@article {1950, title = {Molecular phylogenetics disentangles the limits of a group of related Neotropical doryctine parasitoid wasp genera (Hymenoptera : Braconidae)}, journal = {Invertebrate Systematics}, volume = {34}, year = {2020}, month = {08/09/2020}, pages = {769-797}, chapter = {769}, abstract = {

The Doryctinae is one of the most specious subfamilies of the mainly parasitoid wasp family Braconidae.\ Members of this subfamily are characterised by having a very heterogeneous external morphology, which has made\ establishing the limits of several of its genera extremely difficult. The Neotropical Callihormius Ashmead,\ Platydoryctes Barbalho \& Penteado-Dias, and Aphelopsia Marsh are prime examples of this, since they show\ extensive interspecific morphological variation but lack consistent diagnostic features among them. We carried out\ a comprehensive phylogenetic study among several representative species belonging to the above genera as well as\ other morphologically similar doryctine taxa based on three nuclear and two mitochondrial (mt)DNA sequence\ markers. Based on the relationships recovered, we assessed the generic limits among the examined taxa and investigated\ the times of origin and diversification in this group. Our best estimate of phylogeny did not recover Callihormius as\ monophyletic, and thus we propose a taxonomic arrangement where we elevate the status of Ca. (Dmitriohormius)\ Belokobylskij, Zald\ívar-River\ón \& Coronado-Blanco to genus level, stat. nov., and also describe four new genera:\ Macrometasoma, gen. nov., Caputlenis, gen. nov., Platyhormius, gen. nov. and Caputrugosus, gen. nov. Platydoryctes\ is delimited morphologically, and the body flatness is proposed to have independently evolved more than once within\ the group of genera examined. Aphelopsia was not recovered as monophyletic, though the relationships involved\ were weakly supported and therefore we maintain its species composition. Panama Marsh, stat. rev., which was\ considered a junior synonym of Leluthia Cameron, is resurrected. Basal relationships in the phylogeny had very short\ branch lengths, which could be due to ancient rapid radiation events that occurred during the early evolution of the\ group. The estimated times of divergence showed that the clade containing Callihormius and its related genera\ originated between the late Oligocene and middle Miocene, whereas its early diversification events probably\ occurred between the middle to late Miocene.

}, keywords = {Aphelopsia, Leluthia, Panama, phylogenetic relationships, times of divergence}, doi = {10.1071/IS20030}, author = {S.S. Gadelha and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and M.L. de Oliveira} } @article {1946, title = {Revision of the Afrotropical genus Ivondrovia Shenefelt \& Marsh, 1976 with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {747}, year = {2018}, pages = {87-100}, chapter = {87}, abstract = {

A revision of the small Afrotropical holcobraconine genus Ivondrovia Shenefelt \& Marsh, 1976 (Doryctinae)\ is provided. A new species from Kenya, Ivondrovia grangeri sp. n., is described and illustrated. The\ illustrated redescriptions of the genus Ivondrovia and its type species Lophogaster seyrigi Granger, 1949 are\ given. The two known species of this genus are keyed.

}, keywords = {descriptions, Doryctinae, Holcobraconini, key to species, Lophogaster, parasitoid}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.747.24351}, url = {http://zoobank.org/BBCA7929-F53F-45F5-8039-56B7D3BB2575}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and R. Casta{\~n}eda-Osorio} } @article {1944, title = {Revisionary taxonomy of the American Doryctine wasp genus Callihormius Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)}, journal = {Annales Zoologici}, volume = {68}, year = {2018}, pages = {211-235}, chapter = {211}, abstract = {

The taxonomy of the American doryctine genus Callihormius is revised. Four\ Nearctic species are redescribed, including the type species of the genus (C. bifasciatus\ Ashmead, 1900, C. stigmatus Marsh, 1966, C. texanus Marsh, 1966 and C. werneri\ Marsh, 1966). Four Neotropical species are also described: C. circumlitoris sp. nov.,\ C. franciscomartoi sp. nov., C. palagannensis sp. nov. and C. tayronensis sp. nov.\ Callihormius longicaudatus (Nettleton, 1938) is considered as \“incertae sedis\”.\ A taxonomic key for the 13 currently recognised species of Callihormius is provided.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, Nearctic, Neotropics, taxonomic key}, doi = {10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.2.002}, author = {S. de Souza Gadelha and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and M.L. de Oliveira} } @article {1941, title = {Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of generic diagnostic morphological features in the doryctine wasp tribe Rhaconotini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)}, journal = {Zoologischer Anzeiger}, volume = {279}, year = {2019}, pages = {164-171}, chapter = {164}, abstract = {

The doryctine tribe Rhaconotini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a cosmopolitan group of parasitoid wasps\ that currently comprises 13 valid genera. Despite the extensive taxonomic studies carried out for this\ tribe, its generic limits are still unclear due to the considerable variation of its diagnostic morphological\ features. Here we assessed the evolutionary relationships among representative species of eight rhaconotine\ genera based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. We also performed ancestral\ character reconstruction analyses of morphological features that are diagnostic at the genus level and\ assessed the times of origin and main diversification events in the tribe. The Rhaconotini was significantly\ supported as monophyletic. The widely distributed, speciose genus Rhaconotus Ruthe as well as\ Ipodoryctes Granger were recovered as non-monophyletic. Rhaconotus species with five visible metasomal\ tergites were nested in a single clade with the monotypic Aptenobracon Marsh, which also has this\ morphological feature. Most Rhaconotus species with six or more visible tergites were intermingled with\ other Oriental and Afrotropical genera that share this condition. The ancestral character reconstruction\ analyses of the remaining morphological features showed that they probably were gained and lost\ repeatedly during the evolution of the group. The origin and early diversification events in the Rhaconotini\ were estimated to occur during the late Eocene to mid-Miocene. Our results highlight the\ importance of assessing the evolution of diagnostic morphological features to improve the supraspecific\ classification of insect taxa with extensive morphological homoplasy.

