@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 {1360, title = {Braconides de Madagascar.}, journal = {Memoires de l{\textquoteright}Institut Scientifique de Madagascar.}, volume = {2}, year = {1949}, pages = {1-428}, author = {Granger, C.} } @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} }