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1. Corrigendum: Description of Kavayva, gen. nov., (Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) and two new species associated with Guarea (Meliaceae), and a review of New World eurytomids associated with seeds. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86: 101–121. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.86.71309

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Y. Miles Zhang; Rogerio Silvestre; Manuela Scarpa;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of Hymenoptera research 2021 v.88 pp. 147-148
ISSN:
1314-2607
Subject:
Eurytomidae; Guarea; biodiversity; females; holotypes; museums; new genus; new species; research; Brazil; Peru
Abstract:
... In a paper about the description of Kavayva, a new genus of Eurytomidae (Zhang et al. 2021) The indication of repository for the type specimens were missing. We regret this omission, and provide the missing information below. MUSM – Natural History Museum of the San Marcos University, Lima, Peru UFGD – Museum of Biodiversity of the Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados-MS, Brazil USNM – ...
DOI:
10.3897/jhr.88.77628

2. Description of Kavayva, gen. nov., (Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) and two new species associated with Guarea (Meliaceae), and a review of New World eurytomids associated with seeds

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Y. Miles Zhang; Rogerio Silvestre; Manuela Scarpa;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of Hymenoptera research 2021 v.86 pp. 101-121
ISSN:
1314-2607
Subject:
Eurytomidae; Guarea; Neotropics; host plants; new species; research; Brazil; Peru
Abstract:
... Kavayva Zhang, Silvestre & Gates, gen. nov., and two species are described from the Neotropics, Kavayva bodoquenensis Zhang, Silvestre & Gates, sp. nov., and Kavayva davidsmithi , Zhang & Gates, sp. nov. Specimens of the new species were collected independently during separate research efforts in Peru and Brazil, reared from the seeds of Guarea F. Allam ex L. (Meliaceae), which represents a new ho ...
Handle:
10113/7559255
DOI:
10.3897/jhr.86.71309

3. Exploratory surveys in Taiwan of the roseau cane scale Nipponaclerda biwakoensis Kuwana (Hemiptera: Aclerdidae) and its associated parasitoids

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Amado O. Cortez Jr.; Cheng‐Lung Chu; Hannah J. Broadley; Yong‐Sin Lo; Yu‐Chun Chen; Laura A. Meyerson; Kim A. Hoelmer; Juli R. Gould; Shaw‐Yhi Hwang;     Show all 10 Authors
Source:
Journal of applied entomology 2022 v.146 no.5 pp. 596-606
ISSN:
0931-2048
Subject:
Aclerdidae; Aprostocetus; Phragmites australis; adults; biological control; coasts; cost effectiveness; dieback; dominant species; entomology; females; hyperparasitism; infrastructure; multiparasitism; oils; parasitic wasps; population dynamics; river deltas; wasps; Louisiana; Mississippi River; Taiwan
Abstract:
... Roseau cane (Phragmites australis (Cav). Trin. ex Steud.) is the dominant plant species of the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana, USA, and protects the coastline from erosion and storm‐related impacts, maintaining shipping channels and oil infrastructure. Widespread dieback and thinning of P. australis were noted in the Mississippi River Delta in the fall of 2016. Invasive populations of the ro ...
DOI:
10.1111/jen.12982

4. A New Species of Comones Noyes and Woolley (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), A Parasitoid of Flat Grass Scale, Aclerda takahashii Kuwana (Hemiptera: Aclerdidae), A New Pest on Sugarcane in Florida

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Jason L. Mottern; Ian Stocks;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 2021 v.123 no.1 pp. 136-146
ISSN:
0013-8797
Subject:
Aclerda; Encyrtidae; allometry; biological control; grasses; new species; parasitoids; sugarcane; Florida
Abstract:
... Comones dulcis Mottern new species is described from specimens reared from flat grass scale, Aclerda takahashii Kuwana, on sugarcane in Palm Beach County, Florida. The new species exhibits considerable size variation and apparent allometric scaling of body parts that are often used for encyrtid species diagnosis. Therefore, both morphological and molecular data are presented to describe and diagno ...
DOI:
10.4289/0013-8797.123.1.136

