. Glenn. 2018. Insight from an ultraconserved element bait set designed for hemipteran phylogenetics integrated with genomic resources. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130:297-303. [link]
Schwartz, M.D., Weirauch, C. and Schuh, R. T. 2018. New genera and species of Myrtaceae-feeding Phylinae from Australia, and the description of a new species of Restiophylus (Insect: Heteroptera; Miridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 424, 157 pp. [link]
Pereyra, V., Cavalleri, A., Szumik, C., and Weirauch, C. 2018. Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Family Heterothripidae (Thysanoptera, Terebrantia): based on morphological and molecular evidence. Insect Systematics and Evolution 50(5): 702–716. [link]
Forthman, M. and Weirauch, C. 2018. Phylogenetic comparative analysis supports aposematic colouration–body size association in millipede assassins (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31: 1071-1078. [link]
Weirauch, C., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., and Knyshov, A. 2018. Synopsis of Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha) from the United States, with description of 7 new species from the US and Mexico. Zookeys. 796: 49–82. [link]
Knyshov, A., Hoey-Chamberlain, R. and Weirauch, C. 2018. Comparative morphology of male genitalic structures in the minute litter bugs Dipsocoromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of Morphology. 279(10): 1480-1517. [link]
Weirauch, C., Whorrall, K, Knyshov, A. and Hoey-Chamberlain, R. 2018. Giant among dwarfs: Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n., a new genus and species of minute litter bugs from Costa Rica (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae). Zootaxa 4370(2): 156–170. [link]
Frankenberg, S., Hoong, K., Knyshov, A., and Weirauch, C. 2018. Heads up: evolution of exaggerated head length in the minute litter bug genus Nannocoris Reuter (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae). Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 18: 211-224. [link]
Weirauch, C., Schuh, R. T., Cassis, G. and Wheeler, W. C. 2018. Revisiting habitat and lifestyle transitions in Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): insights from a combined morphological and molecular phylogeny. Cladistics 35: 67-105. [link]
Hwang, W. S. and Weirauch, C. 2017. Uncovering hidden diversity: phylogeny and taxonomy of Physoderinae (Reduviidae, Heteroptera) with emphasis on Physoderes Westwood in the Oriental and Australasian regions. European Journal of Taxonomy 341: 1–118. [link]
Masonick, P., Michael, A., Frankenberg, S., Rabitsch, W., and Weirauch, C.. 2017. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the ambush bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 225-233. [link]
Weirauch, C., Knyshov, A., and Hoey-Chamberlain, R. 2017. Machadonannus brailovskyi n. sp., a new species of Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Afrotropical Region. Dugesiana 24(2): 279-286. [link]
Leon S., Weirauch C. 2017. Molecular phylogeny informs generic and subgeneric concepts in the Schizoptera Fieber genus group (Heteroptera : Schizopteridae) and reveals multiple origins of female-specific elytra. Invertebrate Systematics 31: 191-207. [link]
Weirauch, C., Forthman, M., Grebennikov, V. and Banar, P. 2017. From Eastern Arc Mountains to extreme sexual dimorphism: systematics of the enigmatic assassin bug genus Xenocaucus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Tribelocephalinae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 17: 421–445. [link]
Hoey-Chamberlain, R. and Weirauch, C. 2016. Two new genera of big-eyed minute litter bugs (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae: Hypselosomatinae) from Brazil and Cuba. Zookeys (640):79-102. [link]
Leon, S. and Weirauch, C. 2016. Scratching the surface: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity of the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha). Zootaxa 4184: 255-284. [link]
Gordon, E., McFrederick, Q., and Weirauch, C. 2016. Phylogenetic evidence for ancient and persistent environmental symbiont reacquisition in Largidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82(24): 7123-7133. [link]
Knyshov, A., Leon, S., Hoey-Chamberlain, R. and Weirauch, C. 2016. Pegs, Pouches and Spines: systematics and comparative morphology of the New World litter bug genus Chinannus Wygodzinsky, 1948. Thomas Say Monographs, Entomological Society of America, Annapolis, MD, 112 pp. [link]
