@article{wallace_anderson_deitz_2016, title={Antianthe expansa (Germar): First Treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae) Recorded from Pacific Island Nation of Niue}, volume={118}, ISSN={["0013-8797"]}, DOI={10.4289/0013-8797.118.4.650}, number={4}, journal={PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON}, author={Wallace, Matthew S. and Anderson, Diane and Deitz, Lewis L.}, year={2016}, month={Oct}, pages={650–653} }
 @article{miko_friedrich_yoder_hines_deitz_bertone_seltmann_wallace_deans_2012, title={On Dorsal Prothoracic Appendages in Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) and the Nature of Morphological Evidence}, volume={7}, ISSN={["1932-6203"]}, DOI={10.1371/journal.pone.0030137}, abstractNote={A spectacular hypothesis was published recently, which suggested that the “helmet” (a dorsal thoracic sclerite that obscures most of the body) of treehoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) is connected to the 1st thoracic segment (T1; prothorax) via a jointed articulation and therefore was a true appendage. Furthermore, the “helmet” was interpreted to share multiple characteristics with wings, which in extant pterygote insects are present only on the 2nd (T2) and 3rd (T3) thoracic segments. In this context, the “helmet” could be considered an evolutionary novelty. Although multiple lines of morphological evidence putatively supported the “helmet”-wing homology, the relationship of the “helmet” to other thoracic sclerites and muscles remained unclear. Our observations of exemplar thoraces of 10 hemipteran families reveal multiple misinterpretations relevant to the “helmet”-wing homology hypothesis as originally conceived: 1) the “helmet” actually represents T1 (excluding the fore legs); 2) the “T1 tergum” is actually the anterior dorsal area of T2; 3) the putative articulation between the “helmet” and T1 is actually the articulation between T1 and T2. We conclude that there is no dorsal, articulated appendage on the membracid T1. Although the posterior, flattened, cuticular evagination (PFE) of the membracid T1 does share structural and genetic attributes with wings, the PFE is actually widely distributed across Hemiptera. Hence, the presence of this structure in Membracidae is not an evolutionary novelty for this clade. We discuss this new interpretation of the membracid T1 and the challenges of interpreting and representing morphological data more broadly. We acknowledge that the lack of data standards for morphology is a contributing factor to misinterpreted results and offer an example for how one can reduce ambiguity in morphology by referencing anatomical concepts in published ontologies.}, number={1}, journal={PLOS ONE}, author={Miko, Istvan and Friedrich, Frank and Yoder, Matthew J. and Hines, Heather M. and Deitz, Lewis L. and Bertone, Matthew A. and Seltmann, Katja C. and Wallace, Matthew S. and Deans, Andrew R.}, year={2012}, month={Jan} }
 @article{deitz_wallace_2012, title={Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)}, DOI={10.11646/zootaxa.3423.1.1}, abstractNote={The indigenous Nearctic treehopper fauna includes 2 families, 6 subfamilies, 20 tribes, 68–72 genera, and 276–280 de-scribed species, of which 1 tribe, 16 genera, and 195 species are endemic. This work provides an alphabetical checklist ofthe species (with distributions as documented in the literature) as well as discussions and two tables summarizing the tax-onomic and regional diversity of this rich, distinctive fauna. The tribes Smiliini and Telamonini (Membracidae: Smilii-nae), which include many specialists on oaks (Quercus spp.), are the two most species-rich tribes. Maps of the Nearcticsubregions document the species richness of each state and province, 22 of which have between 60 and 118 reported spe-cies. The Southwest U.S. has the largest number of genera of the subregions, while both the Southwest and the Centraland Eastern U.S. are highly species rich. Arizona stands apart as an area of exceptional endemism with one genus and 25species known only from within its borders. Among families of auchenorrhynchous Hemiptera, Membracidae rank thirdin total numbers of Nearctic species. This study highlights the need for: (1) improved taxonomic understanding, especiallythrough comprehensive generic revisions; (2) further collecting to fill gaps in geographic sampling; and (3) the preserva-tion of identifiable voucher material, with full data (including geo-cordinates and, where known, host plant data) to document all published research.}, number={3423}, journal={Zootaxa}, author={Deitz, L. L. and Wallace, M. S.}, year={2012}, pages={1–26} }
