Systematics, biology, and evolution of microgastrine parasitoid wasps

JB Whitfield, AD Austin… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The braconid parasitoid wasp subfamily Microgastrinae is perhaps the most species-rich
subfamily of animals on Earth. Despite their small size, they are familiar to agriculturalists …

[HTML][HTML] Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

J Fernandez-Triana, MR Shaw, C Boudreault… - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A checklist of world species of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
is provided. A total of 81 genera and 2,999 extant species are recognized as valid, including …

[HTML][HTML] A species-level taxonomic review and host associations of Glyptapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with an emphasis on 136 new reared …

DC Arias-Penna, JB Whitfield, DH Janzen… - ZooKeys, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The descriptive taxonomic study reported here is focused on Glyptapanteles, a species-rich
genus of hymenopteran parasitoid wasps. The species were found within the framework of …

DNA barcoding and the taxonomy of M icrogastrinae wasps (H ymenoptera, B raconidae): impacts after 8 years and nearly 20 000 sequences

M Alex Smith, JL Fernández‐Triana… - Molecular Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Microgastrine wasps are among the most species‐rich and numerous parasitoids of
caterpillars (Lepidoptera). They are often host‐specific and thus are extensively used in …

[HTML][HTML] Review of Apanteles sensu stricto (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with keys to …

JL Fernandez-Triana, JB Whitfield, JJ Rodriguez… - ZooKeys, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than half a million specimens of wild-caught Lepidoptera caterpillars have been reared
for their parasitoids, identified, and DNA barcoded over a period of 34 years (and ongoing) …

[PDF][PDF] Extrapolations from field studies and known faunas converge on dramatically increased estimates of global microgastrine parasitoid wasp species richness …

JJ Rodriguez, JL Fernández-Triana… - Insect Conservation …, 2013 - academia.edu
1. We extrapolate a new range of estimates of the species richness of Microgastrinae
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) wasps, a diverse group of small parasitoids that attack …

Singleton molecular species delimitation based on COI-5P barcode sequences revealed high cryptic/undescribed diversity for Chinese katydids (Orthoptera …

Z Zhou, H Guo, L Han, J Chai, X Che, F Shi - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 - Springer
Background DNA barcoding has been developed as a useful tool for species discrimination.
Several sequence-based species delimitation methods, such as Barcode Index Number …

DNA barcoding reveals diversity of Hymenoptera and the dominance of parasitoids in a sub-arctic environment

JK Stahlhut, J Fernández-Triana, SJ Adamowicz… - BMC ecology, 2013 - Springer
Background Insect diversity typically declines with increasing latitude, but previous studies
have shown conflicting latitude-richness gradients for some hymenopteran parasitoids …

[HTML][HTML] Cotesia icipe sp. n., a new Microgastrinae wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of importance in the biological control of Lepidopteran pests in Africa

KKM Fiaboe, J Fernández-Triana… - Journal of …, 2017 - jhr.pensoft.net
A new species of Microgastrinae, Cotesia icipe Fernández-Triana & Fiaboe, sp. n., is
described from eastern Africa. It was reared in Kenya as a solitary parasitoid from two major …

[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 …