▪ Abstract Insect molecular systematics has undergone remarkable recent growth. Advances
in methods of data generation and analysis have led to the accumulation of large amounts of …

The parasitoid wasp family Braconidae is likely the second-most species-rich family in the
animal kingdom. Braconid wasps are widely distributed and often encountered. They …

An overview of recent advances in our understanding of the higher phylogeny and
classification is presented. Molecular and morphological cladistic and pre-cladistic studies …

This study examined subfamilial relationships within Braconidae, using 4 kb of sequence
data for 139 taxa. Genetic sampling included previously used markers for phylogenetic …

Background Animal mitochondrial genomes are potential models for molecular evolution
and markers for phylogenetic and population studies. Previous research has shown …

The subfamily Microgastrinae is a highly diversified group of parasitoid wasps that attacks all
of the different groups of Lepidoptera. We explore here the phylogenetic signal in three gene …

Polydnaviruses are essential components mediating host–parasitoid relationships between
some braconid wasps and their caterpillar hosts largely by suppressing or misdirecting the …

The microgastroid complex of braconid wasps is a widely recognized and biologically
coherent lineage of endoparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae (caterpillars). The complex has …

A large proportion of the hyperdiverse weevils are wood boring and many of these taxa have
subsocial family structures. The origin and relationship between certain wood boring weevil …

Simultaneous analysis of morphological and molecular characters from the 16S rDNA, 28S
rDNA and cytochrome oxidase 1 genes was employed to resolve phylogenetic relationships …