 @article{wallace_bartlett_deitz_rothschild_2009, title={NEW STATE RECORDS OF TREEHOPPERS (HEMIPTERA: MEMBRACIDAE) FOR DELAWARE, MARYLAND, MISSISSIPPI, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA}, volume={111}, ISSN={["0013-8797"]}, DOI={10.4289/0013-8797-111.3.734}, abstractNote={Abstract New state records are presented for 27 species of North American treehoppers (Membracidae) as follows: Delaware (21 spp.), Maryland (3), Mississippi (1), Pennsylvania (2), and West Virginia (1).}, number={3}, journal={PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON}, author={Wallace, Matthew S. and Bartlett, Charles R. and Deitz, Lewis L. and Rothschild, Mark J.}, year={2009}, month={Jul}, pages={734–738} }
 @misc{jones_deitz_2009, title={Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)}, number={2186}, journal={Zootaxa}, author={Jones, J. R. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={2009}, pages={1-} }
 @article{bartlett_deitz_rothschild_wallace_2008, title={Treehopper diversity (Hemiptera : Membracidae) of Little Orleans, Allegany Co., Maryland}, volume={110}, ISSN={["0013-8797"]}, DOI={10.4289/0013-8797-110.1.130}, abstractNote={Abstract Fifty-six species (23 genera) of treehoppers (Membracidae) are recorded from the vicinity of Little Orleans, Maryland, with date and host-plant data. Eleven of the species represent new state records for Maryland, bringing the total number of species recorded for the state to 81. These data document annual collecting efforts since 1993 by the authors and others in connection with the informal treehopper conferences initiated by the late T. K. Wood. Photographs are given for 12 species representing 7 genera.}, number={1}, journal={PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON}, author={Bartlett, Charles R. and Deitz, Lewis L. and Rothschild, Mark J. and Wallace, Matthew S.}, year={2008}, month={Jan}, pages={130–143} }
 @article{wallace_deitz_2006, title={Australian treehoppers (Hemiptera : Membracidae : Centrotinae : Terentiini): phylogeny and biogeographyNnn}, volume={20}, ISSN={["1447-2600"]}, DOI={10.1071/IS05040}, abstractNote={

This work presents the first hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships among all 40 genera of the treehopper tribe Terentiini (Hemiptera : Membracidae : Centrotinae). This phylogeny, based on a parsimony analysis of 77 morphological characters, made possible an analytical approach to determining the likely ancestral host-plant family and geographic distribution of the tribe, based on present-day hosts and distributions. Of Australia’s 37 treehopper genera, 36 belong to the tribe Terentiini, with their centre of diversity in Queensland (30 genera). Optimisations of present-day distributions mapped on our phylogeny suggest that the ancestor of the tribe occurred in the Australian region, around north-eastern Australia (Queensland) and New Guinea (which has 8–10 terentiine genera). Subsequent dispersals from the Australian region (with 37 genera) took the tribe to the Indomalayan (11 genera) and Palaearctic (1 genus) regions. At least 13 terentiine genera include representatives that occur beyond the borders of Australia and New Guinea. Notable among the migrant lineages is the clade ‘Polonius + (Bulbauchenia + (Funkhouserella + Pyrgonota))’, which includes genera with such extraordinary pronotal modifications that some members were previously placed in separate tribes (Bulbaucheniini or Funkhouserellini). Members of this remarkable breakaway clade are known from Australia (Polonius only), Indonesia, the Malay Peninsula, Thailand, the Philippines, southern China (Taiwan and Hainan Island) and Japan. With regard to terentiine host plants, optimisations of present-day host associations point to the Leguminosae as the ancestral host family, even though plant families of Gondwanan origin, especially Myrtaceae and Proteaceae, are also prominent terentiine hosts. The overall evidence to date indicates that Terentiini are not a remnant of the early Gondwanan fauna, but rather a more recent tribe derived from Indomalayan ancestors.