5. Pan trap color preference across Hymenoptera in a forest clearing

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Matthew L. Buffington; Alexis Garretson; Robert R. Kula; Ryan Carpenter; David R. Smith; Abigail A.R. Kula;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 2021 v.169 no.3 pp. 298-311
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
Hymenoptera; biodiversity; color; community structure; environmental health; fluorescence; forests; insect communities; insects
Abstract:
... Insect biodiversity reveals much about ecosystem health and function; however, field studies of insect community composition and diversity are often unintentionally biased by the sampling methods deployed in the study area. Pan traps, particularly yellow pan traps, are a common method for passive community assessment across a variety of taxonomic levels. Our study finds that the diversity, richnes ...
DOI:
10.1111/eea.13008

6. A Coordinated Sampling and Identification Methodology for Larval Parasitoids of Spotted-Wing Drosophila

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Paul K. Abram; Xingeng Wang; Tracy Hueppelsheuser; Michelle T. Franklin; Kent M. Daane; Jana C. Lee; Chia-Hua Lue; Pierre Girod; Juli Carrillo; Warren H. L. Wong; Robert R. Kula; Brian N. Hogg; Chandra E. Moffat; Kim A. Hoelmer; Ashfaq A. Sial; Matthew L. Buffington;     Show all 17 Authors
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 2022 v.115 no.4 pp. 922-942
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
Drosophila suzukii; biological control; entomology; fruits; larvae; parasitism; parasitoids; puparium; Europe; North America
Abstract:
... We provide recommendations for sampling and identification of introduced larval parasitoids of spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae). These parasitoids are either under consideration for importation (aka classical) biological control introductions, or their adventive (presumed to have been accidentally introduced) populations have recently been discovered ...
DOI:
10.1093/jee/toab237
CHORUS:
10.1093/jee/toab237

7. Deployment of Aggregation-Sex Pheromones of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Facilitates the Discovery and Identification of their Parasitoids

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Todd D. Johnson; Matthew L. Buffington; Robert R. Kula; Elijah Talamas;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Journal of chemical ecology 2021 v.47 no.1 pp. 28-42
ISSN:
0098-0331
Subject:
Braconidae; Neoclytus acuminatus; alkanes; chemical ecology; field experimentation; forest ecosystems; host-parasitoid relationships; hosts; mixtures; natural enemies; odors; parasitoids; pheromones; sampling; sticky traps; trees; volatile compounds
Abstract:
... Longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) include many species that are among the most damaging pests of managed and natural forest ecosystems worldwide. Many species of cerambycids use volatile chemical signals (i.e., pheromones) to locate mates. Pheromones are often used by natural enemies, including parasitoids, to locate hosts and therefore can be useful tools for identifying host-parasito ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10886-020-01238-7

8. The great greenbriers gall mystery resolved? New species of Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) gall inducer and two new parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Smilax L. in southern Florida, USA

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Y. Miles Zhang; Matthew L. Buffington;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Journal of Hymenoptera research 2020 v.80 pp. 71-98
ISSN:
1314-2607
Subject:
Aprostocetus; Eurytomidae; Smilax; leaves; new species; parasitoids; research; Florida
Abstract:
... Aprostocetus smilax Gates & Zhang, sp. nov., is described from stem and leaf galls on Smilax havanensis Jacq. in southern Florida, USA. It is the third species of Aprostocetus Westwood known to induce plant galls. Two parasitoids of A. smilax are also described: Phylloxeroxenus smilax Gates & Zhang sp. nov. and Sycophila smilax Gates & Zhang, sp. nov. We conclude that A. smilax is the true gall in ...
Handle:
10113/7235637
DOI:
10.3897/jhr.80.59466