}, keywords = {Braconidae, Homoplasy, molecular phylogeny, Rhaconotini, Rhaconotus}, doi = {10.1016/j.jcz.2019.02.002}, author = {J.M Jasso-Martinez and S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1940, title = {Species delimitation, global phylogeny and historical biogeography of the parasitoid wasp genus Spathius (Braconidae: Doryctinae) reveal multiple Oligocene{\textendash} Miocene intercontinental dispersal events}, year = {2017}, abstract = {

Phylogenetic studies of globally distributed taxa are crucial to estimate the mode and tempo of common intercontinental\ biogeographic processes. However, few of these studies have focused on invertebrates, mainly because their\ taxonomy and species richness generally are highly neglected. Here we performed a morphological and mtDNA\ sequence-based species delineation analysis for 111 specimens of the cosmopolitan, speciose parasitoid wasp genus\ Spathius (Braconidae) and assessed its phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography adding two nuclear\ markers. Seventy-one species of Spathius were delimited. Neither the monophyly of Spathiini, Spathius, nor its\ species groups were recovered. Based on the relaxed molecular clock and ancestral area reconstruction analyses,\ the Oriental appears as the most plausible region of origin for Spathius, whereas various intercontinental dispersal\ events probably played an important role in its species diversification. At least three and two dispersal events from\ the Oriental to the Ethiopian and Australian regions, respectively, were estimated to occur during the late Oligocene\ to mid-Miocene, c. 25\–15 Mya. Dispersal to the Palaearctic and Nearctic from the Ethiopian region probably occurred\ during the early Miocene, c. 20 Mya. Our results overall reflect that the worldwide distribution of Spathius was\ acquired early in the evolutionary history of the lineage.

}, keywords = {COI mtDNA, dispersal, molecular phylogeny, Species delineation}, doi = {10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx050}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and S.A. Belokobylskij and R.N. Meza-Lazaro and C. Pedraza-Lara and M. Garcia-Paris and A.S. Meseguer} } @article {1937, title = {Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Stenocorse Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Stenocorse (Braconidae) is a doryctine wasp genus widely distributed from\ southern USA to central Argentina, and it has been reported to be ectoparasitoid of over 60\ bruchine (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) species. The genus currently contains a single\ described species, S. bruchivora (Crawford), though recent molecular and morphological\ evidence revealed that it is actually composed of various undescribed species. Here we\ redescribe S. bruchivora (Crawford) and describe five new species from various\ geographic regions along the Neotropics (S. atlanticus sp. nov., S. maesoi sp. nov.,\ S. pacificus sp. nov., S. rosabricenae sp. nov., S. sudamericanus sp. nov.) We could\ not morphologically distinguish S. atlanticus sp. nov. from S. pacificus sp. nov., though\ they can be consistently delimited both geographically and with mitochondrial and nuclear\ DNA sequence data. We include information about the host plant legumes where the\ recognised species of Stenocorse and their associated bruchines were reared. A key to the\ recognised species of Stenocorse is provided.

}, keywords = {cryptic species, Doryctinae, Ichneumonoidea, key, Neotropics, Stenocorse}, doi = {10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.3.011}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and J.M. Jasso-Martinez and N. Delgado-Machuca and C.E. Sarmiento and A. Gonzalez-Joya and L. Del Bianco Faria} } @article {1935, title = {Erratum - Redescription of species of the Neotropical parasitoid Notiospathius Mathews et Marsh (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on their nineteenth and early twentieth century types.}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2792}, year = {2011}, pages = {68}, chapter = {68}, abstract = {

In the redescription of Notiospathius fuscipes Cameron, page 35, the propodeum lacks distinct spines over\ hind coxa and a spine at apical-lateral corners.

The key we included that is complementary to the one provided by Marsh (2002) should be replaced entirely\ by the following couplets, and is designed to be used in conjunction with Marsh\’s key.

}, keywords = {corrigenda, erratum, key, Notiospathius}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and V.S. De Jesus-Bonilla} } @article {1934, title = {Phylogenomics and mitochondrial genome evolution of the gall-associated doryctine wasp genera (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)}, journal = {Systematics and Biodiversity}, volume = {17}, year = {2019}, pages = {731{\textendash}744}, chapter = {731}, abstract = {

The braconid subfamily Doryctinae is a cosmopolitan, highly diverse group of wasps mainly represented by parasitoid\ species. In this subfamily, however, there is a group of mainly Neotropical genera whose species are associated with\ galls of several vascular plant families. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies based on a few markers consistently\ recovered the monophyly of this group, though various relationships among genera and the monophyly of its most\ speciose genus, Allorhogas Gahan, remained unresolved. We characterized the mitogenomes of 13 representative species\ of the gall-associated doryctine clade and performed a phylogenomic analysis with both mitogenome and ultraconserved\ element (UCE) DNA sequence data to assess the classification of Doryctinae and to examine the evolution of\ phytophagy within the group. We found different patterns of tRNA gene rearrangements, two of which are present in\ most of the ingroup taxa. All phylogenetic analyses yielded highly similar, well-supported topologies that are congruent\ with relationships reported in previous studies. The resulting phylogenies confirmed Percnobracon as sister to the\ remaining genera and supported two separate clades whose genera are exclusively associated with Ficus (Moraceae).\ Allorhogas is confirmed to be polyphyletic. The combined evidence also supported a main Allorhogas clade composed\ of multiple phytophagous species that feed on at least five different host plant families. Further rearing records and\ phylogenetic studies are needed to examine host plant shifts and to broaden our understanding of a poorly studied\ radiation of gall-associated wasps.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, mitogenome, Neotropics, phylogenomics, phytophagy, ultraconserved elements}, doi = {10.1080/14772000.2019.1685608}, author = {E. Samaca-Saenz and R.N. Meza-Lazaro and M.G. Branstetter and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1933, title = {Morphological variation of the widely distributed genus Stenocorse Marsh, 1968 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4750}, year = {2020}, pages = {403-417}, chapter = {403}, abstract = {

