Contact Information
505 S. Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Ecology and phylogeny of parasitoid wasps
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Entomology
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Recent Publications
Fernandez-Triana, J. L., Boudreault, C., Whitfield, J. B., Höcherl, A., Smith, M. A., Hallwachs, W., & Janzen, D. H. (2025). A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus dolichogenidea viereck (Hymenoptera, braconidae) in the neotropical region, with the description of 102 new species. ZooKeys, 1237, 1-250. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1237.141007
Quicke, D. L. J., Fleming, A. J., Wood, D. M., Woodley, N. E., Manjunath, R., Naik, S., Smith, M. A., Sharkey, M. J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D. H., Fernández-Triana, J., Whitfield, J. B., Hebert, P. D. N., & Butcher, B. A. (2025). Tachinid Flies (Diptera), Caterpillar Hosts (Lepidoptera) and Their Food Plants, Reared in Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), Northwestern Costa Rica: Documenting Community Structure with the Aid of DNA Barcodes. Diversity, 17(9), Article 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17090658
Whitfield, J. B., Fernandez-Triana, J. L., & Boudreault, C. (2025). Two new Neotropical genera of Miracinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with unusual metasomal morphology. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 98, 509-524. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.150254
Koptur, S., Primoli, A. S., Neto, H. F. P., & Whitfield, J. (2024). Pierid Butterflies, Legume Hostplants, and Parasitoids in Urban Areas of Southern Florida. Insects, 15(2), Article 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15020123
Whitfield, J. B., & Cameron, S. A. (2024). A remarkable Cornish site for ground-nesting bees and wasps. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12, Article e138021. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e138021