Russell, K. and Weirauch, C. 2016. "Toothbrush" plant bugs and allies: Protemiris, gen. nov., a new genus and five new species of Proteaceae-associated Australian Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae). Austral Entomology 56(1): 75-93. [link]
Zhang, G., Hart, E. R., an Weirauch, C. 2016. A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 70 species based on 11,000 specimens. In press, Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8150. [link]
Weirauch, C., Seltmann, K. C., Schuh, R. T., Schwartz, M. D., Johnson, C., Feist, M. A., Soltis, P. 2016. Areas of endemism in the Nearctic: a case study of 1,339 species of Miridae (Insecta: Hemiptera) and their plant hosts. Cladistics 33(3): 279-294. [link]
Forero, D. and Weirauch, C. 2016. Resin-enabled maternal care is an old evolutionary strategy in New World resin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(1): 62–91. [link]
Leon, S. and Weirauch, C. 2016. Small bugs, big changes: taxonomic revision of Orthorhagus McAtee and Malloch, 1925 (Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha). Neotropical Entomology 45: 559–572. [link]
Forthman, M. and Weirauch, C. 2016. Phylogenetics and biogeography of the endemic Madagascan millipede assassin bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 219-233. [link]
Forthman, M., Chlond, D. and Weirauch, C. 2016. Taxonomic monograph of the endemic millipede assassin bug fauna from Madagascar (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 400: 154 pp. [link]
Walker, A.A., Weirauch, C., Fry, B.G, and King, G.F. 2016. Venoms of heteropteran insects: a treasure trove of diverse pharmacological toolkits. Toxins 8(2): 43. [link]
Zhang, J., Gordon, E., Forthman, M., Hwang, W.S., Walden, K., Swanson, D., Johnson, K.P., Meier, R., and Weirauch, C. 2016. Evolution of the assassin’s arms: insights from a phylogeny of combined transcriptomic and ribosomal DNA data (Heteroptera: Reduvioidea). Scientific Reports 6, 22177. [link]
Leon, S. and Weirauch, C. 2015. Restiid-feeding Semiini (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Western Australia: Description and phylogenetic analysis of the new plant bug genus Restiophylus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109(1): 145-157. [link]
Weirauch, C. and Frankenberg, S. 2015. From “insect soup” to biodiversity discovery: taxonomic revision of Peloridinannus Wygodzinsky, 1951 (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae), with description of six new species. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 73(3):457-475. [link]
Gordon, E. and Weirauch, C. 2015. Efficient capture of natural history data reveals prey conservatism of cryptic termite Predators. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 65-73. [link]
Zhang, J., Weirauch, C., Zhang, G., and Forero, D. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Harpactorinae and Bactrodinae uncovers complex evolution of sticky trap predation in assassin bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Cladistics 32(5): 538-554. [link]
Weirauch, C., Russell, K., and Hwang, W. S. 2015. Reduvius frommeri, a new species of Reduviidae from the Western Nearctic (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), with a synopsis of the Nearctic species of Reduvius Fabricius. Zootaxa 3972(2): 267-279.[link]
Davranoglou, L. R., Hwang, W. S., and Weirauch, C. 2015. Neotropical Physoderinae revisited, with description of a new, sexually dimorphic species of Leptophysoderes Weirauch (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 3963: 089-099.[link]
Schuh, R. T., Weirauch, C., and Grillo, H. 2015. Revision of Aphelonotus Uhler (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pachynomidae), with description of six new species and documentation of nymphal morphology for two three species. American Museum Novitates. 3829:1-43. [link]
Weirauch, C. J.-M. Bérenger, L. Berniker, D. Forero, M. Forthman, S. Frankenberg, A. Freedman, E. Gordon, R. Hoey-Chamberlain, W. S. Hwang, S. A. Marshall, A. Michael, S. M. Paiero, O. Udah, C. Watson, M. Yeo, G. Zhang, and J. Zhang. 2014. An Illustrated Identification Key to Assassin Bug Subfamilies and Tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 26: 1-115.[link]
Schuh, R. T., Weirauch, C. and Menard, K. 2014. Resolving the identities of Phylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) described by O. M. Reuter from Australia in 1904. Entomologica Americana 102: 4-6.[link]
