Dr. Charles Bartlett
Dr. Charles Bartlett
Associate Professor
Education
  • Ph.D., Systematic Entomology, North Carolina State University, December 1996.(GPA: 3.8) Dissertation title; "A Revision of the Planthopper genus Pissonotus Van Duzee, 1897 (Homoptera: Delphacidae)”. Advisor: L. L. Deitz.
  • M.S., Entomology and Applied Ecology,University of Delaware, January 1992. (GPA: 4.0) Thesis Title: "Factors Affecting Predation Rates on Artificial Avian Nests in Forest Fragments."  Advisor: R. R. Roth.
  • B.S., Wildlife Management, Forestry minor, University of Vermont, May 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
  • 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. 
  • 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. 
Current Projects
  • Higher systematics of the delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) of the world (with Jason Cryan, New York State Museum).
  • Auchenorrhyncha of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (supported by Discover Life in America and National Park Service).
  • Keys to genera, with species checklist (including synonyms), for planthoppers north of Mexico, with particular emphasis on western USA (with Lois O’Brien & Steve Wilson).
  • Revision of select delphacid genera.  Most recently completed was a revision of the genera Toya and Metadelphax (With Anthony Gonzon).  Work is in progress revising the genus Tetrasteira, describing some new species in the genus Megamelus, and some newdelphacid genera from Florida, Mexico, and Peru.
Professional Activities
  • 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
Recent Publications

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(3+4): 205-277.

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 Washington Entomological Society 110(1): 130-143. Bartlett, C. R. 2007.

A review of the planthopper genus Nilaparvata (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in the New World.  Entomological News 118(1): 49-66. 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(2): 400-415.

Gonzon, A. T., C. R. Bartlett, and J. L. Bowman.  2007 (dated 2006).  Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) diversity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Transactions of the American Entomological Society 132(3-4): 243-260.

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(2): 395-403.

Bartlett, C. R.  2006 (dated  2005).  Two new genera and species of stenocranine planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from North America.  Entomological News 116(5): 291-303.

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(5): 246-254.

Heckscher , C. M. and C. R. Bartlett.  2004.  Rediscovery and habitat associations of Photuris bethaniensis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).  Coleopterists’ Bulletin 58(3): 349-353.

Deitz, L. L. and C. R. Bartlett.  2004.  Publications of Thomas Kenneth Wood (1942-2002).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106(3): 586-591.

More publications [ + ]

Bartlett, C. R.  2002.  A new genus and species of delphacid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Canada.  Entomological News 113(2): 97-102.

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(3): 302-308.

Chordas III, S. W., C. R. Bartlett and R. L. Stewart Jr.  2001.  First backswimmer records (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) from Delaware.  Entomological News 112(3): 183-186.

Bartlett, C. R. and L. L. Deitz.  2000.  Revision of the New World Delphacid Planthopper Genus Pissonotus (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea).  Thomas Say Publications in Entomology. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland.  234 pp.

Bartlett, C. R.  2000.  An annotated list of planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of Guana Island (British West Indies).  Entomological News 111(2): 120-132.

 

Contact Information:

Dr. Charles Bartlett
University of Delaware
Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
250 Townsend Hall
531 S. College Avenue
Newark, DE  19717-1303
Work Phone: (302) 831-3138 (direct)
e-mail:Bartlett@udel.edu

 

 

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