Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae)
Miracinae is a poorly known and rarely collected subfamily of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Braconidae. Here, three new species are described from material collected by Australian regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project and named in collaboration with...
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| author | Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker Michelle Guzik Juanita Rodriguez Andy Howe Alice Woodward Nathan Ducker Erinn Fagan-Jeffries |
| author_facet | Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker Michelle Guzik Juanita Rodriguez Andy Howe Alice Woodward Nathan Ducker Erinn Fagan-Jeffries |
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| description | Miracinae is a poorly known and rarely collected subfamily of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Braconidae. Here, three new species are described from material collected by Australian regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project and named in collaboration with students: Mirax supremus Slater-Baker, sp. nov., Mirax ceduna Slater-Baker, sp. nov. and Mirax kaatijan Slater-Baker, sp. nov. The barcoding region of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene was obtained for each new species and analysed alongside all publicly available COI DNA barcodes for Miracinae on the Barcode of Life Database, to produce a molecular framework to guide species delimitation and efficient morphological examination. Full morphological descriptions are provided along with high quality images for each new species. A key to described Australian Miracinae is provided. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b554da38e4514cb78c52bf2cd2141a3e2025-01-26T08:30:30ZengPensoft PublishersJournal of Hymenoptera Research1314-26072025-01-0198194510.3897/jhr.98.137806137806Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae)Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker0Michelle Guzik1Juanita Rodriguez2Andy Howe3Alice Woodward4Nathan Ducker5Erinn Fagan-Jeffries6The University of AdelaideThe University of AdelaideCSIRO National Research Collections AustraliaUniversity of the Sunshine CoastMurraylands and Riverland Landscape BoardWestern Australian Gould LeagueThe University of AdelaideMiracinae is a poorly known and rarely collected subfamily of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Braconidae. Here, three new species are described from material collected by Australian regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project and named in collaboration with students: Mirax supremus Slater-Baker, sp. nov., Mirax ceduna Slater-Baker, sp. nov. and Mirax kaatijan Slater-Baker, sp. nov. The barcoding region of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene was obtained for each new species and analysed alongside all publicly available COI DNA barcodes for Miracinae on the Barcode of Life Database, to produce a molecular framework to guide species delimitation and efficient morphological examination. Full morphological descriptions are provided along with high quality images for each new species. A key to described Australian Miracinae is provided.https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/137806/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker Michelle Guzik Juanita Rodriguez Andy Howe Alice Woodward Nathan Ducker Erinn Fagan-Jeffries Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
| title | Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) |
| title_full | Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) |
| title_fullStr | Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) |
| title_short | Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) |
| title_sort | three new species of australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the insect investigators citizen science project hymenoptera braconidae miracinae |
| url | https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/137806/download/pdf/ |
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