Search Results - "SHAW, MARK R."
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Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)
Published in ZooKeys (23-03-2020)“…A checklist of world species of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is provided. A total of 81 genera and 2,999 extant species are…”
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Wolbachia and DNA barcoding insects: patterns, potential, and problems
Published in PloS one (02-05-2012)“…Wolbachia is a genus of bacterial endosymbionts that impacts the breeding systems of their hosts. Wolbachia can confuse the patterns of mitochondrial…”
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A curated DNA barcode reference library for parasitoids of northern European cyclically outbreaking geometrid moths
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-11-2022)“…Large areas of forests are annually damaged or destroyed by outbreaking insect pests. Understanding the factors that trigger and terminate such population…”
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An illustrated key to European genera of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with a recent historical and biological perspective and a guide to available species-level identification resources
Published in ZooKeys (23-09-2024)“…An illustrated key is provided for the identification of the 20 genera of Microgastrinae so far known to occur in Europe. A brief review of 20 century progress…”
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Larval parasitism in a specialist herbivore is explained by phenological synchrony and host plant availability
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-05-2022)“…Parasitism is a key factor in the population dynamics of many herbivorous insects, although its impact on host populations varies widely, for instance, along…”
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Resolution of the Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)-aggregate in the western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae), with description of a new species
Published in ZooKeys (01-01-2024)“…Two European species are recognised and characterised within the traditional Aleiodes seriatus species concept, based initially on DNA barcoding but with…”
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Further notes on the biology of Pseudavga flavicoxa Tobias, 1964 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rhysipolinae)
Published in Journal of Hymenoptera research (27-02-2017)“…Pseudavga flavicoxa , a solitary koinobiont ectoparasitoid of Bucculatrix thoracella , attacks host larvae early rather than late in their final instar,…”
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Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions
Published in ZooKeys (2024)“…Substantial parts of the European and German insect fauna still remain largely unexplored, the so-called "dark taxa". In particular, midges (Diptera) and…”
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Notes on the biology, morphology and generic placement of “Hellwigia” obscura Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae)
Published in Journal of Hymenoptera research (30-04-2019)“…The ophionine ichneumonid known as Hellwigiaobscura has been reared for the first time, from larvae of Horisme sp. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) feeding on…”
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The changing use of the ovipositor in host shifts by ichneumonid ectoparasitoids of spiders (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)
Published in Parasite (Paris) (2018)“…Accurate egg placement into or onto a living host is an essential ability for many parasitoids, and changes in associated phenotypes, such as ovipositor…”
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An integrative taxonomic study of north temperate Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) that form silken cocoon balls, with the description of a new species
Published in Journal of Hymenoptera research (08-04-2024)“…Using CO1 sequence analysis, we investigated the relationships of Western Palearctic and Nearctic Cotesia that spin aggregated cocoons in the shape of a ball,…”
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Revision of the western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part 2: Revision of the A. apicalis group
Published in ZooKeys (16-03-2020)“…The West Palaearctic species of the group (Braconidae: Rogadinae) as defined by van Achterberg & Shaw (2016) are revised. Six new species of the genus Wesmael,…”
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Revision of the western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part 1: Introduction, key to species groups, outlying distinctive species, and revisionary notes on some further species
Published in ZooKeys (01-01-2016)“…Seven new species of the genus Aleiodes Wesmael, 1838 (Braconidae: Rogadinae) are described and illustrated: A. abraxanae sp. n., A. angustipterus sp. n., A…”
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Biology, early stages and description of a new species of Adelognathus Holmgren (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Adelognathinae)
Published in Zootaxa (14-11-2014)“…Adelognathus leucotrochi Shaw & Wahl sp. nov. is described from Britain where it is a univoltine slightly gregarious koinobiont ectoparasitoid of late stage…”
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Revision of the western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part 2: Revision of the A. apicalis group
Published 2020“…The large parasitoid wasp genus Aleiodes Wesmael, 1838, (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) has a world-wide distribution and in the western Palaearctic…”
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Ecology and Genetic Structure of the Parasitoid Phobocampe confusa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Relation to Its Hosts, Aglais Species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Published in Insects (Basel, Switzerland) (28-07-2020)“…The biology of parasitoids in natural ecosystems remains very poorly studied, though they are key species for their functioning. Here we focused on Phobocampe…”
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Evolution of the parasitic wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Braconidae): phylogeny and evolution of lepidopteran host ranges and mummy characteristics
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (04-12-2008)“…The braconid subfamily Rogadinae is a large, cosmopolitan group of endoparasitoid wasps characterised by 'mummifying' their lepidopteran host larvae, from…”
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Notes on the biology, morphology, nomenclature and classification of Pseudavga flavicoxa Tobias, 1964 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rhysipolinae), a genus and species new to Britain parasitizing Bucculatrix thoracella (Thunberg) (Lepidoptera, Bucculatricidae)
Published in Journal of Hymenoptera research (01-01-2015)“…The solitary parasitoid Pseudavga flavicoxa has been reared, in some numbers, from cocoons of the bucculatricid moth Bucculatrix thoracella collected as larvae…”
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Parasitism and migration in southern Palaearctic populations of the painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Published in European journal of entomology (03-01-2012)“…The painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) is well known for its seasonal long-distance migrations and for its…”
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Habitat Considerations for Parasitic Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Published in Journal of insect conservation (01-06-2006)“…Issue Title: Special Issue: Insect Habitats Parasitic wasps operate at a high trophic level and, because of their biology, tend to be highly specialised,…”
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