@article {1945, title = {Occurrence of the Genus Caingangia Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Argentina, with the Description of a New Species}, journal = {Neotropical Entomology}, volume = {34}, year = {2005}, pages = {59-61}, chapter = {59}, abstract = {

The doryctine braconid wasp genus Caingangia Marsh is recorded for the first time\ from Argentina, based on specimens of C. wesa sp. nov. which is described and illustrated. A key to\ known species of the genus is provided.

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, new record, new species, systematics}, author = {J.J. Martinez} } @article {1913, title = {Seven new species of Allorhogas (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Mexico}, journal = {Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad}, volume = {84}, year = {2013}, pages = {117-139}, chapter = {117}, abstract = {

Seven new Mexican species of the gall associated doryctine genus Allorhogas are described, illustrated and\ molecularly characterized: A. amuzgo sp. nov., A. coccolobae sp. nov., A. crassifemur sp. nov., A. jaliscoensis sp. nov.,\ A. marshi sp. nov., A. parvus sp. nov., and A. scotti sp. nov. These new species were collected in tropical dry forests\ situated along the Pacific coast of Mexico in the states of Jalisco, Oaxaca and Guerrero. Allorhogas coccolobae was\ reared from leaf galls probably induced by an unidentified cecidomyiid (Diptera) on Coccoloba barbadensis Jacq.,\ representing the first record of this genus on Polygonaceae galls. A key to the described Mexican species of Allorhogas\ is provided.

}, keywords = {galls, Insecta, key, Mexico, taxonomy}, doi = {10.7550/rmb.31955}, author = {J.J. Martinez and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1906, title = {Sergey gen. n., a new doryctine genus from temperate forests of Mexico and Cuba (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {589}, year = {2016}, pages = {143-164}, chapter = {143}, abstract = {

The new doryctine genus Sergey gen. n. is described with four new species (S. cubaensis Zald\ívar-River\ón\ \& Mart\ínez, sp. n., S. coahuilensis Zald\ívar-River\ón \& Mart\ínez, sp. n., S. tzeltal Mart\ínez \& Zal\ídivar-River\ón, sp. n., S. tzotzil Mart\ínez \& Zal\ídivar-River\ón, sp. n.) from temperate forests of Mexico and\ Cuba. Similar to many other doryctine taxa, the new genus has a considerably elongated, petiolate basal\ sternal plate of the first metasomal tergite, although it can be distinguished from these by having the\ mesoscutum sharply declivous anteriorly with sharp anterolateral edges. The described species have been\ characterised molecularly based on two mitochondrial (COI, cyt b) and one nuclear (28S) gene markers.\ Based on the mitochondrial gene genealogies reconstructed, the evidence suggests the existence of incomplete\ lineage sorting or hybridization in the populations from Chiapas and Oaxaca assigned to S. tzeltal\ sp. n.

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, Ichneumonoidea, incomplete lineage sorting, keys, new species, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.589.8291}, author = {J.J. Martinez and R.N.M. L{\'a}zaro and C. Pedraza-Lara and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1822, title = {Systematics and evolution of gall formation in the plant-associated genera of the wasp subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, year = {2014}, abstract = {
Gall formation is a specialised form of phytophagy that consists of abnormal growth of host plant tissue induced by other organisms, principally insects and mites. In the mainly parasitoid wasp subfamily Doryctinae, gall association, represented by gall inducers, inquilines and their parasitoids, is known for species of seven genera. Previous molecular studies recovered few species of six of these genera as monophyletic despite their disparate morphologies. Here, we reconstructed the evolutionary relationships among 47 species belonging to six gall-associated doryctine genera based on two mitochondrial and two nuclear gene markers. Most of the Bayesian\ analyses, performed with different levels of incomplete taxa and characters, supported the monophyly of gall-associated doryctines, with Heterospilus (Heterospilini) as sister group. Percnobracon Kieffer and J\örgensen and Monitoriella Hedqvist were consistently recovered as monophyletic, and the validity of the monotypic Mononeuron was confirmed with respect to Allorhogas Gahan. A nonmonophyletic Allorhogas was recovered, although without significant support. The relationships obtained and the gathered morphological and biological information led us to erect three new genera originally assigned to Psenobolus:\ Ficobolus\ gen.n. (F. paniaguai sp.n. and F. jaliscoi sp.n.), Plesiopsenobolus gen.n. (Pl. mesoamericanus sp.n., Pl. plesiomorphus van\ Achterberg and Marsh comb.n., and Pl. tico sp.n.), and Sabinita gen.n. (S. mexicana\ sp.n.). The origin of the gall-associated doryctine clade was estimated to have occurred during the middle Miocene to early Oligocene, 16.33\–30.55 Ma. Our results support the origin of true gall induction in the Doryctinae from parasitoidism of other gall-forming insects. Moreover, adaptations to attack different gall-forming taxa on various unrelated plant families probably triggered species diversification in the main Allorhogas clade and may also have promoted the independent origin of gall formation on at least three plant groups. Species diversification in the remaining doryctine taxa was probably a result of host shifts within a particular plant taxon and shifts to different plant organs.
}, keywords = {age estimation, clade, gall, keys}, doi = {10.1111/syen.12078}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and J.J. Martinez and S.A. Belokobylskij and C. Pedraza-Lara and S.R. Shaw and P.E. Hanson and F. Varela-Hernandez} } @article {1767, title = {A new species of Neoheterospilus (Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, volume = {19}, year = {2010}, pages = {217-222}, abstract = {

