@book {788, title = {Introduccion a los Hymenoptera de la region Neotropical}, year = {2006}, pages = {894}, publisher = {Sociedad Colombiana de Entomologia y Universidad Nacional de Colombia}, organization = {Sociedad Colombiana de Entomologia y Universidad Nacional de Colombia}, address = {Bogota D.C.}, isbn = {958-701-708-0}, editor = {Fernandez, F. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {787, title = {Afrotropical-north American disjunct distribution of Minanga (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of a new species and first record for the new world}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {97}, year = {2004}, pages = {1198-1203}, abstract = {Previously known only from seven Afrotropical species, this article describes a new species of Minanga from northern Mexico. Speculations are made on the biogeographic history of the genus. Specialized glands on the vertex of the head and modified setae on the hind tibia are illustrated with high magnification scanning electron micrographs.}, issn = { 0013-8746}, author = {Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {640, title = {Taxonomy and Life History of Costa Rican Alabagrus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a key to world species}, journal = {Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County}, volume = {497}, year = {2003}, pages = {1-82}, abstract = {The genus Alabagrus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is revised to include specimens collected throughout Costa Rica, including those from the Arthropods of La Selva (ALAS) project and rearings by Janzen and Hallwachs at Santa Rosa National Park. Descriptions are provided for a total of 39 species collected in Costa Rica, including 17 species that are new to Costa Rica and 6 species that are new to science. New species are A. combos, A. derailersi, A. donnai, A. englishi, A. sarapiqui, and A. watsoni. Species of Alabagrus are reported to be primarily associated with successional habitats, where they parasitize the larvae of Crambidae (Lepidoptera). The treatment of each species includes a total of 75 morphological and color characters and host records. Graphs of the temporal distribution and color photographs are presented for each of the 39 Costa Rican species. An illustrated key to the species of Alabagrus is provided.}, keywords = {Agathidinae; Alabagrus; Key; Phenology; Biology; Mimetism; New world; French guiana; Costa Rica}, issn = {0459-8113}, url = {http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS497.pdf}, author = {Leathers, J.W. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {549, title = {New data on African Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) show a strong biogeographic signal for taxa with spined propodea}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3385}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {1-32}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

Eight species of Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) are newly described: Ascogaster kibalensis Braet sp. nov., Chelonus\ (Chelonus) mayi Braet \& Rousse sp. nov., Chelonus (Microchelonus) madagasakarensis Braet \& Rousse sp. nov., Chelonus\ (Microchelonus) matilei Braet \& Rousse sp. nov. Chelonus (Microchelonus) merdicus Rousse \& Braet sp. nov., Odontosphaeropyx gracilis Braet sp. nov., O. leucocoxus Braet sp. nov., and Phanerotomella erena Braet sp. nov. They are all from the\ Malagasy subregion and several of them share the presence of spine-like apophyses on the propodeum. This character is categorized for future phylogenetic use. The genus Pachychelonus Brues, 1924 is recognized as junior synonym of the genus Odontosphaeropyx Cameron, 1910. Three new combinations are proposed Odontosphaeropyx\ maximus (Zettel, 2002) comb. nov., O.\ fulviventris (Brues, 1924) comb. nov. and O. flavifasciatus (Zettel, 1990a) comb. nov. for Pachychelonus maximus Zettel, 2002,\ P. fulviventris Brues, 1924 and P. flavifasciatus Zettel, 1990a, respectively. Updated keys of species Phanerotomella and Odontosphaeropyx are provided. New distribution data about Cheloninae from Africa are also given.

}, keywords = {apophysis, description, Indian Ocean, keys, Madagascar, new combinations, spine-like}, issn = {1175-5334}, url = {www.mapress.com/zootaxa/}, author = {Braet, Y. and Rousse, P. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {547, title = {New species of the rare genera Dentigaster Zettel, 1990 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) and Minanga Cameron, 1906 (Sigalphinae) from French Guyana}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, volume = {25}, year = {2012}, pages = {93-102}, abstract = {

Two new species, recently discovered in French Guiana, are described. Minanga angelus sp. n., is the second species from the New World and the first Neotropical species. Dentigaster brullei sp. n. is the seventh described species of the genus. Identifications keys for both genera are updated.

