James Bryan Whitfield

James Bryan Whitfield, U.S. entomologist (Hymenoptera).

Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 14 taxon names authored by James Bryan Whitfield

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1994

• Whitfield, J.B. & Mason, W.R.M. 1994. Mendesellinae, a new subfamily of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with a review of relationships within the microgastroid assemblage. Systematic Entomology 19: 61–76. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00579.x Reference page. 

1999

• Whitfield, J.B., Dangerfield, P.C. & Austin, A.D. 1999. Systematics of the world genera of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera:Braconidae). Invertebrate Systematics 13(6): 917–976. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2002

• Valerio, A.A. & Whitfield, J.B. 2002. Epsilogaster faviolae, a new species of Mendesellinae from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa 41: 1–7. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 

2011

• Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Ward, F.D. & Whitfield, J.B. 2011. Kiwigaster gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand: the first Microgastrinae with sexual dimorphism in number of antennal segments. Zootaxa 2932: 24–32. Preview Reference page. 

2012

• Arias-Penna, D.C. & Whitfield, J.B. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the Colombian species of Urosigalphus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa 3411: 1–54. Preview Reference page. 
• Whitfield, J.B., Fernández-Triana, J.L., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W, Smith, M.A. & Cardinal, S. 2012. Mariapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new genus of Neotropical microgastrine parasitoid wasp discovered through biodiversity inventory. ZooKeys 208: 61-80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.208.3326 . Reference page. 

2013

• Arias-Penna, D.C., Whitfield, J.B., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. 2013. Three new species in the genus Wilkinsonellus (Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from the Neotropics, and the first host record for the genus. ZooKeys 302: 79–95. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.302.4962 Reference page. 
• Marsh, P.M., Wild, A.L. & Whitfield, J.B. 2013. The Doryctinae (Braconidae) of Costa Rica: genera and species of the tribe Heterospilini. ZooKeys 347: 1–474. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.347.6002 Reference page. 

2014

• Arias-Penna, D.C., Zhang, Y. & Whitfield, J.B. 2014. First record of the genus Wilkinsonellus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Fiji with description of three new species. ZooKeys 397: 25–47. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.397.7195 Reference page. 
• Fernández-Triana, J., Achterberg, C. van & Whitfield, J.B. 2014. Australasian endemic no more: four new species of Miropotes Nixon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with the first record from the Oriental region. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 157(1): 59–77. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-00002034 Reference page. 
• Fernández-Triana, J., Janzen, D., Hallwachs, W., Whitfield, J.B., Smith, M.A. & Kula, R. 2014. Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 446: 1–82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.446.8195 . Reference page. 
• Fernandez-triana, J.L., Whitfield, J.B., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2014. First record of the genus Venanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Mesoamerica, with the description of two new species from Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4167. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4167 . Reference page. 

2015

• Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Whitfield, J.B., Smith, M.A., Kula, R.R., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2015. Revision of the genera Microplitis and Snellenius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62(2): 137–201. DOI: 10.3897/dez.62.5276. Reference page. 
• Valerio, A.A. & Whitfield, J.B. 2015: Taxonomic review of the genus Hypomicrogaster Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with descriptions of 40 new species. Zootaxa 3979(1): 1–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3979.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-737-9 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-738-6 (Online edition) Reference page. 

2016

• Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Whitfield, J.B., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.M. 2016. Review of the world species of Exoryza (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with description of five new species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(2): 195–210. DOI: 10.3897/dez.63.8977. Reference page. 

2018

• Whitfield, J.B., Nuelle, R.J. Jr. & Nuelle, R.J. III 2018. A new species of Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from the hickory horned devil, Citheronia regalis, and luna moth, Actias luna, in east Texas. ZooKeys 740: 35–44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.740.24226. Reference page. 

2019

• Arias-Penna, D., Whitfield, J.B., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Dyer, L.A., Smith, M.A., Hebert, P.D.N. & Fernández-Triana, J.L. 2019. A species-level taxonomic review and host associations of Glyptapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with an emphasis on 136 new reared species from Costa Rica and Ecuador. ZooKeys, 890: 1–685. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.890.35786 Reference page. 
• Cameron, S.A., Corbet, S.A. & Whitfield, J.B. 2019. Bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris) collecting honeydew from the giant willow aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 68: 75–83. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.68.30495 Reference page. 
• Grinter, C.C. & Whitfield, J.B. 2019. Validation of Distatrix pandora Grinter, 2009 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 68: 17–18. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.68.33598 Reference page. 
• Sousa-Lopes, B. de, Whitfield, J.B., Salgado-Neto, G. & Del-Claro, K. 2019. Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa 4544(3): 437–445. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.9 Reference page. 

2020

• Kang, I., Long, K.D., Sharkey, M.J., Whitfield, J.B. & Lord, N.P. 2020. Orientocardiochiles, a new genus of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of two new species from Malaysia and Vietnam. Zookeys, 971: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.971.56571 Reference page. 

2021

• Salgado-Neto, G., Vásquez, C.A.N., Max, D.S. & Whitfield, J.B. 2021. Cotesia cassina sp. nov. from southwestern Colombia: a new gregarious microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared from the pest species Opsiphanes cassina Felder & Felder (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) feeding on Elaeis oil palm trees (Arecaceae). ZooKeys 1061ː 11–22. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1061.67458 Reference page. 

2023

• Carrington-Hoekstra, P., Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Dyer, L.A. & Whitfield, J.B. 2023. Larissimus nigricans sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new reared species of a rare neotropical genus recovered through biodiversity inventory in Ecuador. Zookeys 1156ː 15–24. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1156.101396 Reference page. 
• Fernández-Triana, J.L., Shimbori, E.M., Whitfield, J.B., Penteado-Dias, A.M., Shaw, S.R., Boudreault, C., Sones, J., Perez, K., Brown, A., Manjunath, R., Burns, J.M., Hebert, P.D.N., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2023. A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Zookeys 1175ː 5–162. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1175.105068 Reference page.