}, number={2}, journal={INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS}, author={Wallace, MS and Deitz, LL}, year={2006}, pages={163–183} }
 @article{yang_deitz_li_2005, title={A new genus and two new species of Cicadellinae from China (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae), with a key to the Chinese genera of Cicadellinae}, volume={113}, ISSN={["0028-7199"]}, DOI={10.1664/0028-7199(2005)113[0077:ANGATN]2.0.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract Processina n. gen., belonging to the Cicadellinae (Cicadellidae), is described to contain two new species P. dashahensis n. sp. and P. taiwanana n. sp., collected from Guizhou Province and Taiwan respectively. The male genitalia are illustrated for each species, and a key to the 24 Chinese genera of the Cicadellinae is provided.}, number={1-2}, journal={JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY}, author={Yang, MF and Deitz, LL and Li, ZZ}, year={2005}, pages={77–83} }
 @book{wallace_deitz_2004, title={Phylogeny and systematics of the treehopper subfamily Centrotinae (Hemiptera:Membracidae)}, ISBN={1566650798}, publisher={New York: Associated Publishers}, author={Wallace, M. S. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={2004} }
 @article{deitz_bartlett_2004, title={Publications of Thomas Kenneth Wood (1942-2002)}, volume={106}, number={3}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Deitz, L. L. and Bartlett, C. R.}, year={2004}, pages={586–591} }
 @article{cryan_wiegmann_deitz_dietrich_whiting_2004, title={Treehopper trees: phylogeny of Membracidae (Hemiptera : Cicadomorpha : Membracoidea) based on molecules and morphology}, volume={29}, ISSN={["1365-3113"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00260.x}, abstractNote={Abstract. Recent independent phylogenetic analyses of membracid relationships based on molecular and morphological data have identified monophyletic lineages within the family. However, the results of these studies have not fully resolved treehopper phylogeny, and relationships among some higher membracid lineages remain in doubt. Portions of three datasets (958 aligned nucleotides from elongation factor‐1α, 2363 aligned nucleotides from 28S ribosomal DNA, and eighty‐three morphological features of adults and nymphs) introduced in recent studies were reanalysed separately and in combination with two new molecular datasets (321 aligned nucleotides from wingless and 1829 aligned nucleotides from 18S ribosomal DNA). The results of the combined data analyses, contrary to previous analyses of morphological data alone, grouped membracids into two well‐supported lineages, one comprising Stegaspidinae and Centrotinae, the other comprising Membracinae, Darninae and Smiliinae. The analyses recovered Centrotinae, Membracinae and Darninae as monophyletic groups, but Stegaspidinae was paraphyletic with respect to Centrotinae, and Smiliinae was polyphyletic with Micrutalini placed as a sister group to the clade comprising Membracinae, Darninae and Smiliinae. These results are consistent with the following hypotheses, proposed previously based on an analysis of morphological data: (1) the posterior pronotal process was derived and lost multiple times during the evolution of Membracidae; (2) Membracidae originated in the New World and reached the Old World subsequently via dispersal; (3) maternal care evolved independently multiple times and may or may not have been preceded by the acquisition of ant mutualism.}, number={4}, journal={SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY}, author={Cryan, JR and Wiegmann, BM and Deitz, LL and Dietrich, CH and Whiting, MF}, year={2004}, month={Oct}, pages={441–454} }
 @article{wallace_deitz_2003, title={Aconophora lineosa Walker 1858, new junior synonym of Thelia bimaculata (Fabricius 1794) (Hemiptera: Membracidae)}, volume={105}, number={4}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Wallace, M. S. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={2003}, pages={1051–1052} }
 @article{flynn_deitz_rothschild_2003, title={Archasia pallida (Fairmaire) (Hemiptera: membracidae) in north Carolina}, volume={105}, number={4}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Flynn, D. J. and Deitz, L. L. and Rothschild, M. J.}, year={2003}, pages={1060–1061} }
 @article{wallace_deitz_rothschild_2003, title={Checklist of the treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park}, volume={105}, number={3}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Wallace, M. S. and Deitz, L. L. and Rothschild, M. J.}, year={2003}, pages={578–591} }
 @article{deitz_nalepa_klass_2003, title={Phylogeny of the Dictyoptera Re-examined (Insecta)}, volume={61}, number={1}, journal={Entomologische Abhandlungen}, author={Deitz, L.. L.. and Nalepa, C. and Klass, K.-D.}, year={2003}, pages={69–91} }
 @book{cryan_robertson_deitz_2003, title={The new world treehopper tribe Microcentrini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): monographic revision and phylogenetic position}, ISBN={093852299X}, publisher={Lanham, MD: Entomological Society of America}, author={Cryan, J. R. and Robertson, J. A. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={2003} }