Zhang, G. and Weirauch, C. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of Harpactorini (Insecta: Reduviidae): correlation of novel predation strategy with accelerated evolution of predatory leg morphology. Cladistics 30: 339-351.[link]
Weirauch, C. and Stys, P. 2014. Litter bugs exposed – phylogenetic relationships of Dipsocoromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) based on molecular data. Insect Systematics and Evolution 45(4): 351–370. [link]
Spangenberg, R., Wipfler, B, Friedemann, K., Pohl, H., Weirauch, C., Hartung, V. and Beutel, R. G. 2013. The cephalic morphology of the Gondwanan key taxon Hackeriella (Coleorrhyncha, Hemiptera). Arthropod Structure and Development 42: 315-337.[link]
Weirauch, C. 2013. Voragocoris schuhi, a new genus and species of Neotropical Schizopterinae (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae). Entomologia Americana 118: 285-294. [link]
Forero, D., Berniker, L., and Weirauch, C. 2013. Phylogeny and character evolution in the bee-assassins (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 283-302. [link]
Weirauch, C., Alvarez, C., and Zhang, G. 2012. Zelus renardii and Z. tetracanthus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): biological attributes and the potential for dispersal in two assassin bugs. Florida Entomologist 95: 641-649. [link]
Hwang, W.-S. and Weirauch, C. 2012. Evolutionary History of Assassin Bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Insights from Divergence Dating and Ancestral State Reconstruction. PlosONE 7(9): e45523. [link]
Walter, J., Fletcher, E., Moussaoui, R., Gandhi, K., and Weirauch, C. 2012. Do Bites of Kissing Bugs Cause Unexplained Allergies? Results from a Survey in Triatomine-Exposed and Unexposed Areas in Southern California. PlosONE 7(8): e44016.[link]
Weirauch, C. 2012. Petasolentia, a new genus and species of Chryxinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 122: 119-122.[link]
Forthman, M. and Weirauch, C. 2012.Toxic associations: A review of the predatory behaviors of millipede assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). European Journal of Entomology 109: 147-153.[link]
Forero, D. and Weirauch, C. 2012. Comparative genitalic morphology in the Neotropical resin bugs Apiomerini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59: 5-41. [link]
Berniker, L. and Weirauch, C. 2012. New World biogeography and the evolution of polychromatism: evidence from the bee assassin genus Apiomerus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Systematic Entomology 37: 32-54. [link]
Zhang, G. and Weirauch, C. 2011. Sticky predators: a comparative study of raptorial glands in harpactorine assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Acta Zoologica, 94(1): 1-10. [link]
Smith, B. A., Conlan, C., Hwang, W. S., Weirauch, C. 2011. PCR detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in suboptimally preserved vectors and comparative infection rates 2007-2010 in Escondido, Southern California. Short Report. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11: 1603-4. [link]
Berniker, L., Szerlip, S., Forero, D. and Weirauch, C. 2011. Revision of the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus Hahn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Zootaxa 2949: 1-113. [link]
Weirauch, C. and Schuh, R. T. 2011. Southern hemisphere distributional patterns in plant bugs (Hemiptera : Miridae : Phylinae): Xiphoidellus, gen. nov. from Australia and Ampimpacoris, gen. nov. from Argentina, show transantarctic relationships. Invertebrate Systematics 24: 473-508. [link]
Weirauch, C. and Schuh, R. T. 2011. Systematics and Evolution of Heteroptera: 25 years of progress. Annual Review of Entomology 56: 487-510. [link]
Zhang, G. and Weirauch, C. 2011. Matching dimorphic sexes and immature stages with adults: resolving the systematics of the Bekilya group of Malagasy assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). Systematic Entomology 36: 115-138. [link]
Weirauch, C., Forero, D. and Jacobs, D. H. 2011. On the evolution of raptorial legs – an insect example (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae). Cladistics 27: 138-149. [link]
Schuh, R. T. and Weirauch, C. 2011. Myrtaceae-feeding Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Australia: description and analysis of phylogenetic and host relationships for a monophyletic assemblage of three new genera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 344: 95 pp.[link]
Forero, D., Choe, D.-H., and Weirauch, C. 2011. Resin Gathering in Neotropical Resin Bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Functional and Comparative Morphology. Journal of Morphology 272: 204-229.[link]
