Research Interests
Ecology and phylogeny of parasitoid wasps
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Entomology
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Recent Publications
Campos-Moreno, D. F., Palacio, E., Lara-Pérez, L. A., Whitfield, J. B., Pozo, C., & Dyer, L. A. (2025). A New Species of Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae), from Southern Mexico, Parasitic on Zanola verago Cramer, 1777 (Lepidoptera, Apatelodidae), Feeding on Piper neesianum C. DC. (Piperaceae). Diversity, 17(7), Article 466. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17070466
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