 @article{nalepa_luykx_klass_deitz_2002, title={Distribution of karyotypes of the Cryptocercus punctulatus species complex (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) in the Southern Appalachians: Relation to habitat and history}, volume={95}, ISSN={["0013-8746"]}, DOI={10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0276:DOKOTC]2.0.CO;2}, abstractNote={Abstract The distributional pattern of the four known karyotypes (male 2n = 37, 39, 43, 45) of the Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder species complex is reported, based on 71 sites in the Southern Appalachian Mountains with an emphasis on western North Carolina. Populations with different karyotypes are geographically structured in a mosaic, with at least one karyotype occurring in two disjunct regions. Abrupt geographic transitions between karyotypes suggest a parapatric distribution. We found no overlap in the distribution of the different karyotypes, as recently suggested. Although the boundary zones between karyotypes do not appear to coincide with physical or ecological barriers to dispersal, several transitions between karyotypes occur on or near the highest mountains in the southern Appalachians. We suggest that the different karyotypes arose by vicariance, with current boundaries formed by secondary contact when populations isolated in glacial refugia subsequently spread into high-mountain habitats. Because of their dependence on mature mesic forests, populations of the cockroach likely advance up and down mountainsides in cycles of advances and retreats dictated by climatic oscillations that raise and lower the timberline. We discuss the taxonomic status of the different karyotype groups in the C. punctulatus complex, and conclude that more exacting evidence is required to establish if species-level status is warranted. The conclusions of certain earlier studies are weak because, among other things, karyology was not examined in the sampled specimens, including those designated as types.}, number={3}, journal={ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA}, author={Nalepa, CA and Luykx, P and Klass, KD and Deitz, LL}, year={2002}, month={May}, pages={276–287} }
 @article{dietrich_mckamey_deitz_2001, title={Morphology-based phylogeny of the treehopper family Membracidae (Hemiptera : Cicadomorpha : Membracoidea)}, volume={26}, ISSN={["0307-6970"]}, DOI={10.1046/j.1365-3113.2001.00140.x}, abstractNote={Summary}, number={2}, journal={SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY}, author={Dietrich, CH and McKamey, SH and Deitz, LL}, year={2001}, month={Apr}, pages={213–239} }
 @article{farrier_deitz_2000, title={Clyde Fuhriman Smith - (1913-2000) - Obituary}, volume={102}, number={4}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Farrier, M. H. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={2000}, pages={1077–1087} }
 @article{cryan_wiegmann_deitz_dietrich_2000, title={Phylogeny of the treehoppers (Insecta : Hemiptera : Membracidae): Evidence from two nuclear genes}, volume={17}, ISSN={["1055-7903"]}, DOI={10.1006/mpev.2000.0832}, abstractNote={We present a molecular systematic investigation of relationships among family-group taxa of Membracidae, comprising nearly 3.5 kb of nucleotide sequence data from the nuclear genes elongation factor-1alpha (EF-1alpha: 958 bp) and 28S ribosomal DNA (28S rDNA: 2363 bp); data partitions are analyzed separately and in combination for 79 taxa. Analysis of the combined sequence data provided a better-resolved and more robust hypothesis of membracid phylogeny than did separate analyses of the individual genes. Results support the monophyly of the family Membracidae and indicate the presence of two major lineages (Centrotinae + Stegaspidinae + Centrodontinae and Darninae + Membracinae + Smiliinae). Within Membracidae, molecular data support the following assertions: (1) the previously unplaced genera Antillotolania and Deiroderes form a monophyletic group with Microcentrini; (2) Centrodontini and Nessorhinini are monophyletic clades that arise independently from within the Centrotinae; (3) Centrotinae is paraphyletic with respect to Centrodontinae; (4) the subfamily Membracinae is monophyletic and possibly allied with the darnine tribe Cymbomorphini; (5) the subfamily Darninae is paraphyletic; (6) the subfamily Smiliinae is paraphyletic, with molecular evidence indicating the exclusion of Micrutalini and perhaps Acutalini and Ceresini; and (7) Membracidae arose and diversified in the New World with multiple subsequent colonizations of the Old World. Our phylogenetic results suggest that morphology-based classifications of the Membracidae need to be reevaluated in light of emerging molecular evidence.}, number={2}, journal={MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION}, author={Cryan, JR and Wiegmann, BM and Deitz, LL and Dietrich, CH}, year={2000}, month={Nov}, pages={317–334} }
 @article{cryan_deitz_2000, title={Review of the new world treehopper tribe Stegaspidini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): III: Flexocentrus Goding, Stylocentrus Stal, and Umbelligerus Deitz}, volume={102}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Cryan, J. R. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={2000}, pages={82–98} }
