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Christopher C. Wirth

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2016
Coleoptera Taxonomy and DistributionForest Insect Ecology and ManagementColeoptera: Cerambycidae studiesScarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and BiogeographyForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Publications

22

Citations

49

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

11

Publishing since 2016

Research summary
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Christopher C. Wirth studies beetles (Coleoptera), with a particular focus on the taxonomy, classification, and geographic distribution of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) and related groups such as tiger beetles. Much of the recent work involves compiling large taxonomic catalogues that document and organize known beetle species and their history in the scientific literature. This kind of research helps build reference resources used by other scientists studying insect diversity and evolution.

Beetle taxonomy and classificationColeoptera biodiversity and distributionTenebrionidae (darkling beetle) systematicsTaxonomic cataloguing and databasesInsect natural history

Output was low and sporadic for most of the past decade but shows a sharp recent increase, driven largely by a cluster of cataloguing publications dated 2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications1920212022: 1 publication22232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 13 publications1326
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Catalogue of Life×13
  • Annales Zoologici×2
  • Zootaxa×2
  • Cladistics×1
  • ZooKeys×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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