}, keywords = {French Guiana, identification key, Insect, neotropics, parasitoid, SEAG}, doi = {10.3897/JHR.22.2519}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/jhr/article/2519/new-species-of-the-rare-genera-dentigaster-zettel-1990-hymenoptera-braconidae-cheloninae-and-minanga-cameron-1906-sigalp}, author = {Sharkey, M.J. and Braet, Y.} } @article {524, title = {Comparative mitogenomics of Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) and the phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial genomes with special reference to Holometabolous insects.}, journal = {BMC genomics}, volume = {11}, year = {2010}, pages = {371}, abstract = {Animal mitochondrial genomes are potential models for molecular evolution and markers for phylogenetic and population studies. Previous research has shown interesting features in hymenopteran mitochondrial genomes. Here, we conducted a comparative study of mitochondrial genomes of the family Braconidae, one of the largest families of Hymenoptera, and assessed the utility of mitochondrial genomic data for phylogenetic inference at three different hierarchical levels, i.e., Braconidae, Hymenoptera, and Holometabola.}, keywords = {Animals, AT Rich Sequence, AT Rich Sequence: genetics, Base Composition, Base Sequence, Evolution, Molecular, Gene Rearrangement, Gene Rearrangement: genetics, Genome, Mitochondrial, Genome, Mitochondrial: genetics, Genomics, Hymenoptera, Hymenoptera: genetics, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, phylogeny}, author = {Wei, Shu-jun and Shi, M. and Sharkey, M.J. and Achterberg, C. van and Chen, X.-X.} } @article {453, title = {Aphid parasitoids sampled by Malaise traps in the national parks of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae)}, journal = {Thai Journal of Agricultural Science}, volume = {41}, year = {2008}, pages = {37-43}, abstract = {Aphidiine parasitoids of aphids sampled by Malaise traps in different Thailand are reviewed and some faunal relationships environments in are discussed. A new species, Areopraon thailandicum is described and Aphidius autriquei Star{\'y}, known previously only from central Africa, is reported from Thailand for the first time}, keywords = {Aphids, biodiversity, national parks, parasitoids, thailand}, author = {Star{\'y}, P. and Sharkey, M.J. and Hutacharern, C.} } @article {454, title = {Review and Key to the World Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Greenideinae Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Including Notes on Invasive Pest Species}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {103}, year = {2010}, pages = {307-321}, abstract = {A review and illustrated key of the aphidiine parasitoids of Greenideinae aphids is presented including their distribution. Fissicaudus thailandicus Stary{\textasciiacute} \& Rakhshani sp. nov. from Thailand is described and {\TH}gured. Parabioxys songbaiensis Shi\&Chen is redescribed based on reared specimens from North Korea. Faunal peculiarities and relationships of the taxa are discussed together with a synopsis of their potential as biocontrol agents}, keywords = {Aphidiinae, aphids are known from, Europe, greenideinae, key, miocene deposits in southern, of greenideinae, review, subsequent climatic changes limited, the oldest fossil representatives, their}, author = {Star{\'y}, P. and Rakhshani, Ehsan and Havelka, Jan and Tomanovi{\'c}, {\v Z}eljko and Kavallieratos, Nikolas G. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {438, title = {Review of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Colombia with descriptions of five new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1002}, year = {2005}, pages = {45-58}, abstract = {As part of an extensive survey of Colombian arthropods, the species of Sesioctonus from Colombia are reviewed. Nine new Colombian species records for Sesioctonus are reported, including five new species that are described here. The species identified are Sesioctonus diazi Brice{\~n}o, S. galeos Brice{\~n}o, S. theskelos Brice{\~n}o, S. grandis Brice{\~n}o, S. boliviensis Brice{\~n}o, Sesioctonus longinoi n.sp., Sesioctonus philipi n.sp., Sesioctonus torresi n.sp., Sesioctonus stephaniai n.sp., and Sesio- ctonus susanai n.sp. Including the species reported here, eleven species of Sesioctonus are recorded from Colombia. A revised key to all known species of Sesioctonus is presented.