 @book{bartlett_deitz_2000, title={Revision of the New World delphacid planthopper genus Pissonotus (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)}, publisher={Lanham, MD: Entomological Society of America}, author={Bartlett, C. R. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={2000} }
 @article{dietrich_rothschild_deitz_1999, title={Checklist and host plants of the treehoppers (Heimptera: Membracidae) of North Carolina}, volume={101}, number={2}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Dietrich, C. H. and Rothschild, M. J. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={1999}, pages={242–262} }
 @article{cryan_deitz_1999, title={Review of the new world treehopper tribe Stegaspidini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): I: Bocydium latreille, Lirania Stal, and Smerdalea Fowler}, volume={101}, number={3}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Cryan, J. R. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={1999}, pages={469–489} }
 @article{cryan_deitz_1999, title={Review of the new world treehopper tribe Stegaspidini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): II: Lycoderes Germar, Oeda Amyot and Serville, and Stegaspis Germar}, volume={101}, number={4}, journal={Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington}, author={Cryan, J. R. and Deitz, L. L.}, year={1999}, pages={760–778} }
 @article{deitz_dietrich_1993, title={SUPERFAMILY MEMBRACOIDEA (HOMOPTERA, AUCHENORRHYNCHA) .1. INTRODUCTION AND REVISED CLASSIFICATION WITH NEW FAMILY-GROUP TAXA}, volume={18}, ISSN={["0307-6970"]}, DOI={10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00667.x}, abstractNote={Abstract.A key and descriptions are given for the four families here recognized for the superfamily Membracoidea Rafinesque, 1815: Cicadellidae Latreille, 1825 (sensuOmanet al., 1990), Melizoderidae,fam.n., Aetalionidae Spinola, 1850 redefined here), and Membracidae Rafinesque, 1815 (redefined here). The following placements are corroborated: Cicadelloidea Latreille, 1825, is a junior synonym of Membracoidea Rafinesque, 1815; Biturritiidae Metcalf, 1951, is a junior synonym of Aetalionidae Spinola, 1850; Nicomiidae Haupt, 1929, is a junior synonym of Membracidae Rafinesque, 1815. The new family Melizoderidae includes two genera: Melizoderes Spinola and Llanquihuea Linnavuori & DeLong. Within Aetalionidae, the subfamily Biturritiinae is redefined to include only five genera. Within the family Membracidae, the subfamily Endoiastinae,subfam.n., is described; the subfamilies Centronodinae Deitz, 1975,status n.(with tribe Centronodini Deitz, 1975, including the genus ParacentronodusSakakibara, 1971,new Placement), and Centrodontinae Deitz, 1975,status n.(with tribe Centrodontini Deitz, 1975), are recognized for the first time; and the following groups are redefined: subfamilies Stegaspidinae Haupt, 1929, Nicomiinae Haupt, 1929, and Membracinae Rafinesque, 1815; and tribe Stegaspidini Haupt, 1929 (Stegaspidinae). The new subfamily Endoiastinae includes three genera:EndoiastusFowler,ScytodepsaStål, andStictodepsaStål.Endoiastus productusOsborn, 1922, is placed as a junior synonym ofStictodepsa neotropicalisKirkaldy, 1909,syn.n.Lectotypes are designated and illustrated forTettigonia muscariaFabricius, 1803 (nowLophyraspis muscaria) andCicada fuscataFabricius, 1803 (nowStictodepsa neotropicalisKirkaldy, 1909).}, number={4}, journal={SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY}, author={DEITZ, LL and DIETRICH, CH}, year={1993}, month={Oct}, pages={287–296} }
 @article{deitz_deitz_kopp_metcalf_wade_1989, title={Bibliography of the Membracoidea (Homoptera: Aetalionidae, Biturritiidae, Membracidae, and Nicomiidae) 1981-1987}, number={290}, journal={Technical Bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Research Service)}, author={Deitz, L. L. and Deitz, L. L. and Kopp, D. D. and Metcalf, Z. P. and Wade, V.}, year={1989}, pages={31} }
 @article{deitz_osegueda_1989, title={Effectiveness of bibliographic data bases for retrieving entomological literature: A lesson based on the Membracoidea (Homoptera)}, volume={35}, DOI={10.1093/besa/35.2.33}, abstractNote={Data are presented on the cost and effectiveness of eight data bases (AGRICOLA, AGRIS INTERNATIONAL, BIOSIS PREVIEWS, CAB ABSTRACTS, DISSERTATIONS ABSTRACTS ONLINE, LIFE SCIENCES COLLECTION (Cambridge Science Abstracts), SCISEARCH, and ZOOLOGICAL RECORD) in retrieving basic and applied literature on treehoppers (Homoptera: Membracoidea) for the years 1981 – 1987. The combined search of these data bases using 12 key words retrieved only 53% of the total relevant items that we found using a broader range of bibliographic techniques. Current data on coverage of the data bases, a basis for predicting useful data base combinations, and suggestions for improving bibliographic retrieval of entomological publications are included.}, number={2}, journal={Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America}, author={Deitz, L. L. and Osegueda, L. M.}, year={1989}, pages={33} }
 @article{deitz_1975, title={Classification of the higher categories of the New World treehoppers (Homoptera: Membracidae)}, number={225}, journal={Technical Bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station)}, author={Deitz, L. L.}, year={1975}, pages={4} }