@article {451,
	title = {DNA barcode accumulation curves for understudied taxa and areas.},
	journal = {Molecular ecology resources},
	volume = {9 Suppl s1},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {208-16},
	abstract = {Frequently, the diversity of umbrella taxa is invoked to predict patterns of other, less well-known, life. However, the utility of this strategy has been questioned. We tested whether a phylogenetic diversity (PD) analysis of CO1 DNA barcodes could act as a proxy for standard methods of determining sampling efficiency within and between sites, namely that an accumulation curve of barcode diversity would be similar to curves generated using morphology or nuclear genetic markers. Using taxa at the forefront of the taxonomic impediment - parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Cynipidae and Diapriidae), contrasted with a taxon expected to be of low diversity (Formicidae) from an area where total diversity is expected to be low (Churchill, Manitoba), we found that barcode accumulation curves based on PD were significantly different in both slope and scale from curves generated using names based on morphological data, while curves generated using nuclear genetic data were only different in scale. We conclude that these differences clearly identify the taxonomic impediment within the strictly morphological alpha-taxonomy of these hyperdiverse insects. The absence of an asymptote within the barcode PD trend of parasitoid wasps reflects the as yet incomplete sampling of the site (and more accurately its total diversity), while the morphological analysis asymptote represents a collision with the taxonomic impediment rather than complete sampling. We conclude that a PD analysis of standardized DNA barcodes can be a transparent and reproducible triage tool for the management and conservation of species and spaces.},
	keywords = {2009, accepted 27 january 2009, Braconidae, churchill, co1, cynipidae, cytochrome c oxidase 1, diapriidae, formicidae, Ichneumonidae, manitoba, phylogenetic diversity, received 22 october 2008, revision received 16 january, species abundance curve, triage},
	author = {Smith, M Alex and Fernandez-Triana, J.L. and Roughley, Rob and Hebert, Paul D N}
}
@article {427,
	title = {Molecular analysis of parasitoid linkages (MAPL): gut contents of adult parasitoid wasps reveal larval host.},
	journal = {Molecular ecology},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {179-186},
	abstract = {Metamorphosing insects often have complex and poorly known life histories. In particular, what they feed on during their larval stages remains unknown for the vast majority of species, and its documentation only results from difficult and time-intensive field observations, rearing or dissections. Through the application of a DNA analysis of gut contents in adult parasitoid wasps, we were able to selectively sequence a diagnostic DNA marker that permitted the identification of the host used by these wasps during their larval stages. By reproducing these results in species with different life histories, we excluded other potential sources of host DNA, confirming that after ingestion by the parasitoid larva the host DNA can persist through metamorphosis in the abdominal contents of the adult wasp. Our discovery considerably extends the applicability of molecular analysis of gut contents by enabling the documentation of food used by insects during their larval stages and thus increasing the accuracy and precision of food web studies. The 24\% success rate of our approach is surprisingly high considering the challenging context for host DNA preservation, and we discuss the factors possibly affecting this rate. We propose molecular analysis of parasitoid linkages (MAPL) as a new method to document host-parasitoid associations at a faster pace and with unrivalled precision. Because of the key regulatory role of parasitoid wasps in ecosystems, which makes them the most commonly used biological control agents, MAPL will have immediate applications in both basic and applied biological sciences.},
	keywords = {Animals, Biological, Food Chain, Host-Parasite Interactions, Larva, Larva: physiology, lepidoptera, Lepidoptera: genetics, Lepidoptera: parasitology, Lepidoptera: physiology, Pest Control, phylogeny, Wasps, Wasps: physiology},
	author = {Rougerie, Rodolphe and Smith, M Alex and Fernandez-Triana, J.L. and Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos and Ratnasingham, Sujeevan and Hebert, Paul D N}
}
@article {306,
	title = {Revision of the genus Philoplitis Nixon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae)},
	journal = {ZooKeys},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {285-298},
	abstract = {T e genus Philoplitis Nixon is revised. T ree new species, P. masneri Fern{\'a}ndez-Triana \& Goulet, sp. n., P. punctatus Fern{\'a}ndez-Triana \& Goulet, sp. n., and P. striatus Fern{\'a}ndez-Triana \& Goulet, sp. n. are described, and a key is provided to the World species. T e genus, previously known only from the Ori- ental region, is here recorded from the Afrotropical region. Evidence suggests that its included species are broadly found in rainforest areas of the Old World tropics. Clarifi cation and suggestions about some character states previously used with Philoplitis within the context of Microgastrinae phylogenetic studies are also provided.},
	keywords = {Afrotropical, Microgastrinae, Oriental, Philoplitis},
	author = {Fernandez-Triana, J.L. and Goulet, Henri}
}
@article {307,
	title = {Kiwigaster gen. nov.(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand: the first Microgastrinae with sexual dimorphism in number of antennal segments},
	journal = {Zootaxa},
	volume = {2932},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {24-32},
	abstract = {A new and morphologically unusual genus of microgastrine Braconidae, Kiwigaster Fernandez-Triana, Whitfield and Ward, with one new species, K. variabilis Fernandez-Triana and Ward, is described from New Zealand, where it is wide- spread. A number of morphological features mark it as unique among Microgastrinae, the most striking being the males and females having different numbers of antennal flagellomeres (females 17, males 18). Other unusual characters suggest this may be the most early-diverging extant species of the subfamily, although comprehensive phylogenetic analyses have yet to be conducted. Nothing is yet known about its host(s) or other aspects of its biology.},
	keywords = {antennae, Braconidae, Hymenoptera, Microgastrinae, New Zealand, sexual dimorphism},
	author = {Fernandez-Triana, J.L. and Ward, DF and Whitfield, J.B.}
}