Hwang, W. S., Zhang, G., Maslov, D., and Weirauch, C. 2010. Infection rates of Triatoma protracta (Uhler) with Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas) in Southern California and molecular identification of trypanosomes. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 83: 1020-1022. [link]
Hwang, W. S. and C. Weirauch. 2010. Revision of the Malagasy Durevius Villiers with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 41: 123-141.[link]
Weirauch, C. 2010. Tribelocodia ashei, new genus and new species of Reduviidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) has implications on character evolution in Ectrichodiinae and Tribelocephalinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41: 103-122.[link]
Weirauch, C., Bulbert, M., and Cassis, G. 2010. Comparative trichome morphology in the assassin bug genus Ptilocnemus Westwood and other Holoptilini (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 248: 237-253.[link]
Weirauch, C. and Cassis, G. 2009. Frena and druckknopf: a synopsis of two fore wing-to-body coupling mechanisms in Heteropterodea (Hemiptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution 40: 229-252. [link]
Weirauch, C. and Gerry, A. C. 2009. Bed Bugs. In: Resh and Carde (eds.) Encyclopedia of Insects. [link]
Weirauch, C. and Munro, J. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 53: 287-299. [link]
Klotz, S. A., Dorn, P. L., Klotz, J. H., Pinnas, J. L., Weirauch, C., Kurtz, J. R., and Schmidt, J. 2009. Feeding behavior of tritomines from the southwestern United States: An update on potential risk for transmission of Chagas disease. Acta Tropica 111:114-118.[link]
Soto, D. and Weirauch, C. 2009. Description of the Australian plant bug genus Jiwarli, n.gen. (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3653: 14 pp.[link]
Weirauch, C. 2009. Two new genera of Phylini, Roburocoris n. gen. and Viscacoris n. gen., from Mexico and the southwestern United States (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Entomologia Americana 115: 1-35. [link]
Weirauch, C., Rabitsch, W., and Redei, D. 2009. Austrokatanga, gen. nov., new genus of Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 2094: 1-15. [link]
Schuh, R. T., Weirauch, C. and Wheeler, W. C. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships within Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. Systematic Entomology 34: 15-34. [link]
Cassis, G. and Weirauch, C. 2008. A new species and first record of Dilatops Weirauch (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from New Caledonia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52: 119-122. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2008. From four to three segmented labium in Reduviidae (Heteroptera, Insecta). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48: 331-344. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2008. Mangabea barbiger, new species of Collartidini (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae) from Madagascar. In: S. Grozeva & N. Simov (eds.) 2008. Advances in Heteroptera Research. Pensoft Publishers Sofi a–Moscow, pp. 391-402. [link]
Schuh, R. T., Weirauch, C., Henry, T. J. and Halbert, S. 2008. Curaliidae, a new family of Heteroptera from the Eastern United States (Insecta). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101: 20-29. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2008. Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 33: 229-274. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2007. Polyozus Eyles & Schuh and allied genera: revision and cladistic analysis of the Polyozus-group of Australian Phylini (Heteroptera: Phylinae). American Museum novitates 3590: 60pp. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2007. Hairy attachment structures in Reduviidae (Cimicomorpha, Heteroptera), with observations on the fossula spongiosa in some other Cimicomorpha. Zoologischer Anzeiger 246: 155-175. [link]