Stenocorse is a monotypic genus with wide distribution and a large range of beetle hosts. We analyzed the morphological\ variation of 346 specimens from the USA south to Brasil. We studied 15 morphometric and 30 discrete characters using\ principal component (PCA) and discriminant function analyses (DFA) to assess character informativeness and the\ influence of geographic distribution and host source to detect differentiation. Mexican samples were studied according to\ location and biogeographic provinces. Specimens from Colombia were studied according to the plant where the host was\ recorded. Three measurements show group differentiation whereas four were redundant. Three groups of individuals were\ supported by continuous and discrete characters: one found in the USA, Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, a second\ from Mexico, and a third from Colombia and Brazil. These groups showed poor agreement with the differentiation of its\ common beetle host populations. This could be a consequence of the large number of sympatric host species feeding on\ a large number of plant species. This research shed light on other sources of evidence for building a sound taxonomy for\ Stenocorse.

}, keywords = {Bruchinae, integrative taxonomy, morphologic variation, morphometry, parasitoids}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4750.3.6}, url = {http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F8218FF6-4972-47E9-9F13-A968FAEFEA19}, author = {A. Gonzalez-Joya and A.R. Amarillo-Suarez and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and C.E. Sarmiento} } @article {1929, title = {Systematics and evolution of the parasitoid wasp genera of the tribe Holcobraconini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, year = {2019}, month = {06/2019}, abstract = {

The tribe Holcobraconini (Braconidae: Doryctinae) is a group of parasitoid wasps mainly found in the tropical and subtropical\ regions of the world. It contains seven genera (Holcobracon Cameron, Ivondrovia Shenefelt \& Marsh, Liodoryctes Sz\épligeti,\ Monarea Sz\épligeti, Nervellius Roman, Odontobracon Cameron and Zombrus Marshall), most of which are characterized by\ having the m-cu vein of the hind wing long and strongly curved towards the apex of wing. Some studies, however, found that\ three doryctine genera that lack the above feature (Binarea Brull\é, Liobracon Sz\épligeti and Odontodoryctes Granger) might be\ closely related to holcobraconines. Here, we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships among species of six holcobraconine\ genera and the three putative closely related genera using four gene markers and estimated the times of origin and diversification\ within the tribe. The holcobraconine genera were intermingled in a clade with the above three genera. Liobracon and Zombrus\ were not recovered as monophyletic. Acanthodoryctes Turner, Antidoryctes Belokobylskij \& Quicke and Priosphys Enderlein\ were also included within the Holcobraconini based on morphology. Based on molecular evidence and on morphological\ examination of the genera involved, Holcobraconini is proposed to comprise 13 genera for which we include morphological\ diagnoses. The origin of the tribe probably occurred during the late Palaeocene to mid Eocene, 44.43 to 58.15 Mya. At least two\ main dispersal events from the Ethiopian to the other biogeographic regions could have led to the current geographic distribution\ of the Holcobraconini associated with the global increase of temperature during the Late Palaeocene to Middle Eocene.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, Insecta, phylogeny, Relaxed molecular clock, taxonomy}, issn = {1618-1077}, doi = {10.1007/s13127-019-00407-1}, author = {R. Casta{\~n}eda-Osorio and S.A. Belokobylskij and Y. Braet and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1927, title = {Genetic structure, species limits and evolution of the parasitoid wasp genus Stenocorse (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on nuclear 3RAD and mitochondrial data}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Stenocorse (Braconidae: Doryctinae) is an ectoparasitoid wasp genus widely distributed from southern U.S.A. to central Argentina, which is known to attack over 60 bruchine beetle species that feed on a variety of legumes. This genus currently comprises a single described species, S. bruchivora (Crawford, 1910), though it is probably composed of additional, morphologically similar species. In this study we investigated genetic structure, species limits and evolutionary relationships of sampled populations of Stenocorse obtained along its known geographic distribution, with an emphasis on the Mexican territory. For this, we generated DNA sequences from both the mitochondrial (mt) barcoding locus and nuclear genome data obtained with the 3RAD technique. The Bayesian phylogenetic reconstructions based on the two datasets were mostly congruent, both showing clear geographic structure. Four clusters were recovered with nuclear data, which were also congruent with the geographic distribution of the samples and the species delimitation analyses. We delimited six evolutionary lineages with the two data sources, and three additional species were also delimited with the COI locus alone. Stenocorse probably originated during the mid- to early Miocene, and the diversification events that led to its current species distribution probably occurred between the early Pliocene and late Pleistocene. Our species delineation analyses, phylogenetic reconstructions and rearing records suggest that the species of Stenocorse have generalist feeding habits, contrary to what was expected due to host plant specialization of the bruchine species and the cascading effect that this could have in the species diversification of their parasitoids.