}, keywords = {Braconidae, Fauna, Hymenoptera, parasitic hymenoptera, Revision, taxonomy}, author = {Sharkey, M.J. and Briceno, G.R.A.} } @article {439, title = {Revision of the Oriental genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with an emphasis on Thailand including interactive keys to genera published in three different formats}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {21}, year = {2009}, pages = {19-54}, abstract = {The genera of Oriental Agathidinae are revised and a fully illustrated dichotomous key is presented. New generic concepts are proposed for Bassus Fabricius, 1804 and Hypsostypos Baltazar, 1963. Bassus is restricted to a clade with an Old World distribution and the remaining members are divided amongst the resurrected genera Camptothlipsis Enderlein, 1920, Lytopylus F{\"O}rster, 1862, and T erophilus Wesmael, 1837. T e con- cept of Hypsostypos is restricted and the new genus Amputostypos Sharkey, gen. n. is proposed to include species formerly included in Hypsostypos that do not have raised antennal bases. Troticus Brull{\'e}, 1846 is reported from the Oriental region for the fi rst time. Eighteen genera are recognized for T ailand and neigh- boring areas, i.e., Agathis Latreille, 1804, Amputostypos, Aneurobracon Brues, 1930, Bassus, Biroia Sz{\'e}pligeti, 1900, Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894, Camptothlipsis, Coccygidium Saussure, 1892, Cremnops F{\"o}rster, 1862,Disophrys F{\"o}rster, 1862, Earinus Wesmael, 1837, Euagathis Sz{\'e}pligeti, 1900, Gryochus Enderlein, 1920, Hypsostypos, Lytopylus F{\"o}rster, 1862, T erophilus, Cremnoptoides van Achterberg \& Chen, 2004, and Troticus. Identifi cation keys to the genera are provided as a standard textual dichotomous key, as well as online keys in three diff erent formats (conventional dichotomous, DELTA/Intkey, Lucid, and MX) to enable users to choose their prefered platform and to allow direct comparisons of the technologies for producing online keys. Publication of underlying data (data matrices, character states table, and images) under the OpenData- Commons license (ODbl) (http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/) for DELTA/Intkey fi les (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.21.271.app.1.ik), primary DELTA fi les (10.3897/zookeys.21.271.app.2.ik) Lucid3 (LIF3) and Lucid SDD key data fi les (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.21.271.app.3.ik) and MX MySQL database fi les (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.21.271.app.4.ik) allows future workers to edit keys and to add newly described taxa. T e data fi les for the keys published and stored on the publisher{\textquoteright}s website and in e-archives have the rights of {\textquotedblleft}fi rst publication{\textquotedblright} identifi ed by its bibliography data, location and citation. Readers should cite the fi rst published version and the day of accession in case they use future online versions of the same key. T e concept of publication, citation, preservation, and re-use of data fi les to interactive keys under the open access model is discussed in a forum paper published in the present issue (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.21.274).}, keywords = {Braconidae, data publishing, ichneumonoidea, identifi cation key, interactive keys, new combination, new genus, new status, new synonym}, author = {Sharkey, M.J. and Yu, D.S. and van Noort, S. and Seltmann, K.C. and Penev, L.} } @article {440, title = {Revision of Khoikhoiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {20}, year = {2009}, pages = {299-348}, abstract = {T e species of the two genera of Khoikhoiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) are revised. T irteen species are recognized, of which fi ve are new and eight were previously described: Khoikhoia anthelion Sharkey, sp. n., K. lission Mason, 1984, K. oligospilos Sharkey, sp. n., K. semiadusta Mason, 1983, K. solata Mason, 1983, K. townesi Mason, 1983, K. turneri Mason, 1984, Sania browni Sharkey, sp. n., S. capensis Mason, 1983, S. henryi Mason, 1983, S. marjoriae Mason, 1983, S. masneri Sharkey, sp. n., and S. masoni Sharkey, sp. n. All are from the Cape Region of South Africa, and all but one species are confi ned to the western Cape. A dichotomous key to species is presented; links to electronic interactive keys and to distribution maps are also included. Based on phylogenetic position and morphological characters, speculations on life history are made, and it is suggested that some species may be parasitoids of wood- or stem-boring Lepidoptera. T e DELTA data matrix and images for the key are available at 10.3897/zookeys.20.108. app.1.ik; Intkey fi les are available at 10.3897/zookeys.20.108.app.2.ik; Lucid fi les in LIF and SDD for- mat are available at: doi:10.3897/zookeys.20.108.app.3.ik and doi:10.3897/zookeys.20.108.app.4.ik. Publishing of DELTA raw data will facilitate future workers to edit keys and to add newly discovered taxa.