Phylogeny, Evolution and Classification of Gall Wasps: The Plot Thickens
- F. Ronquist, J. Nieves-Aldrey, M. Buffington, Zhiwei Liu, Johan Liljeblad, J. Nylander
- BiologyPLoS ONE
- 20 May 2015
The first comprehensive molecular and total-evidence analyses of higher-level gall wasp relationships confirm that gall wasps are conservative in their host-plant preferences, and that herb-galling lineages have radiated repeatedly onto the same set of unrelated host plants.
Review of the family Ibaliidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) with keys to genera and species of the World
- Zhiwei Liu, G. Nordlander
- Biology
- 1994
The archaic cynipoid family Ibaliidae is revised, and three morphs of I. (T.) anceps, differing in wing colour pattern, are recognized, and distribution records of these morphs in North America are mapped.
Phylogeny and Geological History of the Cynipoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea)
- Zhiwei Liu, M. Engel, D. Grimaldi
- Biology
- 6 September 2007
The geological history of the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea is reviewed, with the description of various new taxa, being mostly in Late Cretaceous amber from New Jersey and Canada, and their implications for understanding the evolution of the group are explored.
THE CYNIPOID GENUS PARAMBLYNOTUS: REVISION, PHYLOGENY, AND HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY (HYMENOPTERA: LIOPTERIDAE)
- Zhiwei Liu, F. Ronquist, G. Nordlander
- Biology
- 18 May 2007
This monographic revision of the genus Paramblynotus presents a species-level cladistic analysis based on qualitative and quantitative features of the external morphology, and reconstructs the historical biogeography of the liopterid subfamily Mayrellinae using dispersal-vicariance analysis in combination with palaeoenvironmental data.
A NEW GENUS AND TWO NEW SPECIES OF CATANTOPIDAE FROM HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDOIDEA)
- Zhiwei Liu, Baoping Li
- Biology
- 1 June 1995
Abstract Two new species of the grasshopper family Catantopidae were discovered from the Mangshan National Natural Reserve at the southern tip of Hunan Province. One of them constitutes a new genus,…
New Gall Wasp Species Attacking Chestnut Trees: Dryocosmus zhuili n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on Castanea henryi from Southeastern China
- Dao‐Hong Zhu, Zhiwei Liu, Pengfei Lu, Xiao-Hui Yang, Cheng-Yuan Su, P. Liu
- BiologyJournal of Insect Science
- 29 October 2015
Although the new gall wasp species is relatively easily separated from OCGW on basis of morphology, field identification involving the two species can still be problematic because of their small body size, highly similar gall morphology, and other life history traits.
Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cynipoid wasp family Ibaliidae (Hymenoptera)
- G. Nordlander, Zhiwei Liu, F. Ronquist
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 1 April 1996
A cladistic analysis of ibaliid relationships at the species‐level, mainly based on external skeletal characters of adults, indicates that the three genera and two subgenera of Ibalia recognized in the current classification are monophyletic.
Microsatellite analysis of mating and kinship in beavers (Castor canadensis)
- J. Crawford, Zhiwei Liu, T. Nelson, C. Nielsen, C. Bloomquist
- Environmental Science
- 5 June 2008
In contrast to long-held views that beavers are genetically monogamous and colonies are typically 1st-order relatives, a wide range of relationships among colony members and multiple paternity in >50% of litters are documented.
Phylogeny and classification of the Catantopidae at the tribal level (Orthoptera, Acridoidea)
- Baoping Li, Zhiwei Liu, Z. Zheng
- BiologyZooKeys
- 21 November 2011
The results suggest that earlier classification systems of grasshoppers in general and Catantopidae in particular most probably consist of many groups that are not natural due the heavy reliance on genitalia features and need to be revised in the light of future phylogenetic studies.
A Comparison of Field and Molecular Techniques for Sexing Beavers
- J. Crawford, Zhiwei Liu, T. Nelson, C. Nielsen, C. Bloomquist
- Environmental Science
- 1 November 2008
Two genetic methods for determining sex in beavers, the zinc-finger DNA marker and the Y chromosome–specific sex determining region (SRY) marker, were tested.
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