}, doi = {10.1111/syen.12373}, author = {N. Delgado-Machuca and R.N. Meza-L{\'a}zaro and J. Romero-N{\'a}poles and C.E. Sarmiento-Monroy and {\'A}.R. Amarillo-Su{\'a}rez and N.J. Bayona-V{\'a}squez and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1920, title = {Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical species of the braconid wasp genus Pedinotus Sz{\'e}pligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4327}, year = {2017}, pages = {1-102}, abstract = {

A revision of the Neotropical species of the braconid wasp genus Pedinotus Sz\épligeti and molecular characterization of some species based on the COI mitochondrial DNA gene are provided. Twenty four new species are described: P. avispas\ sp. nov., P. bororo sp. nov., P. botocudo sp. nov., P. brunniventris sp. nov., P. cerdai sp. nov., P. daedalus sp. nov., P. dispar sp. nov., P. dominica sp. nov., P. elongatus sp. nov., P. glabroscutum sp. nov., P. guyanensis sp. nov., P. haliti sp. nov., P. intermedius sp. nov., P. maracas sp. nov., P. nigriceps sp. nov., P. nitidus sp. nov., P. nolli sp. nov., P. peruanus\ sp. nov., P. plaumanni sp. nov., P. propodealis sp. nov., P. rondoni sp. nov., P. subtristis sp. nov., P. szepligetii sp. nov., and P. trinidad sp. nov. Moreover, P .brasiliensis Sz\épligeti, 1902, P. columbianus Enderlein, 1912, P. ferrugineus (Enderlein, 1920), P. niger Marsh 2002, P. pardalotus Marsh 2002, P. rojasi Marsh 2002, P. tundisii Felix \& Penteado-Dias, 2004 and P. variegatus Marsh 2002 are redescribed. The following new synonyms are proposed: Lamquetia Braet, Barbalho \& Achterberg, 2003 under Pedinotus Sz\épligeti, 1902 (syn. nov.); L. marshi Braet \& Barbalho, 2003 and P. fasciatus Castro, Nunes \& Penteado-Dias, 2010 under P. pardalotus Marsh, 2003 (syn. nov.). The following new combination is suggested: P. rufus (Braet \& van Achterberg, 2003), comb. nov. (from Lamquetia rufa). A key to the Neotropical species of Pedinotus is provided.

}, keywords = {description, DNA barcoding, key, new species, new synonym, parasitoid, phylogeny, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4327.1.1}, url = {http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11217888-B031-457C-ABF5-F32FD494BB87}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and C.S. De Castro and E. M. Shimbori and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and A.M. Penteado-Dias and Y. Braet} } @article {1916, title = {The genus Spathius Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) in Mexico: occurrence of a highly diverse Old World taxon in the Neotropics}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {427}, year = {2014}, pages = {59-73}, chapter = {59}, abstract = {

Two new species of the parasitoid wasp genus Spathius Nees (Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Mexico,\ S. mexicanus sp. n. and S. chamelae sp. n., are described and illustrated. These represent the second and\ third described species of this highly diverse Old World genus in the Neotropics, and the first described\ species recorded for the Mexican territory.

}, keywords = {Central America, Ectoparasitoid, Ichneumonoidea, new species, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.427.8074}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @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 {1911, title = {Venifurca, a new genus of neotropical Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), and its phylogenetic placement}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, volume = {51}, year = {2016}, pages = {91-100}, chapter = {91}, abstract = {

A new genus belonging to the braconid wasp subfamily Doryctinae, Venifurca gen. n., is described containing\ one species, Venifurca leiosoma sp. n. The new genus is morphologically similar to Johnsonius\ Marsh and Semirhytus Sz\épligeti. A phylogenetic analysis based on one nuclear (28S) and one mitochondrial\ (COI) gene marker supported the close affinity of these three genera + Bolivar Zald\ívar-River\ón \&\ Rodr\íguez-Jim\énez and Parallorhogas Marsh. All these genera are mainly characterized by having vein\ m-cu of the hind wing slightly curved distally.

}, keywords = {cyclostome braconids, Ichneumonoidea, key, Parasitoid wasps, phylogeny, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/jhr.51.9634}, author = {S.S. Gadelha and J.F. Nunes and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and M.L. Oliveira} } @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 {1905, title = {A new species of Bolivar Zald{\'\i}var-River{\'o}n et Rodr{\'\i}guez-Jim{\'e}nez (BRACONIDAE, DORYCTINAE) from Brazil, with new records of the Amazonian B. ecuadorensis Zald{\'\i}var-River{\'o}n et L{\'o}pez-Estrada}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4109}, year = {2016}, pages = {245-250}, chapter = {245}, abstract = {

A new species of the doryctine genus Bolivar (Braconidae), B. brasiliensis sp. nov., is described from the Atlantic coastal region in Brazil. New records and taxonomic notes of the Amazonian B. ecuadorensis Zald\ívar-River\ón et L\ópez-Estrada are also provided.

}, keywords = {Amazon, cyclostome braconids, geographic distribution, Neotropics, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.9}, author = {J.F. Nunes and A.M. Penteado-Dias and S. de Souza Gadelha and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1901, title = {Systematics of the Neotropical braconid wasps of the Pedinotus genus group (Doryctinae)}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, volume = {41}, year = {2016}, pages = {481-491}, chapter = {481}, abstract = {

