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Research Project: Systematics of Plant-Feeding Flies of Importance in Agroecosystems and the Environment

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

New species and host plant records for Rhagoletis Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae) Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rodriguez-Clavijo, P.A., Norrbom, A.L., Caicedo, G., Arevalo, E., Balseiro, F. 2021. New species and host plant records for Rhagoletis Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae). Zootaxa. 5060:231-144. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5060.2.4.

Synergistic attraction of kleptoparasitic flies, Desmometopa spp. (Diptera, Milichiidae) to two vespid venom volatiles, trans-conophthorin, and N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhang, Q., Hoover, D.R., Mcmillian, D.R., Zhou, G., Margaryan, A., Welshons, D.O., Norrbom, A.L., Aldrich, J.R. 2021. Synergistic attraction of kleptoparasitic flies, Desmometopa spp. (Diptera, Milichiidae) to two vespid venom volatiles, trans-conophthorin, and N-(3-methylbutyl) acetamide. Chemoecology. 32:89-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-021-00365-1.

New species and new records of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rodriguez Clavijo, P.A., Norrbom, A.L. 2021. New species and new records of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa. 5004:107-130. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5004.1.4.

Japanese conifer sawflies of the Gilpinia hakonensis subgroup of the G. socia group (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae): G. okinawa sp. nov. and ovipositors of five European species Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hara, H., Smith, D.R., Shinohara, A. 2021. Japanese conifer sawflies of the Gilpinia hakonensis subgroup of the G. socia group (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae): G. okinawa sp. nov. and ovipositors of five European species. Zootaxa. 4995(3):471-497. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4995.3.4.

DROP: Molecular voucher database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lue, C., Buffington, M.L., Scheffer, S.J., Lewis, M.L., Driskell, A., Jandova, A., Kimura, M., Carton, Y., Kula, R.R., Schlenke, T., Mateos, M., Govind, S., Varaldi, J., Guerrieri, E., Giorgini, M., Wang, X., Hoelmer, K.A., Daane, K., Abram, P., Pardikes, N., Brown, J., Thierry, M., Poirie, M., Goldstein, P.Z., Miller, S., Jiggins, F., Tracey, A., Davis, J.S., Wertheim, B., Lewis, O.T., Leips, J., Lindsey, A., Staniczenko, P., Hrcek, J. 2021. DROP: Molecular voucher database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids. Molecular Ecology. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13435.