Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 168-176Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12038
Keywords
cytochrome c oxidase; data release; deoxyribonucleic acid barcode; microgastrine; parasitoid
Funding
- NSF [DEB 07-17402, 1020510, DEB 0515699, OISE-0809175]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis postdoctoral fellowship
- Defining New Zealand's Land Biota programme (MSI)
- International Mobility Fund grant
- CONACyT (Red del Codigo de Barras de la Vida)
- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service
- Government of Canada through Genome Canada
- Ontario Genomics Institute [2008-0GI-ICI-03]
- US National Science Foundation [DEB 0841885, 0816749, 0515678]
- Czech Science Foundation [206/08/H044, 206/09/0115, P505/10/0673]
- Czech Ministry of Education [LC06073, ME9082, MSM6007665801]
- Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia [GAJU 136/2010/P]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1020509] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1020510] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Microgastrine wasps are among the most species-rich and numerous parasitoids of caterpillars (Lepidoptera). They are often host-specific and thus are extensively used in biological control efforts and figure prominently in trophic webs. However, their extraordinary diversity coupled with the occurrence of many cryptic species produces a significant taxonomic impediment. We present and release the results of 8years (20042011) of DNA barcoding microgastrine wasps. Currently they are the best represented group of parasitoid Hymenoptera in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD), a massive barcode storage and analysis data management site for the International Barcoding of Life (iBOL) program. There are records from more than 20000 specimens from 75 countries, including 50 genera (90% of the known total) and more than 1700 species (as indicated by Barcode Index Numbers and 2% MOTU). We briefly discuss the importance of this DNA data set and its collateral information for future research in: (1) discovery of cryptic species and description of new taxa; (2) estimating species numbers in biodiversity inventories; (3) clarification of generic boundaries; (4) biological control programmes; (5) molecular studies of host-parasitoid biology and ecology; (6) evaluation of shifts in species distribution and phenology; and (7) fostering collaboration at national, regional and world levels. The integration of DNA barcoding with traditional morphology-based taxonomy, host records, and other data has substantially improved the accuracy of microgastrine wasp identifications and will significantly accelerate further studies on this group of parasitoids.
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