The braconid subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera) is a cosmopolitan, species-rich group of parasitoid wasps whose known species richness and morphological diversity is mainly concentrated in the Neotropical region. Among the doryctine taxa that are endemic to this region, there is a group of six genera (the Pedinotus genus group) that are mainly characterized by having lateral, posteriorly converging or subparallel grooves on the second metasomal tergite (including Gymnobracon Sz\épligeti, Hybodoryctes Sz\épligeti, Lamquetia Braet et van Achterberg, Osmophila Sz\épligeti, Pedinotus Sz\épligeti and Trigonophasmus Enderlein). Most of these genera were described more than a century ago, and thus their limits and diagnostic morphological features are not well defined. We present an analysis of the phylogenetic relationships among various representative species of five of the six genera belonging to the Pedinotus genus group based on one mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase I) and two nuclear (28S, Wingless) gene markers. We also estimated the timing of origin and diversification within the group and investigated the external morphology of the genera involved in order to determine reliable identification characters. The group as a whole, whilst being recovered as monophyletic with the inclusion of Acanthorhogas Sz\épligeti, was not statistically supported. However, the respective monophyly of all of the morphologically supported genera are confirmed, as are the intergeneric relationships (Gymnobracon, Trigonophasmus) ((Acanthorhogas, Osmophila) (Lamquetia, Pedinotus)). We propose that the pattern of sublateral grooves or depressions appears to be a useful systematic character for recognition of an endemic Neotropical radiation that could have originated c. 41\–27 Ma. We redescribe six of the seven genera that we recognize for the Pedinotus genus group and provide a key to enable their identification.

}, keywords = {Acanthorhogas, Gymnobracon, hybodoryctes, key, Lamquetia, Osmophila, Pedinotus, Trigonophasmus}, doi = {10.1111/syen.12169}, author = {E. Samaca-Saenz and S.A. Belokobylskij and D.L.J. Quicke and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1886, title = {Mexiare gen. nov., a new Doryctinae genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Mexico with fused first and second metasomal tergites}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3914}, year = {2015}, pages = {122-130}, chapter = {122}, abstract = {

A new braconid genus from the subfamily Doryctinae, Mexiare gen. nov. (type species M. toledoi sp. nov.) is described\ from the state of Morelos in Central Mexico. The described species of this genus is characterised by having immovably\ fused first and second metasomal tergites, a feature also present in species of two Oriental (Arhaconotus Belokobylskij\ and Mimipodoryctes Belokobylskij) and one Neotropical (Iare Barbalho et Penteado-Dias) genera. The new genus, however,\ can be distinguished from the Neotropical Iare by the presence of a semi-oval basal area on the second metasomal\ tergite, distinctly short submedial (subbasal) cell of hind wing, more than three hamuli, considerably short second radiomedial\ (submarginal) cell, narrow radial (marginal) cell of fore wing and mostly smooth mesoscutum. A phylogenetic\ analysis among doryctine genera based on two gene markers (28S and COI) placed Mexiare gen. nov. within a previously\ recovered major South American clade, though its relationships with other taxa remain unclear.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, morphology, Neotropics, parasitoid, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.2}, url = {http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC29172C-BF40-4B55-91AD-7FCFD9B71181}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and E. Samaca-Saenz and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1883, title = {Phylogenetic relationships and description of Bolivar, a new genus of Neotropical doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera : Braconidae)}, journal = {Invertebrate Systematics}, volume = {27}, year = {2013}, month = {12/2013}, pages = {673{\textendash}688}, abstract = {

Metasomal elongation is a common feature in species of various parasitoid Hymenoptera, probably due to adaptive morphological convergence to similar parasitoid strategies. The braconid subfamily Doryctinae is perhaps where this feature has evolved the most times independently. Here we recognise a new Neotropical doryctine wasp genus with a petiolate first metasomal tergum, based on molecular and morphological analysis. The phylogenetic affinities of the new genus within Doryctinae and the relationships among six of its described and three potentially cryptic, undescribed species were reconstructed using sequence data from three genes, wingless, 28SrDNA and COI. The new genus is resolved in a clade together with Semirhytus Sz\épligeti, Johnsonius Marsh and Parallorhogas Marsh. These four genera share vein m-cu of the hind wing slightly curved distally and the propodeum with a distinct lateral and median longitudinal carina and an apical areola. The relationships recovered among the examined species suggest a South American origin for the new genus and its subsequent diversification into Central America and Mexico. Described as Bolivar, gen. nov., this new taxon comprises eight species, two species previously placed within Notiospathius Matthews \& Marsh, B. ornaticornis (Cameron), comb. nov., and B. bribri (Marsh), comb. nov., and six new species (B. ecuadorensis, sp. nov., B. helmuthi, sp. nov., B. pittieri, sp. nov., B. risaraldae, sp. nov., B. teres, sp. nov. and B. tuxtlae, sp. nov.).

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, Ichneumonoidea, Insecta, new species}, doi = {10.1071/IS13021}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and A. Rodr{\'\i}guez-Jim{\'e}nez and C.E. Sarmiento and C. Pedraza-Lara and E.K. L{\'o}pez-Estrada} } @article {1876, title = {A new subgenus of the genus Callihormius Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Mexico}, journal = {Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. St Petersburg}, volume = {85}, year = {2014}, pages = {151-156}, abstract = {

New subgenus Dmitriohormius subgen. n. of the genus Callihormius Ashmead, 1900, with the type species C. (D.) kasparyani sp. n., are described and illustrated from Mexico. The status and morphological peculiarities of new subgenus are discussed.

