M. Alex Smith

M. Alex Smith, Canadian entomologist

Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

Taxon names authored

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14 taxon names authored by M. Alex Smith

Eponyms

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2 eponyms of M. Alex Smith

Publications

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2011

Sharkey, M.J., Clutts, S., Tucker, E.M., Janzen, D., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T. & Smith, M.A. 2011. Lytopylus Förster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) species from Costa Rica, with an emphasis on specimens reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste. ZooKeys 130: 379–419. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1569 . Reference page.

2012

Butcher, B.A., Smith, M.A., Sharkey, M.J. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2012. A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species. Zootaxa 3457: 1–232. Preview ISBN 978-1-77557-000-4 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-001-1 (Online edition) 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.
López-Estrada, E.K., Briceño G., R.A., Smith, M.A., Nunes, J., Penteado-Dias, A.M., Ceccarelli, F.S., Clebsch, H. & Zaldivar-Riverón, A. 2012. Seven new species of Notiospathius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from Northwest Venezuela. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 29:37-61. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.29.3555. Reference page.
Quicke, D.L.J., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Fernandez-Triana, J., Laurenne, N.M., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Shaw, M.R., Broad, G.R., Klopfstein, S., Shaw, S.R., Hrcek, J., Hebert, P.D.N., Miller, S.E., Rodriguez, J.J., Whitfield, J.B., Sharkey, M.J., Sharanowski, B.J., Jussila, R., Gauld, I.D., Chesters, D. & Vogler, A.P. 2012. Utility of the DNA barcoding gene fragment for parasitic wasp phylogeny (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): data release and new measure of taxonomic congruence. Molecular Ecology Resources 12: 676–685. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03143.x Reference page.

2014

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.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. & Smith, M.A. 2015. Seven new species of Spathidexia Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4597. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4597. Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D. 2015. Three new species of Ametadoria Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5039. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5039 . Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. & Smith, M.A. 2015. Three new species of Trigonospila Pokorny (Diptera: Tachinidae), from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with a key for their identification. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4595. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4595. Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. & Smith, M.A. 2015. Corrigendum: Three new species of Trigonospila Pokorny (Diptera: Tachinidae), from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with a key for their identification. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6459. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6459. Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. 2015. Nine new species of Itaplectops (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with a key to Itaplectops species. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4596. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4596. Reference page.
Hansson, C., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. 2015. Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 485: 1–236. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.458.9124Reference page.
Sharkey, M.J., Chapman, E.G., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. & Smith, M.A. 2015. Revision of Aphelagathis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini). Zootaxa 4000(1): 73–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.3. Preview (PDF) 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.
Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Boudreault, C., Dapkey, T., Smith, M.A., Rodriguez, J., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2016. Revision of the genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 50: 25–79. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.50.8220. Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. & Dapkey, T. 2016. A new species of Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity data journal 4: e7863. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7863 Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D. & Dapkey, T. 2016. Two new species of Erythromelana Townsend, 1919 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7386. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7386. Reference page.
Quicke, D.L.J., Belokobylskij, S.A., Smith, M.A., Rota, J., Hrcek, J. & Butcher, B.A. 2016. A new genus of rhysipoline wasp (Hymemoptera: Braconidae) with modified wing venation from Africa and Papua New Guinea, parasitoid on Choreutidae (Lepidoptera). Annales Zoologici 66: 173–192. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.2.003 Reference page.

2017

Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2017. Five new species of Vibrissina Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in Northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e10967. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e10967. Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D. & Dapkey, T. 2017. Nine new species of Uramya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, with a key to their identification. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e9649. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e9649. Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D. 2017. A new species of Voria Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e20123. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e20123. Reference page.
Kang, I., Chapman, E.G., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T., Smith, M.A. & Sharkey, M.J. 2017. Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae). ZooKeys 721: 93–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.721.20287. Reference page.

2018

Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2018. Revision of the Mesoamerican species of Calolydella Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) and description of twenty-three new species reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e11223. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e11223. 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.
Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Boudreault, C., Dapkey, T., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2019. A revision of Dolichogenidea (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with the second mediotergite broadly rectangular from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Zookeys, 835: 87–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.835.33440 Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D. 2019. A new species of Trismegistomya Reinhard (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e29130. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e29130 Reference page.
Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2019. Twenty-two new species in the genus Hyphantrophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, with a key to the species of Mesoamerica. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e29553. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e29553 Reference page.
Meierotto, S., Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Hebert, P.D.N., Chapman, E.G. & Smith, M.A. 2019. A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66: 119–145. DOI: 10.3897/dez.66.34683 . Reference page.
Sharkey, M.J., Penteado-Dias, A.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D. 2019. Synopsis of New World Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with the description of two new species and a key to genera. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 68: 1–11. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.68.30131 Reference page.

2021

Quicke, D.L.J., Fagan-Jeffries, E.P., Jasso-Martínez, J.M., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Shaw, M.R. & Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Smith, M.A., Hebert, P.D.N., Hrcek, J., Miller, S.E., Sharkey, M.J., Shaw, S.R. & Butcher, B.A. 2021. A molecular phylogeny of the parasitoid wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) with descriptions of three new genera. Systematic Entomology 46: 1019–1044. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12507 Reference page.
Sharkey, M.J., Baker, A., McCluskey, K., Smith, A., Naik, S., Ratnasingham, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Sones, J., D'Souza, M., St. Jacques, B., Hebert, P., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D. 2021. Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records. ZooKeys 1075ː 77–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1075.72197 Reference page.
Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Chapman, E.G., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Brown, A., Ratnasingham, S., Naik, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Miltom, M., Hebert, P., Shaw, S.R., Kittel, R.N., Solis, M.A., Metz, M.A., Goldstein, P.Z., Brown, J.W., Quicke, D.L.J., van Achterberg, C., Brown, B.V. & Burns, J.M. 2021. Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species. ZooKeys 1013: 1–665. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600. . Reference page.

2023

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.

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