A new species of Neoheterospilus, N. chamelae n. sp., is described from the Chamela-Cuixmala biosphere reserve in the Pacific coast of Jalisco, Mexico. This new species is placed within\ the subgenus Harpoheterospilus as it has an almost indistinct suture between the second and third\ metasomal terga and by the absence of a delineated apical area on the second metasomal tergite.\ Neoheterospilus chamelae is distinguished from the other species of the subgenus, N. (H.) falcatus, by\ its smooth vertex, single transverse carina in the prescutellar sulcus, a longer basal carina on the\ propodeum, and an elongate first metasomal tergite.

}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35235235$\#$page/19/mode/1up}, author = {J.J. Martinez and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1719, title = {Doryctopambolus Nunes \& Zald{\'\i}var-River{\'o}n (Braconidae), a new neotropical doryctine wasp genus with propodeal spines}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {223}, year = {2012}, pages = {53-67}, abstract = {

The new Neotropical doryctine genus\ Doryctopambolusgen. n.\ is erected to contain\ D. pilcomayensis\ (van Achterberg \& Braet, 2004), comb. n., which was previously placed within\ Pambolus\ (Pambolinae), as well as three new species,\ D. clebschisp. n.,\ D. dominicanussp. n.\ and\ D. sarochensissp. n.Members of this new genus are mainly characterised by the presence of at least one pair of conspicuous propodeal apico-lateral projections, which are similar to those present in all members of Pambolinae and in species of three Australasian doryctine genera. We generated DNA barcoding sequences for the three newly described species. We discuss the morphological similarity between species of the Australasian\ Echinodoryctes\ Belokobylskij, Iqbal \& Austin and\ Doryctopambolus. A key for the described species ofDoryctopambolus\ is provided.

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, Hymenoptera, new genus, Pambolinae}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.223.3540}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3540/abstract/doryctopambolus-nunes-zald}, author = {J.F. Nunes and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and de Castro, C.S. and P.M. Marsh and A.M. Penteado-Dias and R.G. Brice{\~n}o and J.J. Martinez} } @article {1629, title = {Occurrence of the genus Caingangia Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Argentina, with the description of a new species.}, journal = {Neotropical Entomology}, volume = {34(1)}, year = {2005}, pages = {59-61}, author = {J.J. Martinez} } @article {1630, title = {Reclassification of Bracon mendocinus, a gall-associated doryctine wasp, and description of a new related species of Allorhogas (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, volume = {42(41-42)}, year = {2008}, pages = {2689-2701}, author = {J.J. Martinez and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and Saez, Alberto G.} } @article {1631, title = {A new species of Neoheterospilus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico.}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, volume = {19(2)}, year = {2010}, pages = {217-222}, author = {J.J. Martinez and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1632, title = {Three new species of Percnobracon Kieffer \& Jorgensen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina, reared from cecidomyiid (Diptera) and eurytomid (Hymenoptera) galls.}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1282}, year = {2006}, pages = {49-58}, author = {J.J. Martinez} } @article {1633, title = {New species of Allorhogas Gahan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from galls on Lycium cestroides Schltdl. (Solanaceae) in Argentina.}, journal = {Entomological Science}, volume = {14 (3)}, year = {2011}, pages = {304-308}, author = {J.J. Martinez and Altamirano, A. and Salvo, A.} } @article {1634, title = {The genus Iare Barbalho and Penteado-Dias (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) in Mexico, with the description of two new species.}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2685}, year = {2010}, pages = {30-38}, author = {J.J. Martinez and Ceccarelli, F.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {928, title = {A single origin of gall association in a group of parasitic wasps with disparate morphologies.}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {44}, year = {2007}, pages = {981-992}, abstract = {