Weirauch, C. and Forero, D. 2007. Kiskeya palassaina, new genus and new species of Saicinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 1468: 57-68.[link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. Anatomy of disguise: Camouflaging structures in nymphs of some Reduviidae (Heteroptera). American Museum novitates 3542: 18pp. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. New genus and species of fig-inhabiting Leucophoropterini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Australia. Russian Entomological Journal 15(2): 119-124. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. Observations on the sticky trap predator Zelus luridus Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), with the description of a novel gland associated with the female genitalia. Denisia, 50: 1169-1180. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. New genera, new species, and new combinations in western Nearctic Phylini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3521: 41 pp. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. New genera and species of oak-associated Phylini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae) from western North America. American Museum novitates 3522: 54 pp. [link]
Weirauch, C. and Cassis, G. 2006. Attracting ants: The trichome in Ptilocnemus lemur (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae) and novel glandular areas on the sternum. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114: 28-37. 70% contribution. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. Dorsal abdominal glands in adult Reduviidae (Cimicomorpha, Heteroptera). Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Z 53: 91-102. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. New genus and species of Physoderinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from the New World, with a revised diagnosis of Physoderinae Miller. American Museum Novitates. 3510: 9 pp. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2006. Metathoracic glands and associated evaporatory structures in Reduvioidea (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), with observation on the mode of function of the metacoxal comb. European Journal of Entomology. 103: 97–108. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2005. The Heteropteran “Pronotal Gland” Re-examined. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 113: 1–10. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2005. Pretarsal structures in Reduviidae (Heteroptera, Insecta). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 86: 91–110. [link]
Forero, D. & Weirauch, C. 2005. Synonymy of Harpinoderes cicheroi Martínez & Carcavallo, 1989 with Aradomorpha crassipes Champion, 1899 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 950: 1-4. [link]
Forero, D., Weirauch, C. & Baena, M. 2004. Synonymy of the reduviid (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) genus Torrealbaia (Triatominae) with Amphibolus (Harpactorinae), with notes on Amphibolus venator (Klug, 1830). Zootaxa 670: 1-12. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2004. Distribution of a sternal glandular area among female Reduviidae (Heteroptera), with discussion of a possible pheromonal function. Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 51: 3-6. Weirauch, C. 2003b. Pedicellar structures in Reduviidae - a comment on cave organ and trichobothria. Eur. J. Entomol. 100: 571-580. [link]
Weirauch, C. 2003a. Glanduar areas associated with the male genitalia in Triatoma rubrofasciata (Triatominae, Reduviidae, Hemiptera) and other Reduviidae. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 98: 773-776. [link]
Selected Talks (since 2010)
Weirauch, C. From species discovery to the true bug tree of life: advances in heteropteran systematics (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). ENTO21, Virtual, August 2021.
Weirauch, C. Systematics of the minute litter bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha): reinvigorating taxonomic and phylogenetic research on an understudied clade of true bugs. Willi Hennig Society, Breaking Isolation Lecture Series, Virtual, September 2021.
Gordon, E., Knyshov, A., and Weirauch, C. Faster X-effect in Hemiptera. Evolution, virtual, June 2021.
Masonick, P. and Weirauch, C. Integrative species delimitation in Nearctic ambush bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae): insights from geometric morphometrics, molecules, and ecological associations. Willi Hennig Society, Berkeley, May 2019.
Knyshov, A., and Weirauch, C. Exploring data manipulation strategies in the phylogenomic analysis of assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduvioidea). Willi Hennig Society, Berkeley, May 2019.
Weirauch, C. Integrating molecular/phylogenomic and morphological data to revise the true bug classification (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha and Reduvioidea). Willi Hennig Society, Berkeley, May 2019.
Weirauch, C. Uncovering the endemic biodiversity of assassin bugs of Madagascar (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Antananarivo, August 2019.