9. Two hymenopteran egg sac associates of the tent-web orbweaving spider, Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål, 1775) (Araneae, Araneidae)

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Angela Chuang; Lena Grinsted; Richard Askew; Christy Leppanen;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
ZooKeys 2019 v.874 pp. 1-18
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
Araneidae; Eurytomidae; Pediobius; body size; coasts; eggs; females; holotypes; males; parasitism; predation; spiders; wasps; Caribbean; Spain
Abstract:
... We report the discovery of two wasp species emerging from egg sacs of the spider Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål 1775) collected from mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. We identify one as Philolema palanichamyi (Narendran 1984) (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) and the other as a member of the Pediobius pyrgo (Walker 1839) species group (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae). This is the first report of Philolema i ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.874.36656

10. Shared enemies exert differential mortality on two competing parasitic wasps

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Dhaval K. Vyas; Ryan L. Paul; Tristan Kubik; Jeffery A. Harvey; Boris C. Kondratieff; Paul J. Ode;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Basic and applied ecology 2020 v.47 pp. 107-119
ISSN:
1439-1791
Subject:
Cotesia glomerata; Cotesia rubecula; Pieris rapae; adults; biological control; biological control agents; females; hyperparasitism; hyperparasitoids; insect control; insect pests; males; parasitic wasps; sex ratio; survival rate; wasps; Colorado; Maryland
Abstract:
... Classical biological control programs introduce primary parasitoids into new geographic regions, often exposing them to existing populations of hyperparasitoids. Hyperparasitoids are frequently implicated in the failure of parasitoid biological control agents to establish and provide control of insect pests. The outcome of competition among two or more parasitoid species may be altered if the para ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.baae.2020.04.007
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.baae.2020.04.007

11. Description of two new Quadrastichus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) reared from Litchiomyia chinensis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on commercial lychee (Litchi chinensis; Sapindaceae) in Taiwan

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Yi-Min Chao; Sheng-Feng Lin; Man-Miao Yang;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Journal of natural history 2020 v.54 no.9-12 pp. 635-646
ISSN:
1464-5262
Subject:
Cecidomyiidae; Litchi chinensis; Quadrastichus; biological control agents; biological insect control; gall-inducing insects; insect taxonomy; invasive species; midges; natural enemies; new species; parasitic wasps; seasonal variation; taxon descriptions; Taiwan
Abstract:
... The lychee gall midge, Litchiomyia chinensis Yang and Luo (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), invaded Taiwan in 2008. This fly induces blister-galls on the leaves of lychee, Litchi chinensis Sonn (Sapindaceae), and causes significant yield losses. At present, its natural enemy complex is largely undocumented; thus, the overall aim of ongoing research is to investigate the natural enemies on L. chinensis in ...
Handle:
10113/7113902
DOI:
10.1080/00222933.2020.1779367

12. Delimiting the cryptic diversity and host preferences of Sycophila parasitoid wasps associated with oak galls using phylogenomic data

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Yuanmeng M. Zhang; Sofia I. Sheikh; Anna K. G. Ward; Andrew A. Forbes; Kirsten M. Prior; Graham N. Stone; Scott P. Egan; Linyi Zhang; Charles Davis; Kelly L. Weinersmith; George Melika; Andrea Lucky;     Show all 13 Authors
Source:
Molecular ecology 2022 v.31 no.16 pp. 4417-4433
ISSN:
0962-1083
Subject:
Cynipidae; DNA barcoding; biological control; cryptic species; data collection; mitochondrial DNA; natural history; phenotypic plasticity; sexual dimorphism; species diversity
Abstract:
... Cryptic species diversity is a major challenge regarding the species‐rich community of parasitoids attacking oak gall wasps due to a high degree of sexual dimorphism, morphological plasticity, small size and poorly known biology. As such, we know very little about the number of species present, nor the evolutionary forces responsible for generating this diversity. One hypothesis is that trait dive ...
DOI:
10.1111/mec.16582