}, keywords = {Aphelopsia, Braconidae, Callihormius, Doryctinae, Neotropical region, new species, new subgenus}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and Coronado-Blanco, J.M.} } @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 {1816, title = {The genus Hecabolus Curtis 1834 (Braconidae: Doryctinae) in South America, with description of six new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3664}, year = {2013}, month = {05/2013}, pages = {377-391}, abstract = {
Six new species of the doryctinae wasp genus Hecabolus Curtis 1834 (Braconidae) are described from Brazil and Venezuela: H. assis sp. nov., H. julianoi sp. nov., H. robustus sp. nov., H. semiaridus sp. nov., H. shimborii sp. nov., and H. sulmatogrossensis sp. nov. A key to the nine described species of Hecabolus is provided.
}, keywords = {Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Insecta, key, parasitoid}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3664.3.8}, author = {de Castro, C.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and R.G. Brice{\~n}o and A.M. Penteado-Dias} } @article {1808, title = {Phylogenetic affinities of Monarea Sz{\'e}pligeti, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae), with description of a new species from Mexico}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3795}, year = {2014}, pages = {421-430}, abstract = {
The genus Monarea Sz\épligeti is recorded from Mexico for the first time. A new species, Monarea fridae sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the states of Morelos, Puebla and Jalisco, Mexico. The phylogenetic placement of the genus is investigated based on nuclear (28S) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequence data. Based on the relationships recovered,\ Monarea is transferred to the tribe Holcobraconini, which is also supported by features of the internal ovipositor structure and the venom glands and reservoir. A key to the four currently recognised species of Monarea is provided.
}, keywords = {Apocrita, holobraconini, Ichneumonoidea, key, Neotropics, parasitoid, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3795.4.2}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and Coronado-Blanco, J.M.} } @article {1789, title = {A New Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Parasitoid Species of Spathius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) From the Russian Far East and South Korea}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {105}, year = {2012}, pages = {165-178}, abstract = {

A new emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) ectoparasitoid species, Spathius\ galinae Belokobylskij \& Strazanac (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae), is described from the\ Russian Far East and South Korea. Molecular evidence supports that Russian and Korean specimens\ represent a single species and are closely related to two Asian species (S. agrili and S. generosus) that\ belong to the S. exarator species group. The morphological variation of adult S. galinae and its immature\ stages, distribution, life history, and relation to similar Asian Spathius species are discussed. The\ distribution of the new species may indicate this is one of the more cold hardy emerald ash borer\ parasitoids. A brief review of hymenopteran parasitoids of emerald ash borer and new host record,\ the first for Atanycolus nigriventris Vojnovskaja-Krieger (Braconidae: Braconinae), is reported.

}, keywords = {Agrilus planipennis, Atanycolus nigriventris, biocontrol, Ectoparasitoid, Spathius galinae n. sp.}, doi = {10.1603/AN11140}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and Yurchenko, G.I. and Strazanac, J.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and Mastro, V.} } @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 {1761, title = {Broad polyphyly and historical biogeography of the neotropical wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {69}, year = {2013}, pages = {142-152}, abstract = {

Morphological convergence is a frequently observed pattern that occurs in species with similar environments,\ trophic niches, and/or life history strategies. In particular, adaptive morphological convergence is\ common in small, highly diverse invertebrate taxa sharing similar life history strategies such as parasitoidism.\ The genus Notiospathius is a braconid parasitoid wasp group with a vast, undetermined number\ of species distributed throughout the Neotropics. Members of this genus possess a considerably elongated,\ petiolate first metasomal tergite. This structure, however, also occurs in species of other doryctine\ genera, both closely and distantly related, probably due to adaptation for attacking wood and bark boring\ coleopteran larvae. Here we investigated the phylogenetic relationships among 117 species assigned to\ Notiospathius, including species of its closely related genera Masonius and Tarasco, as well as members\ of a number of other doryctine genera in order to test its monophyly. Separate and concatenated Bayesian\ partitioned analyses were carried out using two mitochondrial and three nuclear gene markers. The influence\ of each gene on the overall topology was verified using a cross-validation analysis for each marker\ with a \‘\‘leave-one-out\’\’ approach. Moreover, the historical biogeography of Notiospathius was assessed\ calculating divergence time estimates of clades with BEAST and performing ancestral area reconstruction\ analyses both with RASP (Bayesian and S-DIVA) and Lagrange (DEC). All analyses recovered a polyphyletic\ Notiospathius consisting of three separate clades that were more related to other doryctine genera\ than to each other. The relationships reconstructed could not be used to confidently establish the limits\ of Notiospathius with respect to its closely related genera Tarasco and Masonius, and thus the generic status\ of the latter two taxa is maintained. Our divergence time estimates and ancestral area reconstructions\ indicate that the most recent common ancestor of Notiospathius sensu stricto originated in the Caribbean\ subregion during the Oligocene\–Miocene boundary, and subsequently diversified during the mid- to late\ Miocene, radiating throughout the Neotropics.

}, keywords = {concatened analysis, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, parasitoid, phylogeny}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.001}, author = {Ceccarelli, F.S. 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 {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 {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 {1204, title = {A new synonym of the Neotropical parasitoid wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae, Doryctinae), with redescription of two species and description of five new species from Brazil.}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {122}, year = {2011}, pages = {71-90}, author = {V.S. De Jesus-Bonilla and J.F. Nunes and A.M. Penteado-Dias and Csosz, Sandor and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1024, title = {Asian Betylobraconinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with description of a new genus and phylogenetic affinities of the tribe Facitorini.}, journal = {Insect Systematics and Evolution}, volume = {39}, year = {2008}, pages = {133-154}, abstract = {

The taxonomy of the Asian genera of the subfamily Betylobraconinae, a small and understudied group within the hymenopteran family Braconidae, is revised. A new genus exclusively from the Asian region, Asiabregma gen. nov., containing three species (A. ryukyuensis sp. nov. (type species, Japan and Malaya), A. makiharai sp. nov. (Japan) and A. sulaensis (van Achterberg), comb. nov. (Indonesia)) is described. One new species of Aulosaphobracon, A. striatus sp. nov. from Vietnam, and one of Facitorus, F. amamioshimus sp. nov. from Japan, are also described. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses using COI mtDNA and 28S rRNA sequences, the three genera previously placed in the tribe Facitorini, Facitorus, Conobregma and Jannya, together with Asiabregma gen. nov., are transferred to the rogadine tribe Yeliconini.

