Harald Letsch

2025

Type genomics - a Framework for integrating Genomic Data into Biodiversity and Taxonomic research

Letsch, H., Greve, C., Hundsdoerfer, A. K., Irisarri, I., Moore, J. M., Espeland, M., Wanke, S., Arifin, U., Blom, M. P. K., Corrales, C., Donath, A., Fritz, U., Köhler, G., Kück, P., Lemer, S., Mengual, X., Salas, N. M., Meusemann, K., Palandačić, A., Printzen, C., & 11 othersSigwart, J. D., Silva-Brandão, K. L., Simões, M., Stange, M., Suh, A., Szucsich, N., Tilic, E., Töpfer, T., Böhne, A., Janke, A. & Pauls, S., 20 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Systematic Biology.

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2024

A radiation of Psylliodes flea beetles on Brassicaceae is associated with the evolution of specific detoxification enzymes

Gikonyo, M. W., Ahn, S-J., Biondi, M., Fritzlar, F., Okamura, Y., Vogel, H., Köllner, T. G., Şen, I., Hernández-Teixidor, D., Lee, C-F., Letsch, H. & Beran, F., 4 Jan 2024, In: Evolution. 78, 1, p. 127-145 19 p.

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The phylogeny of ceutorhynchine weevils (Ceutorhynchinae, Curculionidae): Mitogenome data improve the resolution of tribal relationships

Letsch, H., Vukotic, S., Gottsberger, B., Ariel, F., Wanat, M., Beran, F., Fiedler, K. & Riedel, A., Oct 2024, In: Systematic Entomology. 49, 4, p. 624-634 11 p.

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2023

Beetle evolution illuminates the geological history of the World's most diverse tropical archipelago

Letsch, H., Balke, M., Kusy, D., McKenna, D. D., Pramesa Narakusumo, R., Sagata, K., Toussaint, E. F. A., White, L. T. & Riedel, A., Dec 2023, In: Ecography. 2023, 12, 13 p., e06898.

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Jumping to new hosts: the diversification of flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini) in the context of their host plant associations

Letsch, H. & Beran, F., 15 Sept 2023, In: Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7, 5, 12 p., 2.

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2021

Combining molecular datasets with strongly heterogeneous taxon coverage enlightens the peculiar biogeographic history of stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera)

Letsch, H., Simon, S., Frandsen, P. B., Liu, S., Machida, R., Mayer, C., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Zhou, X. & Wipfler, B., Oct 2021, In: Systematic Entomology. 46, 4, p. 952-967 16 p.

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Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics

Kohli, M., Letsch, H., Greve, C., Béthoux, O., Deregnaucourt, I., Liu, S., Zhou, X., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Podsiadlowski, L., Gunkel, S., Machida, R., Niehuis, O., Rust, J., Wappler, T., Yu, X., Misof, B. & Ware, J., 19 Nov 2021, In: Iscience. 24, 11, 35 p., 103324.

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2020

Historical biogeography of the hyperdiverse hidden snout weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae)

Letsch, H., Balke, M., Toussaint, E. F. A. & Riedel, A., Apr 2020, In: Systematic Entomology. 45, 2, p. 312-326 15 p.

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Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera

Song, H., Béthoux, O., Shin, S., Donath, A., Letsch, H., Liu, S., McKenna, D. D., Meng, G., Misof, B., Podsiadlowski, L., Zhou, X., Wipfler, B. & Simon, S., 2 Oct 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 16 p., 4939.

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Transgressing Wallace’s Line brings hyperdiverse weevils down to earth

Letsch, H., Balke, M., Toussaint, E. F. A., Narakusumo, R. P., Riedel, A. & Fiedler, K., Sept 2020, In: Ecography. 43, 9, p. 1329-1340 12 p., 43.

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2019

Evolutionary history of Polyneoptera and its implications for our understanding of early winged insects

Wipfler, B., Letsch, H., Frandsen, P. B., Kapli, P., Mayer, C., Bartel, D., Buckley, T. R., Donath, A., Edgerly-Rooks, J. S., Fujita, M., Liu, S., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Peters, R. S., Petersen, M., Podsiadlowski, L., Schütte, K., Shimizu, S., & 5 othersUchifune, T., Wilbrandt, J., Yan, E., Zhou, X. & Simon, S., 19 Feb 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 116, 8, p. 3024-3029 6 p.

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Old World and New World Phasmatodea: Phylogenomics Resolve the Evolutionary History of Stick and Leaf Insects

Simon, S., Letsch, H., Bank, S., Buckley, T. R., Donath, A., Liu, S., Machida, R., Meusemann, K., Misof, B., Podsiadlowski, L., Zhou, X., Wipfler, B. & Bradler, S., 7 Oct 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, 14 p., 345.

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The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity

McKenna, D. D., Shin, S., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Beza-Beza, C., Clarke, D. J., Donath, A., Escalona, H. E., Friedrich, F., Letsch, H., Liu, S., Maddison, D., Mayer, C., Misof, B., Murin, P. J., Niehuis, O., Peters, R. S., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., Scully, E. D., & 4 othersYan, E. V., Zhou, X., Ślipiński, A. & Beutel, R. G., 3 Dec 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 116, 49, p. 24729-24737 9 p.