13. Use of Flowering Plants to Enhance Parasitism and Predation Rates on Two Squash Bug Species Anasa tristis and Anasa armigera (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Mary L. Cornelius; Bryan T. Vinyard;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Insects 2019 v.10 no.10 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Anasa armigera; Anasa tristis; Diptera; Fagopyrum esculentum; Gryon; Ooencyrtus; buckwheat; edge effects; egg masses; eggs; flowering; flowers; imagos; parasitism; parasitoids; predation; squashes
Abstract:
... A two-year study evaluated the effect of a flowering border of buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum Moench on rates of egg parasitism, egg predation and adult parasitism on two squash bug species, Anasa tristis (DeGeer) and Anasa armigera Say, by comparing rates in squash fields with and without a flowering border. Furthermore, we evaluated whether there was an edge effect by comparing parasitism and pr ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects10100318
PubMed:
31557963
PubMed Central:
PMC6835606

14. Parasitoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) Associated with Sagittaria latifolia Willd. and Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J. G. sm. (Alismatales: Alismataceae) in the Nearctic Region

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Robert R. Kula; Matthew L. Buffington; Nathan E. Harms;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 2017 v.119 no.2 pp. 215-227
ISSN:
0013-8797
Subject:
Bracon; Cotesia; Gonatocerus; Hydrellia; Mesochorus; Opius; Sagittaria latifolia; hyperparasitoids; parasitic wasps; phytophagous insects; rearing; surveys; wasps; Arctic region; Louisiana; Texas
Abstract:
... The results of a survey of parasitoid wasps associated with herbivorous insects on Sagittaria latifolia Willd. and Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J. G. Sm. (Alismatales: Alismataceae) in the Nearctic Region are reported. The following 10 wasp species were reared from insects on S. platyphylla: Gonatocerus sp., Mestocharis tropicalis Yoshimoto, Syntomopus americanus Ashmead (all Chalcidoidea), He ...
DOI:
10.4289/0013-8797.119.2.215

15. Revision of Canadian Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) associated with galls induced by cynipid wasps of the genus Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) and description of a new species

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Y. Miles Zhang; Joseph D. Shorthouse;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Journal of Hymenoptera research 2017 v.61 pp. 1-29
ISSN:
1314-2607
Subject:
Diplolepis; Eurytoma; new species; research; shrubs; taxonomic keys; Canada
Abstract:
... Eurytomids are small parasitic wasps associated with many communities of phytophagous insects. In most cases, the accurate identification of eurytomids is impeded by inadequate species descriptions that do not include figures of diagnostic features, and keys that are difficult to use. Here, diagnostic features and redescriptions are provided for both sexes of the eurytomids associated with galls i ...
DOI:
10.3897/jhr.61.13466

16. Impact of the Egg Parasitoid, Gryon pennsylvanicum (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), on Sentinel and Wild Egg Masses of the Squash Bug (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in Maryland

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Mary L. Cornelius; Matthew L. Buffington; Elijah J. Talamas;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Environmental entomology 2016 v.45 no.2 pp. 367-375
ISSN:
1938-2936
Subject:
eclosion; correlation; parasitism; parasitoids; squashes; Gryon; egg masses; Anasa tristis; biological control agents; surveys; seasonal variation; nymphs; predation; eggs; Maryland
Abstract:
... Seasonal changes in egg parasitism and predation rates on sentinel (laboratory-reared) and wild (naturally occurring) egg masses of the squash bug, Anasa tristis (De Geer), were evaluated in squash fields in Maryland from June through September in 2013 and 2014. Rates of egg parasitism were significantly higher on wild egg masses than on sentinel egg masses. Squash bug nymphal emergence was signif ...
Handle:
10113/62264
DOI:
10.1093/ee/nvv228