Knyshov, A., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., Lemmon, A., Lemmon, E. and Weirauch, C. Phylogenomic analysis of Reduvioidea (Insecta: Hemiptera) with emphasis on data processing strategies. Evolution, Providence, August 2019.
Smith, S., Forero, D., Zhang, J., and Weirauch, C. Untangling the correlation of unique foreleg morphology and spiderweb association in thread-legged assassin bugs (Emesinae: Reduviidae). Evolution, Providence, August 2019.
Weirauch, C., Anyakora, M., Knyshov, A., and Masonick, P. The assassin’s tale: towards resolving the phylogeny and classification of Reduvioidea (Insecta: Hemiptera). Willi Hennig Society, Barcelona, September 2018. Entomological Society of America, Vancouver, November 2018. International Heteropterists Society, La Plata, December 2018.
Masonick, P. and Weirauch, C. Integrative species delimitation in Nearctic ambush bugs
(Heteroptera: Reduviidae): insights from geometric morphometrics, molecules, and ecological associations. International Heteropterists Society, La Plata, December 2018.
Weirauch, C. Towards the true bug tree of life (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): insights from total evidence and phylogenomic analyses. 8th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny, Dresden, September 2017.
Eric Gordon and Christiane Weirauch. Comparative microbiome analysis and evolution of the primarily herbivorous true bugs, Miroidea (Hemiptera: Miridae: Tingidae: Thaumastocoridae) utilizing multiplex PCR and Illumina sequencing. Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition at Entomology 2017. Talk.
Eric Gordon and Christiane Weirauch. Turning a good bug bad: Comparative analysis of salivary proteins and symbioses in blood-feeding kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae) and their predatory relatives. XXV International Congress of Entomology. Orlando, Florida.
Eric Gordon and Christiane Weirauch. Comparative analysis of bacterial associates and newly annotated transcriptomes of kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae) and their predatory relatives. 23rd Annual Student Seminar Day. Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside. Poster.
Anna Georgieva, Eric Gordon and Christiane Weirauch. Sylvatic host associations of Triatominae and implications for reservoir hosts of Chagas disease: a comprehensive review and new host records based on archived specimens. 23rd Annual Student Seminar Day. Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside. Poster.
Eric Gordon, Quinn McFrederick and Christiane Weirauch. Largus than life: Ancient and persistent environmental symbiont reacquisition in bordered plant bugs (Pyrrhocoroidea: Largidae). 6th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop. Yosemite, California. Talk.
Anna Georgieva, Eric Gordon and Christiane Weirauch. Gut content screening of Chagas disease vectors reveals new vertebrate host associations. Undergraduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition at 100th Annual Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Honolulu, Hawaii. Talk.
Eric Gordon and Christiane Weirauch. Overcoming Darwinian and Eltonian shortfalls of biodiversity knowledge in the tropical termite assassins. 100th Annual Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Honolulu, Hawaii. Symposium Talk.
Eric Gordon, Quinn McFrederick and Christiane Weirauch. Largus than life: Ancient and persistent environmental symbiont reacquisition in bordered plant bugs (Pyrrhocoroidea: Largidae). Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition at 100th Annual Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Honolulu, Hawaii. Talk.
Paul Masonick, Madison Hernandez, and Christiane Weirauch. No Guts, No Glory: Revealing the diet of flower-associated assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition at Entomology 2017. Denver, CO. Talk. 24th Annual Student Seminar Day. Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside. Talk.
Paul Masonick, Madison Hernandez, and Christiane Weirauch. No Guts, No Glory: Revealing the diet of pollinator predators with gut metabarcoding. 23rd Annual Student Seminar Day. Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside. Poster.
Paul Masonick and Christiane Weirauch. Pollinator predators exposed: Using molecules and morphometrics to delimit species boundaries of ambush bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). XXV International Congress of Entomology. Orlando, Florida. Talk.
Madison Hernandez, Paul Masonick, and Christiane Weirauch. Cryptic, brown, and neglected: first insights into phylogenetic relationships of the speciose assassin bug subfamily Stenopodainae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Undergraduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition at Entomology 2017. Denver, CO. Talk.
