@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 {1863, title = {Monitoriella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil, with descriptions of three new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2921}, year = {2011}, pages = {28-38}, abstract = {

Monitoriella Hedqvist is a phytophagous, gall-inducer Braconidae genus, known only from the New World. Its placement\ in a higher taxonomic level has been uncertain until recent phylogenetic investigations on cyclostome braconids, which\ reinforce its position in Doryctinae. Three new species of Monitoriella are described: M. costalimai sp. nov., M. spinata\ sp. nov., and M. ubatuba sp. nov., all from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Monitoriella anthurii is redescribed and illustrated.\ A key to all known species is provided.

}, keywords = {Atlantic Forest, gall-inducer, key, new species}, issn = {1175-5334}, author = {E. M. Shimbori and A.M. Penteado-Dias and J.F. Nunes} } @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 {1399, title = {Notes on Hormiinae with description of new genera and species (Hym., Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae).}, journal = {Entomologisk Tidskrift}, volume = {84}, year = {1963}, pages = {30-61}, author = {Hedqvist, K.J.} } @article {1271, title = {Revision der neotropischen Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconinae).}, journal = {Reichenbachia}, volume = {3}, year = {1964}, pages = {1-67}, author = {M. Fischer} } @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} } @book {40, title = {The Doryctinae of Costa Rica (excluding the genus Heterospilus)}, series = {Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute}, volume = {70}, year = {2002}, pages = {319}, publisher = {American Entomological Institute}, organization = {American Entomological Institute}, address = {Gainsville, Fl.}, abstract = {

A comprehensive taxonomic study is presented for the 63 genera and 172 species of braconid wasp subfamily Doryctine\ occurring in Costa Rica. Of these, 12 genera and 119 species are described as new to science. The speciose genus\ Heterospilus\ is excluded from this study. Keys for identification of the genera and species are provided and each genus and species is described and illustrated. Several genera previously describe from South America or other parts of Central America are recorded for the first time from Costa Rica. One new synonymy is proposed: the genus\ Achterbergia\ Marsh is considered a junior synonym of the genus\ Aivalykus\ Nixon (n.syn.). Two new combinations are proposed:\ Achterbergia\ arawak\ Marsh is transferred\ to\ Aivalykus\ (n. comb.);\ Platydoryctesamazonensis\ Barbalho\ and\ Penteado-Dias\ is transferred to the new genus\ Angelica\ (n.comb.). Very little is known about the biology of doryctine wasps,but where host records are available most species appear to be idiobiont ectoparasitoids of wood boring beetle larvae. However, three genera in Costa Rica depart remarkably from this biology: several species of\ Allorhogas\ and\ Labania\ have been reared from leaf and seed galls on various plant, and species of\ Psenobolus\ develop as inquilines in figs. A checklist of the Costa Rican Doryctinae is provided. A Spanish translation of the key to genera is included as an appendix.

}, issn = {1887988149}, author = {P.M. Marsh} }