}, keywords = {Khoikhoia, lepidoptera, parasitoid wasps, Sania, South Africa, systematics, taxonomy}, author = {Sharkey, M.J. and van Noort, S. and Whitfield, J.B.} } @article {434, title = {A new genus and species of apterous Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Costa Rica}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1415}, year = {2007}, pages = {17-24}, abstract = {Oroceguera andersoni n. gen. and n. sp., an apterous braconid in the subfamily Doryctinae is described from Costa Rica. Portions of the diagnostic keys from Marsh (1997; 2002) are combined and updated to include this new genus. Diagnos- tic features are presented to distinguish it from other Doryctinae; its unusual morphology is discussed and conjecture is made on life history.}, keywords = {Braconidae, Hymenoptera, New world, ocelli, oroceguera andersoni, wingless}, author = {Seltmann, K.C. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {435, title = {Description of three new species of Helconichia Sharkey \& Wharton (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Ichneutinae) with a revised key to all species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1502}, year = {2007}, pages = {45-53}, abstract = {Three new species of Helconichia Sharkey \& Wharton are described: H. sarria Sharanowski and Sharkey, sp. nov. and H. reina Sharanowski and Sharkey, sp. nov. from Colombia, and H. brenesi Sharanowski and Sharkey, sp. nov. from Costa Rica. These species double the number of described species of Helconichia, bringing the total number to six. The key of Sharkey and Wharton (1994) is revised to include the new species. Lateral habitus images of all six holotypes of the species of Helconichia are included, in addition to images of character states used in the identification key.}, keywords = {helconichia, Ichneutinae, identification key, Neotropical region}, author = {Sharanowski, B.J. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {436, title = {Review of the systematics of Trachagathis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1162}, year = {2006}, pages = {65-68}, abstract = {The phylogenetic position of Trachagathis Viereck is discussed. Two new combinations are proposed. Agathis rubricincta Ashmead (1894) and Agathis depressifrons Braet and van Achterberg (2003) are transferred to Trachagathis, Trachagathis rubricincta n. comb. and T. depressifrons n. comb. Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) Pyralidae, the lesser cornstalk borer, is recorded as a host of T. rubricincta.}, author = {Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {437, title = {Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a key to the genera of the New World}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1185}, year = {2006}, pages = {37-51}, abstract = {Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are described, Amputoearinus Sharkey n. gen., and Austroearinus Sharkey n. gen. Biological information is given for members of both genera. Five new species are described, Amputoearinus matamata Sharkey n. sp., Amputoearinus fernandezi Sharkey n. sp., Austroearinus chrysokeras Sharkey n. sp., and Austroearinus melanopodes Sharkey n. sp. Two new combinations are made, Austroearinus rufofemoratus n. comb., Austroearinus unicolor (Schrottkey) n. comb. A key to the genera of the New World is presented.}, author = {Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {422, title = {Phylogenetic relationships among the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): a reassessment of Shi et al. (2005).}, journal = {Molecular phylogenetics and evolution}, volume = {43}, year = {2007}, pages = {338-343}, author = {Pitz, Kevin M and Dowling, A.P.G. and Sharanowski, B.J. and Boring, C Andrew and Seltmann, K.C. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {425, title = {A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), including Pselaphanus Szepligeti, based on 28S rDNA, with descriptions of new Afrotropical and Madagascan Minanga and Malasigalphus species}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, volume = {42}, year = {2008}, pages = {2703-2719}, publisher = {Taylor and Francis Ltd}, abstract = {