Madison Hernandez, Paul Masonick, and Christiane Weirauch. The Diet of Assassin Bugs: Are Bees on the Menu? 23rd Annual Student Seminar Day. Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside. Poster.
Madison Hernandez, Paul Masonick, and Christiane Weirauch. The Diet of Assassin Bugs: Are Bees on the Menu? 2016 Summer RISE Symposium. University of California Riverside. Talk.
Stephanie Castillo & Christiane Weirauch. Investigating the evolutionary history of the pirate assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). Graduate Student Poster Competition at Entomology 2017. Poster.
Knyshov, A., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., and C. Weirauch. Blunt labium, acute problem: taxonomic mess in the Corixidea genus group (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae). Entomology 2016.
Knyshov, A., Du, S., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., Frankenberg, S., Rodriguez, J., and C. Weirauch. Evolutionary history of minute litter bugs (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha) based on morphological and molecular data. Entomology 2017.
Eric Gordon, Quinn McFrederick, Christiane Weirauch. Largus than life: Ancient and persistent environmental symbiont reacquisition in bordered plant bugs (Pyrrhocoroidea: Largidae). Pacific Branch of the Entomology Society of America Honolulu, Hawaii April 2016.
Eric Gordon Christiane Weirauch. Overcoming Darwinian and Eltonian shortfalls of biodiversity knowledge in the tropical termite assassins. Pacific Branch of the Entomology Society of America Honolulu, Hawaii April 2016.
Anna Georgieva, Eric Gordon, Christiane Weirauch. Gut content screening of Chagas disease vectors reveals new vertebrate host associations. Pacific Branch of the Entomology Society of America Honolulu, Hawaii April 2016.
Weirauch, C. Heteroptera: a status report on progress and problems in heteropteran systematics. Hemipteroid Insect Phylogenetics (HIP) Workshop, University of Illinois, June 2015.
Weirauch, C. Sticky trap predators, millipede hunters, and termite assassins: insights into the evolutionary history of Reduviidae, the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Colombian Congress of Zoology, December 2014.
Weirauch, C. From predator to blood-feeder: an outline on systematics and evolution of Reduviidae, with emphasis on Triatominae. MUVE Section Symposium: Triatominae from Genes to Populations: The Road to New Insights and Challenges on the Horizon of Vector Ecology.Entomological Society of America, Portland, November 2014.
Leon, S. Straight to the point? The astonishing world of Dipsocoromorpha curation.Organized Meeting: Heteropterist Symposium.Entomological Society of America, Portland, November 2014.
Weirauch, C. Travels in search of True Bugs: from the field to the heteropteran Tree of Life. Lorquin Society Meeting, April 2014.
Weirauch, C. From the Field to the Assassin Bug Tree of Life. CRILAR Research Institution, Anillaco, Argentina. April 2014.
Weirauch, C. and Hoey-Chamberlain, R. Exploring litter bug diversity: the challenges of collecting and curating some of the smallest Heteroptera. Entomological Society of America, Austin, November 2013.
Gordon, E. and Weirauch, C. The trials and tribulations of research in Central Africa: Collecting true bugs in Cameroon. Entomological Society of America, Austin, November 2013.
Weirauch, C. From Bee Killers to the Assassin Bug Tree of Life. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. September 2013.
Weirauch, C.Introduction and Tri-Trophic Database (TTD) ADBC project. SysEB Section Symposium: From Voucher Specimen to Climate Change: The Merging of Systematics and Ecology. Entomological Society of America, Knoxville, November 2012.
Madagascar’s millipede assassin bugs (Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae): A treasure trove of diversity. Michael Forthman, mfort001(a)ucr.edu, University of California, Riverside, CA). Entomological Society of America, Knoxville, November 2012.
Weirauch, C.Systematics and Evolution of Heteroptera: from Bee Assassins to Litter Bugs. Entomology Department, University of California, Davis, Seminar, October 2012.
