By Professor Gerry Cassis

Journal articles

Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2019, 'First record of the subfamily Psallopinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) from Australia and discussion of its systematic position and diagnostic characters', Austral Entomology, 58, pp. 156 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12350

Weirauch C; Schuh RT; Cassis G; Wheeler WC, 2019, 'Revisiting habitat and lifestyle transitions in Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): insights from a combined morphological and molecular phylogeny', Cladistics, 35, pp. 67 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12233

Lo N; Montagu A; Noack A; Nahrung H; Wei H; Eldridge M; Gray KA; Rose HA; Cassis G; Johnson RN; Lawson S, 2019, 'Population genetics of the Australian eucalypt pest Thaumastocoris peregrinus: evidence for a recent invasion of Sydney', Journal of Pest Science, 92, pp. 201 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-018-0995-8

Cheng M; Cassis G, 2019, 'Combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Myrtlemiris, evolution of endosomal spicules, description of two new species and Neomyrtlemiris, gen. nov. (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae)', Invertebrate Systematics, 33, pp. 719 - 756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS18081

Namyatova AA; Contos P; Cassis G, 2019, 'New species, taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of the tropical tribe Bothriomirini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae)', Insect Systematics and Evolution, 50, pp. 83 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002179

Cheng M; Cassis G, 2019, 'Systematic study of the Australian plant bug genus Xasmasoma, gen. nov. (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae), including host plant and biogeographic analysis, and description of twelve new species', Invertebrate Systematics, 33, pp. 1 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS18009

Cassis G; Symonds C; Branson L, 2019, 'Systematics and species radiation of the sheoak lace bug genus Epimixia Kirkaldy (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae) in Australia, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea', Invertebrate Systematics, 33, pp. 277 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS18040

Hosseini R; Cassis G, 2019, 'Systematics of the plant bug tribe Hyaliodini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Deraeocorinae) from Australia and New Caledonia: Phylogenetic analysis and discussion of deraeocorine relationships, and four new genera and thirteen new species', Insect Systematics and Evolution, 50, pp. 445 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002185

Sanchez JA; Cassis G, 2018, 'Towards solving the taxonomic impasse of the biocontrol plant bug subgenus Dicyphus (Dicyphus) (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) using molecular, morphometric and morphological partitions', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184, pp. 330 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly005

Chin YW; Cassis G, 2018, 'Description of an enigmatic new genus and new species of Australian Orthotylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) associated with the plant genus Eremophila', Zootaxa, 4438, pp. 491 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.4

Symonds CL; Cassis G, 2018, 'Systematics and Analysis of the Radiation of Orthotylini Plant Bugs Associated with Callitroid Conifers in Australia: Description of Five New Genera and 32 New Species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae)', Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2018-June, pp. 1 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090-422.1.1

Cassis G; Hodgins M; Weir TA; Tatarnic NJ, 2018, 'Phylogenetic reclassification and genitalic morphology of the small water strider genus Nesidovelia Andersen & Weir and allied Microveliinae (Hemiptera:Veliidae)', Austral Entomology, 57, pp. 92 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12273

Konstantinov FV; Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2018, 'A synopsis of the bryocorine tribes (Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae): Key, diagnoses, hosts and distributional patterns', Invertebrate Systematics, 32, pp. 864 - 889, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS17087

Cassis G, 2018, 'Henryhalticus philippinensis gen. et sp. n., a minute halticine from the Philippines (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae)', ZooKeys, 2018, pp. 187 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.796.21240

Chin YW; Cassis G, 2018, 'Systematics and host-plant associations of the Palassocoris complex (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae), a monophyletic suprageneric group of long-headed Australian Orthotylini, and the description of five new genera and 10 new species', Invertebrate Systematics, 32, pp. 703 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS17078

Cassis G, 2017, 'Conservation Biology: A Walking Stick's Redux on Lord Howe Island', Current Biology, 27, pp. R1120 - R1122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.026

