Christiane Weirauch

Christiane Weirauch, German entomologist.

• Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 38 taxon names authored by Christiane Weirauch

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2003

• Weirauch, C. 2003. Pedicellar structures in Reduviidae – a comment on cave organ and trichobothria. European Journal of Entomology 100(4): 571–580. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.086 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2003. Glandular areas associated with the male genitalia in Triatoma rubrofasciata (Triatominae, Reduviidae, Hemiptera) and other Reduviidae. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 98(6): 773–776. DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762003000600011. Reference page. 

2004

• 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. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.670.1.1 . ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2004. Distribution of a sternal glandular area among female Reduviidae (Heteroptera), with discussion of a possible pheromonal function. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 51(1): 3–6. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.20040510102 Reference page. 

2005

• Forero, D. & Weirauch, C. 2005. Synonymy of Harpinoderes cicheroi Martínez & Carcavallo, 1989 with Aradomorpha crassipes Champion, 1899 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 950: 1–4. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.950.1.1 . ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2005. Pretarsal structures in Reduviidae (Heteroptera, Insecta). Acta Zoologica 86(2): 91–110. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2005.00190.x Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2005. The Heteropteran "Pronotal Gland" Re-Examined. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 113(1): 1–10. DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2005)113[0001:THPGR]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

2006

• 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: 1-9. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3510[1:NGASOP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2006. New genera, new species, and new combinations in western Nearctic Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3521: 1-41. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3521[1:NGNSAN]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2006. New genera and species of oak-associated Phylini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae) from western North America. American Museum Novitates 3522: 1-54. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3522[1:NGASOO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2006. Anatomy of disguise: Camouflaging structures in nymphs of some Reduviidae (Heteroptera). American Museum Novitates 3542: 1-18. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3542[1:AODCSI]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2006. New genus and species of fig-inhabiting Leucophoropterini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Australia. Russian Entomological Journal 15(2): 227-232. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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(1): 97–108. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.015 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2006. Dorsal abdominal glands in adult Reduviidae (Cimicomorpha, Heteroptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 53(1): 91–102. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200600009 Reference page. 
• 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. PDF Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. & Cassis, G. 2006. Attracting Ants: The Trichome and Novel Glandular Areas on the Sternum of Ptilocnemus lemur (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114(1–2): 28–37. JSTOR Reference page. 

2007

• Weirauch, C. 2007. Revision and cladistic analysis of the Polyozus group of Australian Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3590: 1–60. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3590[1:RACAOT]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2007. Hairy attachment structures in Reduviidae (Cimicomorpha, Heteroptera), with observations on the fossula spongiosa in some other Cimicomorpha. Zoologischer Anzeiger 246(3): 155–175. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2007.03.003. Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. & Forero, D. 2007. Kiskeya palassaina, new genus and new species of Saicinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 1468: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1468.1.2 . ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. & Forero, D. 2007. Kiskeyana new replacement name for the assassin bug Kiskeya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 1530: 68–68. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1530.1.7 . Reference page. 

2008

• Cassis, G. & 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(2): 119–122. BHL Reference page. 
• Schuh, R.T., Weirauch, C., Henry, T.J., & Halbert, S. 2008. Curaliidae, a new family of Heteroptera from the Eastern United States (Insecta). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(1): 20–29. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[20:CANFOH]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2008. From four- to three-segmented labium in Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 331–344. PDF Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2008. Cladistic analysis of Reduviidae (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) based on morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 33(2): 229–274. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00417.x. Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. 2008. Mangabea barbiger, new species of Collartidini (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae) from Madagascar. pp. 391-402. In: Grozeva, S. & Simov, N. (eds.) 2008. Advances in Heteroptera Research. Pensoft Publishers. Reference page. 

2009

• Schuh, R.T., Weirauch, C. & Wheeler, W.C. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships within the Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a total-evidence analysis. Systematic Entomology 34(1): 15–48. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00436.x. Reference page. 
• Soto, D. & Weirauch, C. 2009. Description of the Australian plant bug genus Jiwarli, n. gen. (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3653: 1-14. DOI: 10.1206/617.1 Reference page. 
• 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). Entomologica Americana 115(1): 1–35. DOI: 10.1664/08-RA-005.1 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. & Munro, J.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53(1): 287–299. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.039 PDF Reference page. 

2010

• Weirauch, C. 2010. Tribelocodia ashei, new genus and new species of Reduviidae (Insecta: Hemiptera), has implications on character evolution in Ectrichodiinae and Tribelocephalinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(2): 103-122. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X497308 Reference page. 

2011

• Berniker, L., Szerlip, S., Forero, D. & Weirauch, C. 2011. Revision of the crassipes and pictipes species groups of Apiomerus Hahn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Zootaxa 2949: 1–113. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2949.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. & 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(5): 473-508. DOI: 10.1071/IS10002 Reference page. 

2012

• Forero, D. & Weirauch, C. 2012. Comparative genitalic morphology in the New World resin bugs Apiomerini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59(1): 5–41. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201200001 Reference page. 
• Hwang, W.S. & Weirauch, C. 2012. Evolutionary History of Assassin Bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Insights from Divergence Dating and Ancestral State Reconstruction. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45523. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045523 Reference page. 

