A revised terminology for male genitalia in Hymenoptera (Insecta), with a special emphasis on Ichneumonoidea

D Dal Pos, I Mikó, EJ Talamas, L Vilhelmsen… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Applying consistent terminology for morphological traits across different taxa is a highly
pertinent task in the study of morphology and evolution. Different terminologies for the same …

The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist

A Zamani, D Dal Pos, ZF Fric, AB Orfinger… - Systematics and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Roughly 18,000 species are described annually as new to science, while estimated
extinction rates are comparable to or even exceeding these new discoveries. Considering …

Mind the outgroup and bare branches in total-evidence dating: a case study of pimpliform Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

T Spasojevic, GR Broad, IE Sääksjärvi… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Taxon sampling is a central aspect of phylogenetic study design, but it has received limited
attention in the context of total-evidence dating, a widely used dating approach that directly …

Variation in a Darwin wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) community along an elevation gradient in a tropical biodiversity hotspot: Implications for ecology and …

V Flinte, DG Pádua, EM Durand, C Hodgin, G Khattar… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary How the diversity of species changes from place to place is well known for
some groups, such as vertebrates, considerably aiding conservation planning. However, it is …

Classifying fossil Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with geometric morphometrics of fore wings

A Viertler, H Baur, T Spasojevic, B Mennecart… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Linking fossil species to the extant diversity is often a difficult task, and the correct
interpretation of character evidence is crucial for assessing their taxonomic placement. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative taxonomy and analysis of species richness patterns of nocturnal Darwin wasps of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae …

S Shimizu, GR Broad, K Maeto - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The predominantly tropical ophionine genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 is one of the
largest genera of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with more than 700 extant …

Impact of increasing morphological information by micro-CT scanning on the phylogenetic placement of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in amber

A Viertler, K Urfer, G Schulz, S Klopfstein… - Swiss journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The correct interpretation of fossils and their reliable taxonomic placements are fundamental
for understanding the evolutionary history of biodiversity. Amber inclusions often preserve …

Filling gaps in the knowledge of the Colombian Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): new records, description of unknown males, and taxonomical notes.

DG Pádua, DRR Fernandes, RO Araujo… - Zootaxa, 2023 - europepmc.org
Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are parasitoids and a natural enemy of a
wide range of holometabolous insects and spiders and are considered one of the largest …

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DRR Fernandes, DG Padua, LA Mazariegos… - Zootaxa, 2023 - academia.edu
Two new Darwin wasp species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (E. nigroandinum Fernandes
sp. nov. and E. merceae Fernandes sp. nov.) are described from the northwestern Andes of …

Comparative mitochondrial genomics of 104 Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and its implication for phylogeny

B Zheng, Y Han, R Yuan, J Liu, C van Achterberg… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Nearly a hundred mitochondrial genomes of ichneumonid wasps are
newly reported. Comparative mitogenomics of 104 mitochondrial genomes representing 33 …