}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and K. Maeto and Saez, Alberto G.} } @article {1025, title = {Phylogeny of the genera of the parasitic wasps subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) based on morphological evidence.}, journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society}, volume = {142}, year = {2004}, pages = {369-404}, abstract = {

The evolutionary relationships among most (143 genera) of the currently recognized genera of the braconid wasp subfamily Doryctinae were investigated using maximum parsimony analysis, employing 100 characters from external morphology and four additional, less well-studied character systems (male genitalia, ovipositor structure, venom apparatus and larval cephalic structure). We investigated the \‘performance\’ of characters from external morphology and the other character systems and the effects of abundant missing entries by comparing the data decisiveness, retention and consistency indices of four different character partitions. The results indicate that the performances of the different partitions are not related to the proportions of missing entries, but instead are negatively correlated to their proportion of informative characters, suggesting that the morphological information in this group is subject to high levels of homoplasy. The external morphological partition is significantly incongruent with respect to a data set comprising the other character systems based on the ILD test. Analyses supported neither the monophyly of the large tribes Doryctini and Hecabolini, nor the monophyly of the Spathiini and Heterospilini. Relationships obtained from successive approximation weighting analysis for the complete data differ considerably from the currently accepted tribal and subtribal classifications. The only exceptions were the Ypsistocerini and the Ecphylini, whose recognized members were recovered in single clades. A close relationship between the Binaerini and Holcobraconini, and also Monarea, is consistently supported by venom apparatus and ovipositor structure characters but is not indicated by external morphological data. Low bootstrap values obtained for most of the recovered clades in all analyses do not allow us to propose a meaningful reclassification for the group at this time. A complete list of the recognized genera and their synonymies is given.

}, keywords = {classification, consistency index, data decisiveness, insect, retention index, systematics}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and D.L.J. Quicke} } @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 {929, title = {The parasitic wasp genus Hecabolus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae), with the description of a new species from Mexico.}, journal = {Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad}, volume = {80(2)}, year = {2009}, pages = {419-429}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and S.A. Belokobylskij} } @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 {934, title = {Systematics of the cyclostome subfamilies of braconid parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): A simultaneous molecular and morphological Bayesian approach.}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {38(1)}, year = {2006}, pages = {130-145}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and Mori, Miharu and D.L.J. Quicke} } @article {355, title = {Redescription of Mononeuron duguetiae Fischer (Braconidae, Doryctinae), a gall associated species on Duguetia furfuracea (St. Hil.) (Annonaceae).}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, volume = {24}, year = {2012}, pages = {75-84}, author = {J.F. Nunes and A.M. Penteado-Dias and Ceccarelli, F.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {62, title = {Kauriphanes n. gen., a new genus of braconid parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from New Zealand}, journal = {Annales de la soci{\'e}t{\'e} entomologique de France}, volume = {47}, year = {2011}, pages = {394-401}, abstract = {

A new genus belonging to the braconid wasp subfamily Doryctinae, Kauriphanes n. gen. (type species K. khalaimi n. sp.), is described from New Zealand. This genus is placed within the doryctine subtribe Caenophanina. The extent of this subtribe is discussed and the phylogenetic relationships of three of its genera were investigated using one mitochondrial and one nuclear DNA sequence markers. Similar to previous studies, the Bayesian analyses performed significantly support a clade with the included members of Caenophanina as a sister group of a clade with the examined species of Spathiini sensu stricto. The placement of the Caenophanini within Doryctini, however, is left pendant to further exhaustive phylogenetic studies. A key to genera and subgenera belonging to Caenophanina is given.

}, keywords = {Caenophanina, mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA, phylogeny, Spathiini}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and Ceccarelli, F.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {47, title = {A new synonym of the Neotropical parasitoid wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae, Doryctinae), with redescription of two species and description of five new species from Brazil}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {122}, year = {2011}, pages = {71-90}, abstract = {

A junior synonym of the parasitoid wasp genus\ Notiospathius\ Matthews and Marsh,Hansonorumsyn. n., with two new combinations,\ Notiospathius\ carolinae\ (Marsh)\ comb. n.\ andNotiospathius\ pauli\ (Marsh)\ comb. n., are proposed. Two species of\ Notiospathius\ from Brazil originally described in early twentieth century are redescribed,\ Notiospathius\ caudatus\ (Sz\épligeti) and\ Notiospathius\ diversus\ (Sz\épligeti). Five new species of\ Notiospathius\ from southern Brazil are also described:\ Notiospathius\ atrasp. n.,\ Notiospathius\ johnlennonisp. n.,\ Notiospathius novateutoniaesp. n.,\ Notiospathius\ sulcatussp. n., and\ Notiospathius\ xanthofasciatussp. n.Most of the type specimens of the above new species were collected in the mid twentieth century in the Nova Teutonia region, which is now part of the municipality of Seara in the state of Santa Catarina.

