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Prof. Dr. Hannelore Hoch

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  • Publikationen

    Prof. Dr. Hannelore Hoch

    Wessel, A., Hoch, H., Asche, M., von Rintelen, T., Stelbrink, B., Heck, V., Stone, F. D. & Howarth, F. 2013. Founder effects initiated rapid species radiation in Hawaiian cave planthoppers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(23): 9391-9396. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1301657110

    Hoch, H. 2012. DEZ: 155 and counting – and still alive! Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59(2): 173. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201200011

    Hoch, H. 2012. Taxonomy Profile: Ursula Göllner-Scheiding. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59(2): 175–176. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201200012

    Hoch, H. and Ferreira, R. L. 2012. Ferricixius davidi gen. n., sp. n. – the first cavernicolous planthopper from Brazil (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59(2): 201–206. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201200015

    Hoch, H., Naranjo, M., and Oromí, P. 2012. Witness of a lost world: Meenoplus roddenberryi sp. n., a new cavernicolous planthopper species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Meenoplidae) from Gran Canaria. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59(2) 207–215. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.201200016

    Fontaine, B. et al. 2012. New Species in the Old World: Europe as a Frontier in Biodiversity Exploration, a Test Bed for 21st Century Taxonomy. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36881. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036881

    Hoch, H. & Dem, F. (2011). Two new species of Bennaria Melichar, 1914 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae, Bennini) from Papua New Guinea. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 58(2): 251-257 doi: 10.1002/mmnd.201100028

    Hoch, H., Mühlethaler, R., Wachmann, E., Stelbrink, B. & Wessel, A. (2011). Celebenna thomarosa gen. n., sp. n. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Bennini) from Sulawesi, with notes on its ecology and behaviour. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 58(2): 241-250. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.201100027

    Hoch, H. (2011). Taxonomy Profile Art Borkent. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 58(1): 7-9. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.201100002

    Fontaine, B. et 50 signatories (2010). European bounty for taxonomists. Nature 468: 377.

    Hoch, H. (2009). Taxonomy Profile Marianne Horak. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(1): 5-6. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.200900001

    Hoch, H. (2008). Taxonomy: time – and chance – for a change. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 55(2): 205. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.200800019

    Hoch, H. & Asche, M. (2008). 150 years DEZ – A reason to celebrate. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 55(1): 5-6. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.200800001

    Hoch, H. & Asche, M. (2007). Honouring the past – facing the future. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 54(2): 155. doi: 10.1002/mmnd.200700015

    Burrows, M., Hartung, V. & Hoch, H. (2007). Jumping behaviour in a gondwanan relict insect (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Peloridiidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3311-3318.

    Fontaine, B. et al. (2007). The European union's 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus. Biological Conservation 139: 167–185. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012

    Wessel, A. & Hoch, H. (2007). Cave planthoppers on Hawaii – love songs and the origin of species. / Höhlenzikaden auf Hawaii – Liebesgesänge und die Entstehung der Arten. In: Glaubrecht, M., Kinitz, A. & Moldzyk, U. (Eds.) 2007. Evolution in Action. / Als das Leben laufen lernte. Evolution in Aktion. Prestel Verlag, München: 222-225.

    Soulier-Perkins, A., Sueur, J. & Hoch, H. 2007. Historical use of substrate-borne acoustic production within the Hemiptera: first record for an Australian Lophopid (Hemiptera, Lophopidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 129–132.

    Wessel, A., Erbe, P. & Hoch, H. (2007). Pattern and process: Evolution of troglomorphy in the cave-planthoppers of Australia and Hawai'i – Preliminary observations. Acta carsologica 36(1): 199-206.
    reprinted in: Kranjc, A., Gabrovsek, F., Culver, D.C. & Sasowsky, I.D. eds. (2007). Time in Karst. Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 12. KWI, Leesburg: 199-206. Karst Waters Institute

    Hoch, H., Asche, M., Burwell, C., Monteith, G.M. & Wessel, A. (2006). Morphological alteration in response to endogeic habitat and ant association in two new planthopper species from New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae). Journal of Natural History 40(32-34): 1687-1886.

    Hoch, H. (2006). New Cixiidae from Eastern Polynesia: Oteana gen. nov. and Manurevana gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). Zootaxa 1209: 1-47.

    Hoch, H. (2006). Systematics and evolution of Iolania from Hawaii (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Systematic Entomology 31: 302-320.

    Hoch, H., Deckert, J. & Wessel, A. (2006). Vibrational signalling in a Gondwanan relict insect (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Peloridiidae). Biology Letters 2(2): 222-224.