Minanga phoebea sp. n. Quicke, from Uganda, and Malasigalphus roa sp. n. Sharkey, from Madagascar, are described and illustrated. The new species of Minanga displays a distinct posterior metasomal carina and thus provides another example of the co-occurrence of this feature with a metasomal carapace within the Braconidae. Malasigalphus roa is the second species of the genus recently described by Achterberg and Austin. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the Sigalphinae is presented including the rare Neotropical genus Pselaphanus the placement of which has been debated. Sensitivity analysis to multiple alignment parameters was conducted and a single elided data set, based on the combined 21 separate alignments, was analysed. Strong support was obtained for the following relationships: Pselaphanus+(Malasigalphus+(other Sigalphinae)), (Minanga+ (Sigalphus bicolor+(S. irrorator+S. gyrodontus))), and Earinini being basal (as a grade in these analyses) to other Agathidinae. The Mesocoelus group of genera (Mesocoelini in part) are shown to be derived agathidines rather than being associated with the Orgilini. The Microtypinae is shown be non-monophyletic and Plesiotypus Achterberg is proposed as the sister group to the Agathidinae+Sigalphinae clade. The Acampsohelconinae does not appear as monophyletic; however, the placements of both of the two included genera, Afrocampsis and Canalicephalis, had less than 100\% support in the elised analysis tree, and therefore monophyly of this recently redefined subfamily must be more rigorously tested.

}, keywords = {Acampsohelconinae, Afrotropical, Agathidinae, elision, functional morphology, Minangini, Plesiotypus, sensitivity analysis}, author = {Quicke, D.L.J. and Sharkey, M.J. and Laurenne, N.M. and Dowling, A.P.G.} } @article {367, title = {Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1329}, year = {2006}, pages = {1-27}, abstract = {Fourteen new species of Amputoearinus are described along with redescriptions for A. matamata Sharkey and A. fernandezi Sharkey. A phylogenetic hypothesis employing morphological characters is proposed for the species of Amputoearinus using three other genera of Agathidinae as outgroups. The fourteen new species are: Amputoearinus alafumidus sp.n., Amputoearinus boringi sp.n., Amputoearinus erudio sp.n., Amputoearinus flavocacumen sp.n., Amputoearinus galbus sp.n., Amputoearinus gloriae sp.n., Amputoearinus niger sp.n., Amputoearinus pectusacutum sp.n., Amputoearinus pitzi sp.n., Amputoearinus planusfunditus sp.n., Amputoearinus seltmannae sp.n., Amputoearinus sharanowskiae sp.n., Amputoearinus surinen sp.n., and Amputoearinus variegatus sp.n.}, keywords = {Neotropical, parasitoid, taxonomy}, author = {Lindsay, C. and Sharkey, M.J.} } @article {220, title = {On the status of some species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. C. Fabricius and the synonymy of Dichelosus Sz{\'e}pligeti with Coccygidium De Saussure}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1067}, year = {2005}, pages = {59-68}, abstract = {The status of five species of Braconidae described by Fabricius is changed. Lectotypes are designated for all five. Ichneumon hospitator, Bracon anator, and Ophion pennator are transferred to the genus Coccygidium combs. nov. Ichneumon ornator is transferred to Coccygidium and considered a junior synonym of C. hospitator comb. and syn. nov. Bracon similator is transferred to the genus Hemibracon comb. nov. Dichelosus fuscipennis is considered a junior synonym of C. hospitator syn. nov. The genus Dichelosus is synonymized with Coccygidium syn. nov., and the member species are all transferred to Coccygidium: C. fuscipennis comb. nov., C. peruensis comb. nov., C. brasiliensis comb. nov., C. dubiosus comb. nov., C. similis comb. nov., C. variegatus comb. nov., and C. demerarus comb. nov.}, keywords = {bracon, coccygidium, ichneumon, taxonomy, zelomorpha}, author = {Carlos, E.S.M. and Sharkey, M.J.} }