}, keywords = {Braconidae, Brazil, Doryctinae, Notiospathius, parasitoid}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.122.1243}, author = {V.S. De Jesus-Bonilla and J.F. Nunes and A.M. Penteado-Dias and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {46, title = {Species identification in the taxonomically neglected, highly diverse, neotropical parasitoid wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on an integrative molecular and morphological approach}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {62}, year = {2012}, pages = {485-495}, abstract = {

Various DNA sequence-based methods for species delineation have recently been developed to assess the species-richness of highly diverse, neglected invertebrate taxa. These methods, however, need to be tested under a variety of conditions, including the use of different markers and parameters. Here, we explored the species diversity of a species-rich group of braconid parasitoid wasps, the Neotropical genus Notiospathius, including 233 specimens from 10 different countries. We examined sequences of two mitochondrial (mt) (COI, cyt b) and one nuclear (wg) gene fragments. We analysed them separately as well as concatenating the mt data with the general mixed Yule-coalescent (GMYC) model for species delineation using different tree-building methods and parameters for reconstructing ultrametric trees. We evaluated the performance of GMYC analyses by comparing their species delineations with our morphospecies identifications. Reconstructing ultrametric trees with a relaxed lognormal clock rate using the program BEAST gave the most congruent results with morphology for the two mt markers. A tree obtained with wg using the programs MrBayes+Pathd8 had the fewest cases of incongruence with morphology, though the performance of this nuclear marker was considerably lower than that of COI and cyt b. Species delimitation using the coalescent prior to obtain ultrametric trees was morphologically more congruent with COI, whereas the Yule prior was more congruent with cyt b. The analyses concatenating the mt datasets failed to recover some species supported both by morphology and the separate analyses of the mt markers. The highest morphological congruence was obtained with the GMYC analysis on an ultrametric tree reconstructed with cyt b using the relaxed lognormal clock rate and the Yule prior, thus supporting the importance of using alternative markers when the information of the barcoding locus (COI) is not concordant with morphological evidence. Seventy-one species were delimited based on the congruence found among COI, cyt b and morphology. Both mt markers also revealed the existence of seven potential cryptic species. This high species richness from a scattered geographical sampling indicates that there is a remarkable number of Notiospathius species that remains undiscovered.

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, GMYC model, integrative taxonomy, Species delineation}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.018}, author = {Ceccarelli, F.S. and M.J. Sharkey and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {45, title = {Seven new species of Notiospathius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from Northwest Venezuela}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, volume = {29}, year = {2012}, pages = {37-61}, abstract = {

We describe seven new species of the doryctine wasp genus Notiospathius Matthews \& Marsh from Northwest Venezuela: N. araguae sp. n., N. bolivari sp. n., N. curvilineatus sp. n., N. dantei sp. n., N. estradae sp. n., N. larensis sp. n., and N. venezuelae sp. n. These represent the first described species of the genus reported for this country. Species boundaries for the above taxa were confirmed using the General mixed Yule-coalescent method with 441 DNA barcode sequences from specimens assigned to Notiospathius and other closely related genera collected in different countries along the Neotropics.

}, keywords = {Barcoding, GMYC model, integrative taxonomy, Neotropical, parasitoid}, doi = {10.3897/JHR.29.3555}, author = {L{\'o}pez-Estrada, E.K. and R.G. Brice{\~n}o and Smith, M.A. and J.F. Nunes and A.M. Penteado-Dias and Ceccarelli, F.S. and Clebsch, H. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {44, title = {Redescription of species of the Neotropical parasitoid Notiospathius Mathews et Marsh (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on their nineteenth and early twentieth century types}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2543}, year = {2010}, pages = {31-42}, abstract = {

Seven species of the speciose Neotropical parasitoid wasp genus Notiospathius Mathews et Marsh are redescribed. These species were originally described during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Examination of the holotpyes of N. meliorator and N. necator revealed that they actually belong to an undescribed doryctine genus that is similar to Ptesimogaster Marsh, 1965. A key is provided to distinguish these species.

}, keywords = {Barcoding, GMYC model, integrative taxonomy, Neotropical, parasitoid}, doi = {10.3897/JHR.29.3555}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and V.S. De Jesus-Bonilla} } @article {43, title = {Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cosmopolitan parasitic wasp subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera:Braconidae)}, journal = {Invertebrate Systematic}, volume = {22}, year = {2008}, pages = {345-363}, abstract = {

The phylogenetic relationships among representatives of 64 genera of the cosmopolitan parasitic wasps of the subfamily Doryctinae were investigated based on nuclear 28S ribosomal (r) DNA (~650 bp of the D2\–3 region) and cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial (mt) DNA (603 bp) sequence data. The molecular dating of selected clades and the biogeography of the subfamily were also inferred. The partitioned Bayesian analyses did not recover a monophyletic Doryctinae, though the relationships involved were only weakly supported. Strong evidence was found for rejecting the monophylies of both Doryctes Haliday, 1836 and Spathius Nees, 1818. Our results also support the recognition of the Rhaconotini as a valid tribe. A dispersal\–vicariance analysis showed a strong geographical signal for the taxa included, with molecular dating estimates for the origin of Doryctinae and its subsequent radiation both occurring during the late Paleocene\–early Eocene. The divergence time estimates suggest that diversification in the subfamily could have in part occurred as a result of continental break-up events that took place in the southern hemisphere, though more recent dispersal events account for the current distribution of several widespread taxa.

}, keywords = {28S, COI}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and S.A. Belokobylskij and Leon-Regagnon, V. and R.G. Brice{\~n}o and D.L.J. Quicke} } @article {37, title = {Two new species of Evaniodes Sz{\'e}pligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from French Guiana}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3247}, year = {2012}, pages = {52-60}, abstract = {
Two new species belonging to the enigmatic doryctine genus Evaniodes Sz\épligeti, 1901 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), E.\ palikuri Braet, Ceccarelli \& Zald\ívar-River\ón sp. nov. and E. wayampisi Braet, Ceccarelli \& Zald\ívar-River\ón sp. nov., are described from French Guiana. Two of the three previously described species of Evaniodes, E. areolatus Sz\épligeti, 1901 and E. spathiiformis Sz\épligeti, 1901, are recorded for the first time for French Guiana. A key to the five described species of the genus is provided.
}, keywords = {Braconidae, DNA barcoding, Doryctinae, Evaniodes, French Guiana}, issn = {1175-5334}, author = {Braet, Y. and Ceccarelli, F.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} }