The braconid wasp subfamily Doryctinae mainly comprises idiobiont ectoparasitoids of other insect larvae. In recent years, however, members of a few genera have been discovered to be associated with galls from various unrelated host plant families, with some of these being gall inducers whereas others are suspected as being predators of gallers. Because of their considerable morphological differences, these gall-associated taxa traditionally have been placed in separate tribes or even in other subfamilies. In this study, we investigate the phylogenetic relationships among representatives of a number of different doryctine genera, including five of its seven gall-associated genera using two genetic markers. Here we analyzed the length-variable 28S sequence data based on secondary structure both excising the unalignable regions and recoding them according to indel length. In addition, multiple alignments were carried out with a range of gap-opening and extension parameters. The combined (28S+CO1) phylogenetic hypotheses obtained, both excluding and recoding the unalignable regions, recover a clade comprising the five gall-associated genera, and most of the analyses using multiple alignments also support this relationship. These results support a scenario in which secondary phytophagy evolves from initially attacking primary gall-forming hosts. The relationships recovered are also more congruent with a model that explains the macroevolution of insect plant association in the Doryctinae as reflecting geographic proximity rather than host plant relationships. Further, our phylogenetic hypotheses consistently show that one of the main morphological features employed in the higher level classification of the Doryctinae is actually highly homoplastic.

}, keywords = {Braconidae, character evolution, cyclostome, Doryctinae, molecular phylogeny, multiple alignment, secondary structure alignment}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.016}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and S.A. Belokobylskij and Leon Regagnon, V. and J.J. Martinez and R.G. Brice{\~n}o and D.L.J. Quicke} } @article {932, title = {Five new species of the genera Heerz Marsh, Lissopsius Marsh and Ondigus Braet, Barbalho and van Achterberg (Braconidae, Doryctinae) from the Chamela-Cuixmala biosphere reserve in Jalisco, Mexico.}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {164}, year = {2012}, pages = {1-23}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and J.J. Martinez and Ceccarelli, F.S. and S.R. Shaw} } @article {933, title = {DNA barcoding a highly diverse group of parasitoid wasps (Braconidae: Doryctinae) from a Mexican nature reserve.}, journal = {Mitochondrial DNA}, volume = {21}, year = {2010}, pages = {18-23}, abstract = {

Background and aims. The preliminary results of a DNA barcoding study of the doryctine fauna of parasitoid wasps from the Chamela\–Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, a region dominated by tropical dry forest, are presented. So far, three field trips have been carried out to the reserve and 468 specimens have been collected, of which 407 cox1 sequences were obtained.
Materials and methods. The general mixed Yule-coalescent model was applied to a phylogram to investigate the number of evolutionary units that can be detected from the DNA sequence data examined.
Results. A total of 185 barcoding species assigned to 20 identified doryctine genera were discriminated using the above model, 115 of which belong to the speciose genus Heterospilus, pointing out the extraordinary species richness of this subfamily of insects in a Mexican tropical dry forest.
Conclusion. On the basis of the DNA barcodes generated, Ptesimogastroides Braet \& van Achterberg is proposed to be a junior synonym of Ptesimogaster Marsh syn. nov. Neoheterospilus was also found deeply nested within a large Heterospilus clade, suggesting the paraphyly of the latter genus.

}, keywords = {Braconidae, cox1, DNA barcoding, Doryctinae, Hymenoptera, tropical dry forest}, issn = {1940-1736}, doi = {10.3109/19401736.2010.523701}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and J.J. Martinez and Ceccarelli, F.S. and V.S. De Jesus-Bonilla and Rodriguez-Perez, A.C. and Resendiz-Flores, A. and Smith, M.A.} } @article {443, title = {The types of Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina.}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2487}, year = {2010}, pages = {43-51}, author = {Aquino, D.A. and Gaddi, A.L. and Hernandez, E.P. and J.J. Martinez} }