Biodiversity & Classification of Wasps, 1st Edition

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BOOK DESCRIPTION:

Wasps are Earth's most exceptional animals. However, various impediments prevent the recognition of their true diversity and splendor. In Biodiversity & Classification of Wasps, 1st Edition, 19 authors provide an updated overview of wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita, excluding Formicoidea and Anthophila) including morphology, identification, and classification in the most comprehensive 21st Century coverage of the order to date.

This text was originally developed as part of the 2023 WaspID Course (https://WaspIDCourse.WordPress.com), but has been designed to function as a stand-alone resource. Planned updates for future editions include identification keys, expanded reference lists, and improved taxonomy in accordance with novel studies.

Editors: Louis F. Nastasi, R. Luke Kresslein, Kendrick O. Fowler, & Sofía R. Fernández Flores.

Chapters:

1. Introduction to wasps. Louis F. Nastasi

2. Taxonomy & phylogenetics. Louis F. Nastasi & R. Luke Kresslein

3. Wasp morphology. Codey L. Mathis & Louis F. Nastasi

4. Ecology of parasitoid Hymenoptera. Charles K. Davis, Louis F. Nastasi, & Jessica Awad

5. Collecting and rearing wasps. Kendrick O. Fowler, Jessica Awad, Sloan Tomlinson, & Louis F. Nastasi

6. Preserving wasps. Tyler Kelly, Louis F. Nastasi, R. Luke Kresslein, & Kendrick O. Fowler

7. Superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Abigail P. Martens & Davide Dal Pos

8. Superfamily Ceraphronoidea. Tobias Salden

9. Superfamily Proctotrupoidea. Nathaniel Green

10. Superfamily Diaprioidea. Kendrick O. Fowler

11. Superfamilies Chalcidoidea & Mymarommatoidea. R. Luke Kresslein, Alana McClelland, Sofía R. Fernández Flores, & Y. Miles Zhang

12. Superfamily Platygastroidea. Jessica Awad

13. Superfamily Cynipoidea. Louis F. Nastasi

14. Superfamily Evanioidea. Ben Parslow

15. Superfamilies Stephanoidea, Megalyroidea, & Trigonaloidea. Zachary Griebenow

16. Superfamily Chrysidoidea. Michael Skvarla

17. Superfamily Vespoidea. Chris Alice Kratzer

18. Superfamilies Pompiloidea, Scolioidea, Thynnoidea, & Tiphioidea. Sloan Tomlinson

19. Superfamily Apoidea. Sloan Tomlinson

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