Harald Letsch

5.0k citations

26 papers · 917 indexed · h-index 16

Impact in

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 2%
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Plant and animal studies
Paleontology top 5%

Papers in ⓘ

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16
- Plant and animal studies 8
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution 7
- Fossil Insects in Amber 5
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies 4
Genetics 14
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy 6
- Genetic diversity and population structure 5

Co-authors: Bernhard Misof (12 shared papers)Sabrina Simon (5 shared papers)Roman R. Stocsits (4 shared papers)Benjamin Wipfler‍ (5 shared papers)Brigitte Gottsberger (5 shared papers)Jessica L. Ware (2 shared papers)Peter F. Stadler (1 shared paper)Jana Hertel (1 shared paper)
Journals: Systematic Entomology (4 papers)Evolution (2 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2 papers)BMC Evolutionary Biology (2 papers)Ecography (2 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Austria United States

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Harald Letsch

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1	Can comprehensive background knowledge be incorporated into substitution models to improve phylogenetic analyses? A case study on major arthropod relationships BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Björn M. von Reumont, Karen Meusemann, Nikolaus U. Szucsich, Emiliano Dell’Ampio, Vivek Gowri-Shankar, Daniela Bartel, Sabrina Simon, Harald Letsch, Roman R. Stocsits, Yun‐Xia Luan, Johann Wolfgang Wägele, Günther Pass, Heike Hadrys, Bernhard Misof	2009	112
2	Accurate and efficient reconstruction of deep phylogenies from structured RNAs Nucleic Acids Research ·Roman R. Stocsits, Harald Letsch, Jana Hertel, Bernhard Misof, Peter F. Stadler	2009	103
3	Phylogenomic analysis sheds light on the evolutionary pathways towards acoustic communication in Orthoptera Nature Communications ·Hojun Song, Olivier Béthoux, Seunggwan Shin, Alexander Donath, Harald Letsch, Shanlin Liu, Duane D. McKenna, Guanliang Meng, Bernhard Misof, Lars Podsiadłowski, Xin Zhou, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Sabrina Simon	2020	100
4	Old World and New World Phasmatodea: Phylogenomics Resolve the Evolutionary History of Stick and Leaf Insects Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·Sabrina Simon, Harald Letsch, S Bank, Thomas R. Buckley, Alexander Donath, Shanlin Liu, Ryuichiro Machida, Karen Meusemann, Bernhard Misof, Lars Podsiadłowski, Xin Zhou, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Sven Bradler	2019	73
5	Revival of Palaeoptera—head characters support a monophyletic origin of Odonata and Ephemeroptera (Insecta) Cladistics ·Alexander Blanke, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Harald Letsch, Markus Koch, Felix Beckmann, Rolf G. Beutel, Bernhard Misof	2012	67
6	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 Molecular Ecology ·Harald Letsch, Brigitte Gottsberger, Jessica L. Ware	2016	59
7	The Impact of rRNA Secondary Structure Consideration in Alignment and Tree Reconstruction: Simulated Data and a Case Study on the Phylogeny of Hexapods Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Harald Letsch, Patrick Kück, Roman R. Stocsits, Bernhard Misof	2010	47
8	Phylogenetic support values are not necessarily informative: the case of the Serialia hypothesis (a mollusk phylogeny) Frontiers in Zoology ·J. Wolfgang Wägele, Harald Letsch, Annette Klussmann‐Kolb, Christoph Mayer, Bernhard Misof, Heike Wägele	2009	44
9	Insect phylogenomics: new insights on the relationships of lower neopteran orders ( P olyneoptera) Systematic Entomology ·Harald Letsch, Sabrina Simon	2013	42
10	Evolutionary history and divergence times of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) revealed through transcriptomics iScience ·Manpreet K. Kohli, Harald Letsch, Carola Greve, Olivier Béthoux, Isabelle Deregnaucourt, Shanlin Liu, Xin Zhou, Alexander Donath, Christoph Mayer, Lars Podsiadłowski, Simon Gunkel, Ryuichiro Machida, Oliver Niehuis, Jes Rust, Torsten Wappler, Yu Xin, Bernhard Misof, Jessica L. Ware	2021	41
11	Insect phylogenomics: results, problems and the impact of matrix composition Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Harald Letsch, Karen Meusemann, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Kai Schütte, Rolf G. Beutel, Bernhard Misof	2012	37
12	Potential pitfalls of modelling ribosomal RNA data in phylogenetic tree reconstruction: Evidence from case studies in the Metazoa BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Harald Letsch, Karl M. Kjer	2011	37
13	Climate and host‐plant associations shaped the evolution of ceutorhynch weevils throughout the Cenozoic Evolution ·Harald Letsch, Brigitte Gottsberger, Christian Metzl, Jonas J. Astrin, Ariel‐Leib‐Leonid Friedman, Duane D. McKenna, Konrad Fiedler	2018	21
14	Advances inGeometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based onPseudobiston pinratanai(Lepidoptera, Glossata) Zoologica Scripta ·Hossein Rajaei, Carola Greve, Harald Letsch, Dieter Stüning, Niklas Wahlberg, Joël Minet, Bernhard Misof	2015	20
15	Combining molecular datasets with strongly heterogeneous taxon coverage enlightens the peculiar biogeographic history of stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) Systematic Entomology ·Harald Letsch, Sabrina Simon, Paul B. Frandsen, Shanlin Liu, Ryuichiro Machida, Christoph Mayer, Bernhard Misof, Oliver Niehuis, Xin Zhou, Benjamin Wipfler‍	2021	20
16	Simultaneous alignment and folding of 28S rRNA sequences uncovers phylogenetic signal in structure variation Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Harald Letsch, Carola Greve, Patrick Kück, Günther Fleck, Roman R. Stocsits, Bernhard Misof	2009	16
17	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 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Sven Winter, Ariel‐Leib‐Leonid Friedman, Jonas J. Astrin, Brigitte Gottsberger, Harald Letsch	2016	15
18	Historical biogeography of the hyperdiverse hidden snout weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) Systematic Entomology ·Harald Letsch, Michael Balke, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Alexander Riedel	2019	14
19	Transgressing Wallace's Line brings hyperdiverse weevils down to earth Ecography ·Harald Letsch, Michael Balke, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Raden Pramesa Narakusumo, Konrad Fiedler, Alexander Riedel	2020	13
20	Tracing the radiation of Maniola (Nymphalidae) butterflies: new insights from phylogeography hint at one single incompletely differentiated species complex Ecology and Evolution ·Angelina J. Kreuzinger, Konrad Fiedler, Harald Letsch, Andrea Grill	2014	12

About Harald Letsch

Harald Letsch is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Paleontology, Molecular Biology and Ecology, having authored 26 papers that have together received 917 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (7 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (6 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (5 papers), Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (5 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (5 papers) and Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (548 citations), Paleontology (162 citations), Ecological Modeling (65 citations), Genetics (386 citations) and Ecology (254 citations). Harald Letsch has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Frequent co-authors include Bernhard Misof, Sabrina Simon, Roman R. Stocsits, Benjamin Wipfler‍, Brigitte Gottsberger, Jessica L. Ware, Peter F. Stadler, Jana Hertel, Karen Meusemann and Karl M. Kjer. Their work appears in journals such as Systematic Entomology, Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, BMC Evolutionary Biology and Ecography.

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