    Hoch, H. & Wessel, A. (2006). Communication by Substrate-Borne Vibrations in Cave Planthoppers. In: Drosopoulos, S. & Claridge, M.F. (eds). Insect Sounds and Communication. Physiology, Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. (Contemporary Topics in Entomology series) CRC-Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, London, New York: 187-197.

    Hoch, H. (2005). On the identity of the type species of the planthopper genus Oliarus Stål, 1862, Oliarus walkeri (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Zootaxa
    1056: 53-60.

    Asche, M. & Hoch, H. (2004). Hemiptera. Fauna Europaea (multi-authored website).

    Erbe, P. & Hoch, H. (2004). Two new species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa
    536: 1-7.

    Howarth, F.G. & Hoch, H. (2004). Adaptive shifts. In: Culver, D.C. & White, W. (eds). Encyclopedia of Caves. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam etc.: 17-24.

    Stone, F.D., Howarth, F.G., Hoch, H. & Asche, M. (2004). Lava tube root communities. In: Culver, D.C. & White, W. (eds). Encyclopedia of Caves. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam etc.: 477-484.

    Hoch, H., Bonfils, J., Reynaud, B. & Attié, M. (2003). First record of troglobitic Hemiptera from La Réunion (Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.) 39(3): 265-270.

    Hoch, H. (2002). Hidden from the light of day: planthoppers in subterranean habitats (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha). In: Holzinger, W. & Gusenleitner, F. (eds). Zikaden. Leafhoppers, planthoppers and cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz (Denisia 4): 139-146.

    Hoch, H. (2002). Rapid speciation in cave-dwelling planthoppers (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) from Hawaiian lava tubes. Antenna – Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society 26(1): 21-25.

    Hoch, H. (2000). Acoustic communication in darkness. In: Wilkens, H., Culver, D.C. & Humphreys, W.F. (eds). Ecosystems of the world. Vol. 30: Subterranean Ecosystems. Elsevier, Amsterdam etc.: 211-219.

    Harvey, M., Shear, W. & Hoch, H. (2000). Cavernicolous Onychophora, Arachnids, Myriopods and Insects. In: Wilkens, H., Culver, D.C. & Humphreys, W.F. (eds). Ecosystems of the world. Vol. 30: Subterranean Ecosystems. Elsevier, Amsterdam etc.: 79-94.

    Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. (1999). Multiple cave invasion by the species of the cixiid planthopper Oliarus in Hawaii. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 127(4): 453-475.

    Hoch, H., Emmrich, R. & Holzinger, W. (eds) (1999). Festgabe für Reinhard Remane zum 70. Geburtstag. Reichenbachia – Zeitschrift für taxonomische Entomologie des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde Dresden 33(1): 237 pp.

    Hoch, H. (1999). Prof. Dr. Reinhard Remane zum 70. Geburtstag. Reichenbachia 33(1): 5-12.

    Wessel, A. & Hoch, H. (1999). REMANE´s statistic species criterion applied to Hawaiian cave planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Reichenbachia 33(1): 27-35.

    Hoch, H., Oromi, P. & Arechavaleta, M. (1999). Nisia subfogo sp.n., a new cave-dwelling planthopper from the Cape Verde Islands (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Meenoplidae). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias XI(3-4): 189-199.

    Larivière, M.C. & Hoch, H. (1998). The New Zealand planthopper genus Semo White (Hemiptera: Cixiidae): taxonomic review, geographical distribution, and biology. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 25(4): 429-442.

    Hoch, H. (1997). The Hawaiian cave planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) – a model for rapid subterranean speciation? International Journal of Speleology 26(1-2): 21-31 (published in 2000).

    Hoch, H. (1996). A new cavernicolous planthopper of the family Meenoplidae from New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 451-454.

    Hoch, H. & Izquierdo, I. (1996). A cavernicolous planthopper in the Galápagos Islands (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae). Journal of Natural History 30: 1495-1502.

    Hoch, H. (1996). Insekten aus Lavahöhlen Hawaiis als Modelle für die Evolutionsforschung. Humboldt-Spektrum 4: 28-33.

    Hoch, H. (1994). Homoptera (Auchenorrhyncha Fulgoroidea). In: Jubertie, C. & Decu, V. (eds). Encyclopaedia Biospéologica. Tome I. Société de Biospéologie, Moulis – Bucarest: 313-325.

    Hoch, H. (1993). A new troglobitic planthopper species (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Meenoplidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 393-398.