Weiler L; Barão KR; Cassis G; Grazia J, 2017, 'Morphology of the external scent efferent system of Neotropical shield bugs (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae)', Zoomorphology, 136, pp. 29 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-016-0330-y

Hosseini R; Cassis G, 2017, 'A remarkable new plant bug genus and species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Deraocorinae) from the Australian wet tropics', Zootaxa, 4232, pp. 123 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.9

Cassis G; Koenig P; Symonds C; Shofner R, 2017, 'Systematics and host plant associations of the Australian lace bug genus Nethersia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae), including the description of eighteen new species', Insect Systematics and Evolution, 48, pp. 1 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-47052151

Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2016, 'Revision of the staphylinoid and ground-dwelling genus carvalhoma slater & gross (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) of Australia', European Journal of Taxonomy, 2016, pp. 1 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.253

Cassis G; Cheng M; Tatarnic N, 2016, 'Flattened plant bugs of the Pandanus-inhabiting genus Frontimiris (Heteroptera: Miridae) and Pandanus spiralis–heteropteran associations in the East Kimberley', Austral Entomology, 55, pp. 371 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12199

Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2016, 'Review of the seven new species of Isometopinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) in Australia and discussion of distribution and host plant associations of the subfamily on a worldwide basis', Austral Entomology, 55, pp. 392 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12202

Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2016, 'Revision and phylogeny of the fern-inhabiting genus felisacus distant (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae)', Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2016-June, pp. 1 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090-403.1.1

Cassis G, 2016, 'Four new species, first Australian records and review of the Phorticine genus Rhamphocoris, and key to Genera and review of Australian Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae)', Entomologica Americana, 122, pp. 169 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1664/15-RA-057

Namyatova A; Cassis G, 2016, 'A remarkable new genus and six new species of fern-inhabiting plant bugs endemic to the Society Islands (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Filicicoris gen. nov.)', Insect Systematics and Evolution, 47, pp. 285 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-47032144

Namyatova AA; Konstantinov FV; Cassis G, 2016, 'Phylogeny and systematics of the subfamily Bryocorinae based on morphology with emphasis on the tribe Dicyphini sensu Schuh, 1976', Systematic Entomology, 41, pp. 3 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12140

Cassis G; Symonds C, 2016, 'Plant bugs, plant interactions and the radiation of a species rich clade in south-Western Australia: Naranjakotta, gen. nov. and eighteen new species (Insecta:Heteroptera:Miridae:Orthotylinae)', Invertebrate Systematics, 30, pp. 95 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS15011

Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2016, 'Systematic revision and phylogeny of the plant bug tribe Monaloniini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) of the world', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176, pp. 36 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12311

Wang XJ; Liu GQ; Cassis G, 2015, 'Revision of Panaetius Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) from Australia, including the description of two new species and phylogenetic analysis', Austral Entomology, 54, pp. 445 - 464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12154

Yasunaga T; Schuh RT; Janakiraman P; Cassis G, 2015, 'A Remarkable New Genus and New Species of the Plant Bug (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Inhabiting Psyllid Leaf Margin Roll Gall on Indian Banyan, Ficus benghalensis', American Museum Novitates, 2015-October, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/3839.1

Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2015, 'Revision of the Australian endemic plant bug genus VolkeliusDistant, 1904 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae)', Austral Entomology, 54, pp. 180 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12106

Schuh R; Štys P; Cassis G; Lehnert M; Swanson D; Bruce T, 2015, 'New genera and species of Plokiophilidae from Australia, Fiji, and Southeast Asia, with a revised classification of the family (Insecta: Heteroptera: Cimicoidea)', American Museum Novitates, 2014-November, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1206/3825.1

Namyatova AA; Konstantinov FV; Cassis G, 2015, 'Phylogeny and systematics of the subfamily Bryocorinae based on morphology with emphasis on the tribe Dicyphini sensu Schuh,', Systematic Entomology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12140

Wang XJ; Liu GQ; Cassis G, 2015, 'Revision of PanaetiusStål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) from Australia, including the description of two new species and phylogenetic analysis', Austral Entomology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12154

