The recent advances in sequencing technologies, phylogenomics and divergence dating
methods call for an integrative review of the current state of Hymenoptera systematics. We …

The parasitoid lifestyle is largely regarded as a key innovation that contributed to the
evolutionary success and extreme species richness of the order Hymenoptera …

Background Mitochondrial (mt) nucleotide sequence data has been by far the most common
tool employed to investigate evolutionary relationships. While often considered to be more …

A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Rogadinae is presented for 469 species in 52
genera representing all tribes and subtribes. The data comprise cytochrome c oxidase I …

Sternorrhyncha, one of the four major suborders of Hemiptera, is a phytophagous taxon
inclusive of nearly 18 000 described species. The phylogenetic relationships within the …

The huge and diverse family Braconidae is described and various specific morphological
terms used in their description are illustrated. A simplified identification key to most of the …

Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera): Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and
Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps provides the latest and most comprehensive …

Mitochondrial DNA gene organisation is an important source of phylogenetic information for
various metazoan taxa at different evolutionary timescales, though this has not been broadly …

During the past two decades, the phylogenetic relationships and higher-level classification
of the subfamily Rogadinae have received relevant contributions based on Sanger …

Phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history of life on Earth. Early phylogenies were
based solely on morphological data, but with the advent of PCR and Sanger Sequencing in …