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1999
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2000
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The biology and early stages of Acampsis alternipes (Nees), with comments on the relationships of the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Details of the biology of the braconid subfamily Sigalphinae, based on rearings of Acampsis alternipes (Nees), are provided for the first time. A. alternipes is a solitary, koinobiont larval endoparasitoid of the geometrid moth Alsophila Hübner, though there is an external feeding phase prior to spinning a cocoon and pupation....Shaw, Mark R ; Quicke, D L J
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2003
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Sturmia bella (Meigen) (Dipt.:Tachinidae) and the strand that is not silk
Tests conducted on strands left hanging from Lepidoptera pupae from which larvae of the parasitoid tachinid fly Sturmia bella have egressed show that this substance is best regarded as mucous containing glycoproteins, and that it should not be referred to as silk.Baumgart, E ; Quicke, D L J ; Shaw, Mark R
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2005
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First host record for the rogadine genus Pholichora van Achterberg (Hymenoptera:Braconidae) with description of a new species and notes on convergent wing venation features
The wasp genus Pholichora is recorded as parasitic on geometrid moth larvae on the basis of a new species, P. subscleroma sp. nov., from South Africa (Natal), reared from Ascotis reciprocaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). The discovery of this new species necessitates a reassessment of the characters separating Pholichora from Hemigyroneuron....Quicke, D L J ; Shaw, Mark R
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2004
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Cocoon silk chemistry of non-cyclostome Braconidae, with remarks on phylogenetic relationships within the Microgastrinae ( Hymenoptera:Braconidae)
Bulk amino acid composition was determined for cocoon silks for 54 species of non-cyclostome braconid wasps collectively representing 14 subfamilies. Little intraspecific variation was encountered either between conspecific individuals of differing origin or between physically different silk layers within a single cocoon. Variation within subfamilies was small except in the...Quicke, D L J ; Shaw, Mark R ; Takahashi, M ; Yanechin, B
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2004
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Comparative morphology of the venom apparatus in the braconid wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Insecta Hymenoptera) and related taxa.
The morphology of the venom apparatus intima in representatives of 38 genera of the problematic braconid wasp subfamily Rogadinae and other cyclostome braconids was investigated and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis for the group was performed with the information obtained. Despite the limited number of characters, the data suggest several relationships...Zaldivar-Riveron, A ; Areekul, B ; Shaw, Mark R ; Quicke, D L J
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2006
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Suspended mummies in Aleiodes species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) with descriptions of six new species from western Uganda based largely on DNA sequence data
A group of species of the rogadine braconid genus Aleiodes are shown to produce a distinctive mummy, which is “J”-shaped and is formed after the host larva, in all cases an ennomine geometrid moth, has dropped from a plant suspended in midair by a silk thread. The group includes one...Quicke, D L J ; Mori, M ; Zaldivar-Riveron, A ; Laurenne, N M ; Shaw, Mark R
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2013
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DNA barcoding and the taxonomy of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): impacts after 8 years and nearly 20,000 sequences
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 biological control efforts and figure prominently in trophic webs. However, their extraordinary diversity coupled with the occurrence of many cryptic species produces a significant taxonomic impediment. We...Smith, M A ; Fernandez-Triana, J ; Eveleigh, E S ; Gomez, J ; Guclu, C …
deoxyribonucleic acid barcode , parasitoid, data release, microgastrine , and cytochrome c oxidase