    Hoch, H. & Howarth, F. G. (1993). Evolutionary dynamics of behavioral divergence among populations of the Hawaiian cave-dwelling planthopper Oliarus polyphemus (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). Pacific Science 47(4): 303-318.

    Hoch, H. (1993). Evolution of cavernicolous planthoppers (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) on oceanic islands: A comparison between Hawaii and the Canary Islands. In Drosopoulos, S., Petrakis, P.V., Claridge, M.F., de Vrijer, P.W.F. (eds). Proceedings of the 8th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress. Delphi, Greece, 9-13 August 1993

    Hoch, H. & Asche, M. (1993). Evolution and speciation of cave-dwelling Fulgoroidea in the Canary Islands (Homoptera: Cixiidae and Meenoplidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 109: 53-101.

    Hoch, H. (1991). Cave-dwelling Cixiidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from the Azores. Bocagiana 149: 1-9.

    Hoch, H. (1990). Cavernicolous Meenoplidae of the genus Phaconeura (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from Australia. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 30: 188-203.

    Hoch, H. (1990). New synonyms and records in the cixiid genus Hyalesthes Signoret, 1865 (Hom., Fulgoroidea). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 126: 67-70.

    Howarth, F.G., Hoch, H. & Asche, M. (1990). Duets in darkness: species-specific substrate-borne vibrations produced by cave-adapted cixiid planthoppers in Hawaii (Homoptera Fulgoroidea). Mém. Biospéol. XVII: 77-80.

    Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. (1989). The evolution of cave-adapted cixiid planthoppers in volcanic and limestone caves in North Queensland, Australia (Homoptera : Fulgoroidea). Mém. Biospéol. XVI: 17-24.

    Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. (1989). Reductive evolutionary trends in two new cavernicolous species of a new Australian cixiid genus (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 179-196.

    Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. (1989). Six new cavernicolous cixiid planthoppers in the genus Solonaima from Australia (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 377-402.

    Hoch, H. (1988). A new cavernicolous planthopper species (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from Mexico. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 61(3-4): 295-302.

    Hoch, H. (1988). Five new epigean species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). Beagle 5(1): 125-133.

    Remane, R. & Hoch, H. (1988): Cave-dwelling Fulgoroidea (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from the Canary Islands. Journal of Natural History 22: 403-412.

    Hoch, H. & Remane, R. (1985). Evolution und Speziation der Zikaden-Gattung Hyalesthes Signoret, 1865 (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea, Cixiidae). Marburger Entomologische Publikationen 2(2): 1-427.

    Hoch, H. & Remane, R. (1983). Zur Artbildung und Artabgrenzung bei der binsenbesiedelnden Zikaden-Gattung Conomelus Fieber, 1866 (Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Fulgoromorpha Delphacidae). Marburger Entomologische Publikationen 1(9): 1-114.

  • Forschung

     

    Forschungsschwerpunkte:

    • Taxonomie und Systematik fulgoromorpher Zikaden (Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae und Meenoplidae)
    • Evolution, Verhalten und Ökologie von Höhlenzikaden
    • Artenbildungsprozesse

    Forschungsprojekte:

    • BEFRI-Project
    • Speziationsprozesse bei höhlenbesiedelnden Zikaden Hawaiis, der Kanarischen Inseln und Australiens
    • Revision der Neuseeland-endemischen Cixiiden-Gattung Semo (in Zusammenarbeit mit Dr. Marie-Claude Larivière, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland, N. Z.)
    • Phylogenie, Systematik und Zoogeographie der australischen und südpazifischen Meenopliden (in Zusammenarbeit mit Dr. Manfred Asche, Berlin)
    • Morphologische und ökologische Diversität der Cixiidenfauna der Galápagos-Inseln (in Zusammenarbeit mit Dr. Stewart B. Peck, Ottawa)

    Publikationen (Auswahl)

    Fontaine, B. et 50 signatories 2010. European bounty for taxonomists. Nature 468: 377. doi: 10.1038/468377a

    Burrows, M., Hartung, V. & Hoch, H. 2007. Jumping behaviour in a gondwanan relict insect (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Peloridiidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3311-3318. doi: 10.1242/​jeb.007914 

    Hoch, H., Deckert, J. & Wessel, A. (2006). Vibrational signalling in a Gondwanan relict insect (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Peloridiidae). Biology Letters 2(2): 222-224. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0451

    Asche, M. & Hoch, H. (2004). Hemiptera. Fauna Europaea, version 2.4, http://www.faunaeur.org (multi-authored website)

    Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. (1999). Multiple cave invasion by the species of the cixiid planthopper Oliarus in Hawaii. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 127(4): 453-475. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb01381.x