2013

• Zhang, G-Y. & Weirauch, C. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of Harpactorini (Insecta: Reduviidae): correlation of novel predation strategy with accelerated evolution of predatory leg morphology. Cladistics 30(4): 339–351. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12049 Reference page. 

2014

• Weirauch, C. & Štys, P. 2014. Litter bugs exposed: phylogenetic relationships of Dipsocoromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) based on molecular data. Insect Systematics & Evolution 45(4): 351-370. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-45012109 Reference page. 

2015

• Davranoglou, L-R., Hwang, W.S. & Weirauch, C. 2015. Neotropical Physoderinae revisited, with description of a new, sexually dimorphic species of Leptophysoderes Weirauch (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 3963(1): 89–99. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Simonsen, T., Winterton, S., Weirauch, C., Cranston, P. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2015. Editorial. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 1. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12116 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C. & 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 & Phylogeny 73(3): 457–475. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C., Russell, K. & Hwang, W.S. 2015. Reduvius frommeri, a new species of Reduviidae from the Western United States (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), with a synopsis of the Nearctic species of Reduvius Fabricius. Zootaxa 3972(2): 267–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Zhang, J-X., Weirauch, C., Zhang, G-Y. & 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. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12140 Reference page. 

2016

• Forthman, M., Chłond, D. & Weirauch, C. 2016. Taxonomic Monograph of the Endemic Millipede Assassin Bug Fauna of Madagascar (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016(400): 1–152. DOI: 10.1206/amnb-928-00-01.1. Reference page. 
• Hoey-Chamberlain, R. & Weirauch, C. 2016. Two new genera of big-eyed minute litter bugs (Hemiptera, Schizopteridae, Hypselosomatinae) from Brazil and the Caribbean. ZooKeys 640: 79–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.640.9690. Reference page. 
• Leon, S. & Weirauch, C. 2016. Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha). Zootaxa 4184(2): 255–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.2. Reference page. 
• Zhang, G., Hart, E.R. & Weirauch, C. 2016. A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8150. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150 Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Gordon, E.R.L., Forthman, M., Hwang, W.S., Walden, K., Swanson, D.R., Johnson, K.P., Meier, R. & 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. DOI: 10.1038/srep22177 Reference page. 

2017

• Forthman, M. & Weirauch, C. 2017. Millipede assassins and allies (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae, Tribelocephalinae): total evidence phylogeny, revised classification and evolution of sexual dimorphism. Systematic Entomology 42(3): 575–595. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12232. Reference page. 
• Hwang, W.S. & 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: 1–116. . DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.341 Reference page. 

2018

• Weirauch, C., Hoey-Chamberlain, R. & Knyshov, A. 2018. Synopsis of Schizopteridae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Dipsocoromorpha) from the United States, with description of seven new species from the US and Mexico. Pp 49–82 In: Wheeler, A.G. Jr. (Ed.) 2018. A Festschrift Recognizing Thomas J. Henry for a Lifetime of Contributions to Heteropteran Systematics. Zookeys 796: 1–408. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.796.24176 Reference page. 
• Weirauch, C., Whorrall, K., Knyshov, A. & 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.2.4 Reference page. 

2019

• Hoey-Chamberlain, R. & Weirauch, C. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the New World big-eyed minute litter bug genus Ommatides Uhler (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae). Zootaxa 4585(1): 73–99. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.5 Reference page. 

2020

• Weirauch, C., Knyshov, A. & Hoey-Chamberlain, R. 2020. Four new genera of Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Afrotropical and Neotropical regions. Zootaxa 4768(1): 95–111. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.1.6 Reference page. 

2021

• Kieran, T.J., Gordon, E.R.L., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Ibarra-Cerdeña, C.N., Glenn, T.C. & Weirauch, C. 2021. Ultraconserved elements reconstruct the evolution of Chagas disease-vectoring kissing bugs (Reduviidae: Triatominae). Systematic Entomology 46(3): 725–740. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12485 Reference page. 

2022

• Castillo, S., Rédei, R. & Weirauch, C. 2022. Pseudocetherinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) revisited: phylogeny and taxonomy of the lobe-headed bugs. European Journal of Taxonomy 788(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.788.1625 Reference page. 
• Masonick, P. & Weirauch, C. 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Apiomerus maya species group (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Zootaxa 5154(5): 537–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.5.3 Reference page. 

2023

• Standring, S., Forero, D. & Weirauch, C. 2023. Untangling the assassin's web: Phylogeny and classification of the spider-associated Emesine complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Systematic Entomology 49(1): 1–14. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12603 Reference page. 

2024

• Masonick, P., Knyshov, A., Gordon, E.R.L., Forero, D., Hwang, W.S., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., Bush, T., Castillo, S., Hernandez, M., Ramirez, J., Standring, S., Zhang , S. & Weirauch, C. 2024. A revised classification of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) based on combined analysis of phylogenomic and morphological data. Systematic Entomology 1–37. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12646 Reference page.