Description of Chilearinus Sharkey gen. nov. and status of Nearctic Earinus Wesmael, 1837 (Braconidae, Agathidinae) with the description of new species [PDF]
The Neotropical members formerly included in Earinus Wesmael, 1837 are transferred to a new genus, Chilearinus Sharkey gen. nov. Presently three Nearctic species of Earinus are recognized, i.e., Earinus erythropoda Cameron, 1887, Earinus limitaris Say ...
Michael J. Sharkey+3 more
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Revision of the genus Schoenlandella (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) in the New World, with a potential biological control agent for a lepidopteran pest of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) [PDF]
Schoenlandella Cameron, 1905 is the second largest genus of Cardiochilinae. Most members are recorded from the Old World, with a small number of species in the New World.
Ilgoo Kang+2 more
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Revision of Iranian Schoenlandella Cameron, 1905 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with descriptions of two new species from Hormozgan province [PDF]
The Iranian species of the genus Schoenlandella Cameron, 1905 are revised based on morphological characters. The current work provides a key to species of Iranian Schoenlandella and species descriptions of two new species: S. angustigena Kang sp.
Ilgoo Kang+2 more
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Response to Zamani et al. (2020): The omission of critical data in the pursuit of “revolutionary” methods to accelerate the description of species [PDF]
Here we respond to the criticisms leveled against a proposal that suggested an efficient solution to the taxonomic impediment. We clarify some of our objectives and demonstrate that many of the criticisms apply more to traditional approaches to taxonomy ...
Michael Sharkey+3 more
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New species and records of Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic Venturia Schrottky, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) [PDF]
Five new species of Venturia Schrottky, 1902 are described from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, Venturia aurantia sp. nov. from South Africa, Venturia erythrina sp. nov. from Tanzania, Venturia ignea sp. nov. from Ghana, Venturia veruta sp.
Vas, Zoltán
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More discussion of minimalist species descriptions and clarifying some misconceptions contained in Meier et al. 2021 [PDF]
This is a response to a preprint version of “A re-analysis of the data in Sharkey et al.’s (2021) minimalist revision reveals that BINs do not deserve names, but BOLD Systems needs a stronger commitment to open science”, https://www.biorxiv.org/content ...
Michael J. Sharkey+8 more
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Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species [PDF]
A new genus of the braconid subfamily Cardiochilinae, Ophiclypeus gen. nov., is described and illustrated based on three new species: O. chiangmaiensis Kang, sp. nov. type species (type locality: Chiang Mai, Thailand), O.
Ilgoo Kang+5 more
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New species and records of Palaearctic Campopleginae, Cryptinae, Hybrizontinae, and Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) [PDF]
The following taxonomical and faunistical results are presented in this paper: regarding Campopleginae, Lathrostizus atrox sp. nov. and Phobocampe kaszabi sp. nov. are described from Mongolia, and the first records of Phobocampe brumatae Horstmann, 2009,
Vas, Z.
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New species and records of Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic Casinaria Holmgren, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) [PDF]
Eight new species of Casinaria Holmgren, 1859 are described: Casinaria castanea sp. nov. and Casinaria rubens sp. nov. from South Africa, Casinaria sellata sp. nov. from South Africa and Kenya, Casinaria kittenbergeri sp. nov.
Vas, Zoltán
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Pest attacks on rice plants can cause a detrimental decrease in production. Hymenoptera has many important roles in ecosystems, including as parasitoids and predators of pests.
Zahlul Ikhsan, Aulia Oktavia
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