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Charles Bartlett


Education
  • Ph.D., Systematic Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1996.
  • M.S., Entomology and Applied Ecology,University of Delaware, 1992.
  • B.S., Wildlife Management, Forestry minor, University of Vermont, 1987.
Current Courses
  • Insect Taxonomy (ENWC 406/606)
  • Field Taxonomy (ENWC 408/608)
  • Insect Structure and Function (ENWC 405/605)
  • Larval Taxonomy (ENWC 602)
Research Activities
  • Primary interest in the alpha-taxonomy of delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae), particularly of the New World.  More broadly interested in the taxonomy, biodiversity, host relations, and biogeography of planthoppers. Visit research page here.
  • Director of University of Delaware Insect Reference Collection.  The University of Delaware collection contains ca. 350,000 pinned specimens plus ~500 slides and ~2,500 alcohol specimens.  I am responsible for all aspects of the collection including outgoing and incoming loans, accessions, visitors, curation, and general organization. 
Professional Service
  • American Entomological Society (Executive Council, Recording Secretary since 1998).
  • Entomological Society of America.
  • Xerces Society.
  • Organization of Tropical Studies.
  • Entomological Collections Network
  • Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

Graduate Students

  • Gonzon, Anthony T. In progress. A Revision of the Polyphyletic Genus Delphacodes Fieber, 1866 (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in the New World.
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Publications

2011

23. Bartlett C. R., E. R. Adams, A. T. Gonzon. 2011. Planthoppers of Delaware (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea), excluding Delphacidae, with species Incidence from adjacent States. ZooKeys 2011(83):1–42.
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2010

22. Urban, J. M., C. R. Bartlett, and J. R. Cryan. 2010. Evolution of Delphacidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea): Combined-evidence phylogenetics reveals importance of grass host shifts. Systematic Entomology. 35: 678–691.

2009

21. Bartlett, C. R. 2009. Diversity in New World Stenocranine Planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 135:443–486.

20. Bartlett, C. R. 2009. A new genus of New World Tropidocephalini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) with two new species. Entomological News 120:443–452.

19. Wallace, M. S., C. R. Bartlett, L. L. Deitz, and M. J. Rothschild. 2009. New State Records of Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) for Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 111:734–737.

2008

18. Bartlett, C. R. 2008. Case 3460. Liburnia Stål, 1866 (Insecta, Hemiptera, Delphacidae): proposed designation of Embolophora monoceros Stål, 1855 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 65:183–187.

17. Gonzon, A. T., and C. R. Bartlett. 2008. Systematics of Hadropygos n.g., Metadelphax Wagner and New World Toya Distant (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 113:205–277.

16. Bartlett, C. R., L. L. Deitz, M. J. Rothschild, and M. S. Wallace.  2008.  Treehopper diversity (Hemiptera: Membracidae) of Little Orleans, Allegany Co., Maryland. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110:130–143.

2007

15. Bartlett, C. R. 2007. A review of the planthopper genus Nilaparvata (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in the New World.  Entomological News 118:49–66.

14. Bartlett, C. R., and A. G. Wheeler, Jr.  2007.  Kelisia and Stenocranus species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae): new host-plant associations and distributional records of eight sedge-feeding planthoppers.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109:400–415.

2006

13. Gonzon, A. T., C. R. Bartlett, and J. L. Bowman. 2006. Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) Diversity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 132:243–260.

12. Wheeler, A. G., jr., and C. R. Bartlett.  2006.  Delphacodes campestris (Van Duzee) and D. lutulenta (Van Duzee) (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae): association with common hairgrass, Deschampsia flexuosa (Poaceae), and notes on habitats, seasonality, and taxonomy.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 118:395–403.
2005 11. Bartlett, C. R. 2005.  Two new genera and species of stenocranine planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from North America.  Entomological News 116:291–303.

2004

10. Bartlett, C. R., and J. L. Bowman. 2004. Preliminary Inventory of the Planthoppers (Hemiptera:: Fulgoroidea) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S.A. Entomological News 114:246–254.

9. Heckscher, C. M., and C. R. Bartlett. 2004. Rediscovery and habitat associations of Photuris bethaniensis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Coleopterists Bulletin 58:349–353.

8. Deitz, L. L., and C. R. Bartlett. 2004. Publications of Thomas Kenneth Wood (1942–2002). Proceedings o! the Entomological Society of Washington 106: 586–591.

2002

7. Bartlett, C. R. 2002. A new genus and species of delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Canada. Entomological News 113:97–102.

6. Cryan, J. R., and C. R. Bartlett. 2002. A redescription of the Caribbean genus Antillotolania Ramos (Hemiptera: Membracidae), with two new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95: 302–308.

2001 5. Chordas Ill, S. W., C. R. Bartlett, and R. L. Stewart Jr. 2001. First backswimmer records (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) from Delaware. Entomological News 112:183–186.

2000

4. Bartlett, C. R., and L. L. Deitz. 2000. Revisions of the New World Delphacid planthopper genus Pissonotus (Hemiptera: Fuloroidea). Thomas Say Publication in Entomology. Enomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland.

3. Bartlett, C. R. 2000. An annotated list of planthoppers (Hemiptera:Fulgoroidea) of Guana Island (British West Indes). Entomological News 111:120–132.
1993 2. McCann, J. M., S. E. Mabey, L. J. Niles, C. R. Bartlett, P. Kerlinger. 1993. A regional study of coastal migratory stopover habitat for Neotropical migrant songbirds: land management implications. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 58:398–407.

1991

1. Johnson, R. K., R. R. Roth, S. E. Kleiner, and C. R. Bartlett. 1991. A case of polygyny in the wood thrush. The Wilson Bulletin 103:509–510