Symonds CL; Cassis G, 2014, 'A new genus Ittolemma (Heteroptera: Tingidae) gen. nov. and three included species of hirsute lace bugs from temperate woodlands of southern Australia', Austral Entomology, 53, pp. 380 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12089

Bulbert MW; Herberstein ME; Cassis G, 2014, 'Assassin bug requires dangerous ant prey to bite first', Current Biology, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.006

Cassis G; Symonds CL, 2014, 'Megadrymus brigalow n.sp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Drymini), a diminutive new species of seed bug from semi-evergreen vine thicket of the Queensland Brigalow Belt', Zootaxa, 3774, pp. 596 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.8

Cassis G; Symonds C, 2014, 'Granitohyoidea calycopeplus gen. nov. and sp. nov: A new plant bug taxon (Heteroptera: Miridae) affiliated with granite outcrops in south-west Western Australia, and its Palearctic affinity and host plant associations', Austral Entomology, 53, pp. 353 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12082

Cassis G; Symonds C, 2014, 'Systematics and host plant associations of a new genus of Acacia-inhabiting plant bugs from arid Australia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae)', Invertebrate Systematics, 28, pp. 522 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS13063

Brown AM; Warton DI; Andrew NR; Binns M; Cassis G; Gibb H, 2014, 'The fourth-corner solution - using predictive models to understand how species traits interact with the environment', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, pp. 344 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12163

Wang XJ; Liu GQ; Cassis G, 2013, 'Systematic study of DuadicusDallas, 1851 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae: Blaudusini), including the description of a new species from Western Australia', Australian Journal of Entomology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12046

Tatarnic NJ; Cassis G, 2013, 'Surviving in sympatry: Paragenital divergence and sexual mimicry between a pair of traumatically inseminating plant bugs', American Naturalist, 182, pp. 542 - 551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/671931

Ebach MC; Gill AC; Kwan A; Ahyong ST; Murphy DJ; Cassis G, 2013, 'Erratum: Area taxonomy of Australia (Zootaxa)', Zootaxa, 3652, pp. 299 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.9

Namyatova AA; Cassis G, 2013, 'Systematics, phylogeny and host associations of the Australian endemic monaloniine genus Rayieria Odhiambo (Insecta:Heteroptera:Miridae:Bryocorinae)', Invertebrate Systematics, 27, pp. 689 - 726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS13034

Tatarnic NJ; Cassis G, 2013, 'Description of eight new species of the traumatically inseminating plant bug genus Coridromius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Coridromini)', European Journal of Taxonomy, 35, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.35

Tatarnic NJ; Cassis G, 2013, 'Traumatic Insemination in Terrestrial Arthropods', Annual Review of Entomology, 59, pp. 245 - 261

Elias MA; Cassis G, 2012, 'Erratum: Systematic revision, phylogeny and host plant associations of the Australian endemic genus Mcateella Drake (Hemiptera :Heteroptera : Piesmatidae) (Invertebrate Systematics (2012) 26:1 (83-114) DOI: 10.1071/IS11043)', Invertebrate Systematics, 26, pp. 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS11043-CO

Elias MA; Cassis G, 2012, 'Systematic revision, phylogeny and host plant associations of the Australian endemic genus Mcateella Drake (Hemiptera : Heteroptera : Piesmatidae) (vol 26, pg 83, 2012)', INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS, 26, pp. 434 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS11043_CO

Cassis G; Cheng M; Tatarnic NJ, 2012, 'SYSTEMATICS OF THE PLANTBUG GENUS IRIANOCORIS CARVALHO (INSECTA: HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE: ORTHOTYLINAE: AUSTROMIRINI)', ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA, 118, pp. 157 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1664/12-RA-039.1

Cheng M; Mututantri A; Cassis G, 2012, 'Myrtlemiris, a new genus and new species of Australian plant bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): Systematics, phylogeny and host associations', Systematic Entomology, 37, pp. 305 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00621.x

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