HYMENOPTERA
Gary A. P. Gibson, Ph.D.
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Technical Support: Lisa Bearss
Expertise- Systematics of chalcid parasitoid wasps (Chalcidoidea), especially the families Eupelmidae and Pteromalidae.
- Evolutionary relationships of Chalcidoidea and Hymenoptera (Symphyta, Apocrita).
- Functional and comparative morphology of Chalcidoidea and Hymenoptera.
- Revision of the Palaearctic species of E. (Eupelmus) Dalman (Eupelmidae), in collaboration with Dr. Lucian Fusu, Faculty of Biology, "Al. I. Cuza" University, Iasi, România.
- Revision of the species of Nearctic species of Eurydinoteloides Girault (Pteromalidae).
- Differentiation of the tidius and artynes species complexes of Necremnus Walker (Eulophidae) using molecular and morphological techniques, in collaboration with Marco Gebiola and Umberto Bernardo, Instituto per la Protezione delle Plante, Portici, Italy.
- 2013 - Gibson, G.A.P. "The extinct Baltic amber genus Propelma Trjapitzin, a valid genus of Neanastatinae (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)." Zookeys, 283: 59-69.
- 2013 - Gibson, G.A.P. "Revision of the species of Jaliscoa Boucek within a review of the identity, relationships and membership of Jaliscoa, Catolaccus Thomson, Eurydinoteloides Girault, Lyrcus Walker and Trimeromicrus Gahan (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)." Zootaxa, 3612: 1-85.
- 2013 - Heraty, J.M., Burks, R.A., Cruaud, A., Gibson, G.A.P., Liljeblada, J., Munro, J., Rasplus, J.-Y., Delvare, G., Janšta, P., Gumovsky, A., Huber, J., Woolley, J.B., Krogmann, L., Heydon, S., Polaszek, A., Schmidt, S., Darling, D.C., Gates, M.W., Mottern, J., Murray, E., Dal Molin, A., Triapitsyn, S., Baur, H., Pinto, J.D., Van Noort, S., George, J., and Yoder, M.J. "A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)." Cladistics, DOI: 10.1111/cla.12006.
- 2013 - Korenko, S., Schmidt, S., Schwarz, M., Gibson, G.A.P. and Pekár, S. "Hymenopteran parasitoids of the ant-eating spider Zodarion styliferum (Simon) (Araneae, Zodariidae)." Zookeys, 262: 1-15.
- 2012 - Gibson, G.A.P., Dewhurst, C., and Makai, S. "Nomenclatural changes in Anastatus Motschulsky and the description of Anastatus eurycanthae Gibson n. sp. (Eupelmidae: Eupelminae), an egg parasitoid of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) from Papua New Guinea." Zootaxa, 3419, p. 53-61.
- 2012 - Seltmann, K.C., Yoder, M.J., Mikó, I., Forshage, M., Bertone, M.A., Agosti, D., Austin, A.D., Balhoff, J.P., Borowiec, M.L., Brady, S.G., Broad, G.R., Brothers, D.J., Burks, R.A., Buffington, M.L., Campbell, H.M., Dew, K.J., Ernst, A.F., Fernández-Triana, J.L., Gates, M.W., Gibson, G.A.P., and other authors. "A hymenopterists' guide to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology: utility, clarification, and future directions." Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 27(1), p. 67-88.
- About Chalcidoidea (Chalcid wasps) - Information concerning the systematics,
biology and printed and online resources for chalcid wasps.
- Lists of CNC chalcid taxa by family and their regional distributions.
- Type material contained in the CNC.
- Illustrated key to the native and introduced chalcidoid parasites of filth flies in North America. [PDF reprint
: 3.3 MB] - Illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms for chalcid wasps.
- ScaleNet,
a BASIS (Biology And Systematic Information System)
bibliography and catalog of the scale insects of the world, in collaboration
with scientists in the United States Department of Agriculture and Israel
Agriculture Research Organization.
- Animal Protection Systematic Study - a web site designed to provide taxonomic and related biological and ecological information about the insects, mites and ticks that affect human and animal health in Canada and North America.
- Research Publications (with PDF reprints to download)
- Research Publications (citations only)
- Telephone: 613-759-1823
- Fax: 613-759-1927
- E-mail: Gary Gibson
- Mail: Canadian National Collection of insects
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