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2018

Climate and host‐plant associations shaped the evolution of ceutorhynch weevils throughout the Cenozoic

Letsch, H., Gottsberger, B., Metzl, C., Astrin, J., Friedman, A. L. L., McKenna, D. D. & Fiedler, K., Sept 2018, In: Evolution. 72, 9, p. 1815-1828 14 p.

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Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae

Todisco, V., Grill, A., Fiedler, K., Gottsberger, B., Dincă, V., Vodă, R., Lukhtanov, V. & Letsch, H., 28 Jun 2018, In: BMC Zoology. 3, 1, 11 p., 4.

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2017

Timing and host plant associations in the evolution of the weevil tribe Apionini (Apioninae, Brentidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera) indicate an ancient co-diversification pattern of beetles and flowering plants

Winter, S., Ariel, F., Astrin, J. J., Gottsberger, B. & Letsch, H., Feb 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107, p. 179-190 12 p.

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2016

Not going with the flow: a comprehensive time-calibrated phylogeny of dragonflies (Anisoptera: Odonata: Insecta) provides evidence for the role of lentic habitats on diversification

Letsch, H., Gottsberger, B. & Ware, J., Mar 2016, In: Molecular Ecology. 25, 6, p. 1340-1353 14 p.

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2015

Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata)

Rajaei, H., Greve, C., Letsch, H., Stüning, D., Wahlberg, N., Minet, J. & Misof, B., Jun 2015, In: Zoologica Scripta: an international journal of systematic zoology. 44, 4, p. 418-436 19 p.

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Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution”

Kjer, K. M., Ware, J., Rust, J., Wappler, T., Lanfear, R., Jermiin, L. S., Zhou, X., Aspöck, H., Aspöck, U., Beutel, R. G., Blanke, A., Donath, A., Flouri, T., Frandsen, P. B., Kapli, P., Kawahara, A. Y., Letsch, H., Mayer, C., McKenna, D. D., Meusemann, K., & 7 othersNiehuis, O., Peters, R. S., Wiegmann, B. M., Yeates, D. K., von Reumont, B. M., Stamatakis, A. & Misof, B., 2015, In: Science. 349, 6247, p. 487 1 p.

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Tracing the radiation of Maniola (Nymphalidae) butterflies: new insights from phylogeography hint at one single incompletely differentiated species complex

Kreuzinger, A., Fiedler, K., Letsch, H. & Grill, A., 1 Jan 2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 1, p. 46-58 13 p.

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2014

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

Misof, B., Liu, S., Meusemann, K., Peters, R. S., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Frandsen, P. B., Ware, J., Flouri, T., Beutel, R. G., Niehuis, O., Petersen, M., Izquierdo-Carrasco, F., Wappler, T., Rust, J., Aberer, A. J., Aspoeck, U., Aspoeck, H., Bartel, D., Blanke, A., & 81 othersBerger, S., Boehm, A., Buckley, T. R., Calcott, B., Chen, J., Friedrich, F., Fukui, M., Fujita, M., Greve, C., Grobe, P., Gu, S., Huang, Y., Jermiin, L. S., Kawahara, A. Y., Krogmann, L., Kubiak, M., Lanfear, R., Letsch, H., Li, Y., Li, Z., Li, J., Lu, H., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Kapli, P., McKenna, D. D., Meng, G., Nakagaki, Y., Luis Navarrete-Heredia, J., Ott, M., Ou, Y., Pass, G., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., von Reumont, B. M., Schuette, K., Sekiya, K., Shimizu, S., Slipinski, A., Stamatakis, A., Song, W., Su, X., Szucsich, N. U., Tan, M., Tan, X., Tang, M., Tang, J., Timelthaler, G., Tomizuka, S., Trautwein, M., Tong, X., Uchifune, T., Walzl, M. G., Wiegmann, B. M., Wilbrandt, J., Wipfler, B., Wong, T. K. F., Wu, Q., Wu, G., Xie, Y., Yang, S., Yang, Q., Yeates, D. K., Yoshizawa, K., Zhang, Q., Zhang, R., Zhang, W., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, C., Zhou, L., Ziesmann, T., Zou, S., Li, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, J., Wang, J., Kjer, K. M. & Zhou, X., 7 Nov 2014, In: Science. 346, 6210, p. 763-767 5 p.

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2013

Insect phylogenomics: new insights on the relationships of lower neopteran orders (Polyneoptera)

Letsch, H. & Simon, S., 2013, In: Systematic Entomology. 38, 4, p. 783-793 11 p.

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2012

Insect phylogenomics: results, problems and the impact of matrix composition

Letsch, H., Meusemann, K., Wipfler, B., Schütte, K., Beutel, R. & Misof, B., 2012, In: Journal of the Royal Society. Interface. 279, 1741, p. 3282-3290 10 p.

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