Darwin wasps: a new name heralds renewed efforts to unravel the evolutionary history of Ichneumonidae
- S. Klopfstein, B. Santos, G. Broad
- BiologyEntomological Communications
- 8 December 2019
A new name is suggested for the parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae, “Darwin wasps”, to reflect the pivotal role they played in convincing Charles Darwin that not all of creation could have been created by a benevolent god.
Variable microsatellite loci isolated from the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana (Hymenoptera; Apidae)
- J. Takahashi, S. Shimizu, S. Koyama, K. Kimura, K. Shimizu, Tadaharu Yoshida
- BiologyMolecular Ecology Resources
- 1 May 2009
12 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana are developed using the magnetic particle method and can be used to study parameters associated with genetic structure, such as paternity frequency and worker reproduction.
Revision of the Taiwanese species of the genus Leptophion Cameron, 1901 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with a discussion of their phenology and distribution.
- S. Shimizu, Kyohei Watanabe, K. Maeto
- BiologyZootaxa
- 26 July 2016
A single new species of the ophionine genus Leptophion is described, described as L. giganteus Shimizu & Watanabe, sp.
A systematic revision of the Japanese species of the genus Therion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae)
- S. Shimizu, A. Bennett, Masato Ito, K. Maeto
- BiologyInsect Systematics & Evolution
- 12 December 2017
The Japanese species of the genus Therion
Curtis, 1829 (Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) were revised based on examination of 447 Japanese specimens. Four species are recognized based on morphology and…
Description of a new species and revised key to species of the Enicospilus antefurcalis species-group from Japan (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae)
- S. Shimizu
- Biology
- 1 July 2017
A new species of the genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835, E. kikuchii sp. nov., which belongs to the ichneumonid subfamily Ophioninae, is described based on two specimens that were collected in Saitama…
Recognition of the genus Habrocampulum Gauld, 1976 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) from Japan, with a new combination and a key to the species.
- S. Shimizu
- BiologyZootaxa
- 13 April 2016
Recognition of the genus Habrocampulum Gauld, 1976 (Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) from Japan, with a new combination and a key to the species.
Integrative taxonomy and analysis of species richness patterns of nocturnal Darwin wasps of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Japan
- S. Shimizu, G. Broad, K. Maeto
- BiologyZooKeys
- 10 November 2020
The Japanese species of Enicospilus are revised using an integrative approach (combined morphology and DNA barcoding) and four names that were previously on the Japanese list are deleted through synonymy.
Taxonomic revision of the genus Stauropoctonus Brauns, 1889 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae) in Japan
- S. Shimizu, A. R. Lima
- Biology
- 1 March 2018
The Japanese species of the ichneumonid genus Stauropoctonus Brauns, are revised and three species are recognized and re‐described based on Japanese specimens.
A new species and a key to world species of the flavipes species-group of the genus Cotesia Cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Japan.
- Shunpei Fujie, S. Shimizu, J. Fernández-Triana
- BiologyZootaxa
- 6 December 2018
A new species of microgastrine parasitoid wasp, Cotesia testacea Fujie, Shimizu Fernandez-Triana sp.
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