Schuh, R., Naczi, R., Weirauch, C., Seltman, K.NSF ADBC Digitization TCN-TTD Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids A Model System for the study of Tri-Trophic Associations. iDigBio Summit II, Gainesville, Florida, October 2012.
Weirauch, C.Bee killer and blood sucker: on the evolution of assassin bugs. Los Angeles County Museum, Seminar Series, September 2012.
Weirauch, C.Bee killer and blood sucker: on the evolution of assassin bugs. Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft Annual Meeting, Konstanz, Germany, September 2012.
Weirauch, C., Schuh, R. T., and Wheeler, W. C. Phylogeny of Heteroptera - combined morphological and molecular perspective. International Congress of Entomology, Daegu, South Korea, August 2012.
Weirauch, C. and Schuh, R. T. PBI and beyond: databasing and the heteropteran community. Simposio latinoamericano de colecoes biologicas & biodiversidade, Teresopolis, Brazil, May 2012 and International Congress of Entomology, Daegu, South Korea, August 2012.
Weirauch, C. Evolutionary Hypothesis Testing in Heteroptera: Morphology as a Framework. Section Symposium “Illuminating the Phenomenon”. Entomological Society of America, Reno, November 2011.
Zhang, G., Tien, D., and Weirauch, C. Surviving ants and parasitoids: an assassin’s tough life: Observations of Zelus araneiformis Haviland (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) in French Guiana. Entomological Society of America, Heteropterist's Conference, Reno, November 2011.
Weirauch, C., Schuh, R. T. and Forero, D. Genes and gestalt: advancing phylogenetics of Dipsocoromorpha and Cimicomorpha (Heteroptera). 5th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny, Dresden, Germany, September 2011.
Hwang, W. S. and Weirauch, C. Tracing the evolution and adaptations of bloodfeeding triatomine bugs (Triatominae: Reduviidae: Hemiptera) Society for Vector Ecology 43rd Annual Conference, Flagstaff, Arizona, September 2011.
Weirauch, C. Bee killer, blood sucker, sticky trap predator: systematics and evolution of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). San Diego State University, Evolution and Ecology Seminar Series, May 2011.
Weirauch, C. Updates on Triatominae in Southern California. Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California, Palm Desert, February 2011.
Forero, D & Weirauch, C. Asesinos de abejas: taxonomía y filogenia de Apiomerus, y su posición dentro de la tribu apiomerini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Invited keynote lecture, Hemiptera Symposium, III Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Medellin, Colombia. November 2010.
Zhang, G. and Weirauch, C. Sticky bugs on the tree: towards a molecular phylogeny of the Harpactorini (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). 4th Meeting of the International Heteropterists' Society, Tianjin, July 2010.
Forero, D., Choe, D.-H., Weirauch, C. Resin Gathering In Neotropical Resin Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Apiomerini): Functional And Comparative Morphology. Poster presentation, 4th International Heteropterist’s Society Meeting, Tianjin, China. July 2010.
Hwang, W. S. and Weirauch C. Towards resolving the polyphyletic Reduviinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). 4th International Heteropterist’s Society Meeting, Tianjin China, July 2010.
Berniker, L. and Weirauch, C. Assassins exposed: phylogeny and biogeography of new species of bee killers, genus Apiomerus (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). 4th International Heteropterist’s Society Meeting, Tianjin, China, July 2010.
Weirauch, C. and R. T. Schuh. Systematics and Evolution of Heteroptera.4th Meeting of the International Heteropterist's Society, Tianjin, China, July 2010.
Weirauch, C. & Hwang, W. S. Evolution of Blood Feeding in Assassin Bugs and the Kissing Bug Problem in Southern California. Center for Disease Vector Control Conference, UCR, March 2010.
Weirauch, C. Triatominae and Chagas Disease A Public Health Risk in Southern California? Southern CA region mosquito and vector control agencies, continuing education program, January 2010.