17. Two new species of Oobius Trjapitzin (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) egg parasitoids of Agrilus spp. (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the USA, including a key and taxonomic notes on other congeneric Nearctic taxa

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Serguei V. Triapitsyn; Toby R. Petrice; Leah S. Bauer;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
ZooKeys 2015 v.498 pp. 29-50
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
Agrilus anxius; Betula pendula; Cerambycidae; Encyrtidae; Fraxinus; Nearctic region; Robinia pseudoacacia; biological control; eggs; new species; parasitoids; taxonomic keys; Michigan; Pennsylvania
Abstract:
... Oobius Trjapitzin (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) species are egg parasitoids that are important for the biological control of some Buprestidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Two species, Oobius agrili Zhang & Huang and Oobius longoi (Siscaro), were introduced into North America for classical biocontrol and have successfully established. Two new native North American species that parasitize eggs of Agri ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.498.9357

18. A New Species of Oobius Trjapitzin (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) From the Russian Far East That Parasitizes Eggs of Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Yan-Xia Yao; Jian J. Duan; Keith P. Hopper; Jason L. Mottern;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2016 v.109 no.4 pp. 629-638
ISSN:
1938-2901
Subject:
Agrilus planipennis; DNA; Encyrtidae; biological control agents; diapause; eggs; natural enemies; new species; nucleotide sequences; parasitism; parasitoids; parents; photoperiod; rearing; relative humidity; East Asia; North America; Russia
Abstract:
... We describe a new species of egg parasitoid, Oobius primorskyensis Yao & Duan n. sp., collected from the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) near Vladivostok, Russia. Morphological and molecular analyses indicate that this taxon is sufficiently distinct from Oobius agrili Zhang & Huang 2005 to merit species status. Furthermore, DNA sequence divergence between ...
DOI:
10.1093/aesa/saw022

19. Description of two techniques to increase efficiency in processing and curating minute arthropods, with special reference to parasitic Hymenoptera

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; Matthew. L. Buffington;     Show all 2 Author
Source:
Journal of Hymenoptera research 2011 v.22 pp. 133-140
ISSN:
1314-2607
Subject:
Figitidae; air drying; biodiversity; electricity; filtration; humans; parasitoids; polystyrenes; research
Abstract:
... We describe and illustrate two techniques for enhancing curatorial and processing efficiency as it pertains to parasitic Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea, Cynipoidea). These techniques were developed in response not only to the massive number of parasitoids that have been acquired through various biodiversity studies, but also the difficulty in mobilizing the human resources to curate this material. The ...
DOI:
10.3897/jhr.22.2099

20. Review of parasitoid wasps and flies (Hymenoptera, Diptera) associated with Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) in North America, with a key to genera

Author:
Michael W. Gates,   et al.   ; John T. Lill; Robert R. Kula; James E. O'Hara; David B. Wahl; David R. Smith; James B. Whitfield; Shannon M. Murphy; Teresa M. Stoepler;     Show all 9 Authors
Source:
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 2012 v.114 no.1 pp. 24-110
ISSN:
0013-8797
Subject:
Aleiodes; Bombyliidae; Ceraphronidae; Chalcididae; Hyposoter; Limacodidae; Mesochorus; Pediobius; Pristis; Pteromalidae; Tachinidae; Trichogramma; Trigonalidae; ecolabeling; females; host-parasite relationships; insect larvae; males; models; moths; natural history; new combination; parasitoids; pollutants; rearing; summer; surveys; taxonomic keys; topcrossing; North America
Abstract:
... Hymenopteran and dipteran parasitoids of slug moth caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from North America are reviewed, and an illustrated key to 23 genera is presented. Limacodid surveys and rearing were conducted during the summer months of 2004–2009 as part of research on the ecology and natural history of Limacodidae in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.A. Parasitoid rearing involved a co ...
Handle:
10113/57892
DOI:
10.4289/0013-8797.114.1.24