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2004
Journal article
First host records for the rogadine genus Conspinaria (Hymenoptera:Braconidae)and notes on Rogadinae as parasitoids of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera)
The parasitic wasp genus Conspinaria is recorded as parasitizing two species of chalcosiine zygaenid moths, Chalcosia thaivana owadai Wang and Erasmia pulchella hobsoni Butler in Taiwan. Parasitism of Zygaenidae and of Limacodidae by rogadine braconids is discussed in the light of possible phylogenetic relationships.Quicke, D L J ; Yen, Shen-Horn ; Mori, M ; Shaw, Mark R
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2006
Journal article
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