Towards the conservation of parasitoid wasp species in Canada: Preliminary assessment of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Citation
Fernandez-Triana J (2014). Towards the conservation of parasitoid wasp species in Canada: Preliminary assessment of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/l9fjft accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-18.Description
This paper is the first to consider braconid parasitoid wasps in conservation efforts in Canada. Out of the 28 genera of the subfamily Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) present in the country, 13 genera were studied and 16 species were identified as potential candidates to be included in the Species Candidate Lists of COSEWIC (The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada). For every selected species a brief summary of its broad geographical distribution is provided, with detailed and in many cases new information of its distribution and collecting dates in Canada, hosts (Lepidoptera) if known, and color pictures of all wasp species. A preliminary assessment is made using Prioritization Criteria developed by COSEWIC, and some general recommendations are made based in those analyses.Taxonomic Coverages
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Jose Fernandez-Trianaoriginator
position: Dr
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, and Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph
Ottawa
CA
email: jftriana@uoguelph.ca
Jose Fernandez-Triana
metadata author
position: Dr
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, and Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph
Ottawa
CA
email: jftriana@uoguelph.ca
Jose Fernandez-Triana
administrative point of contact
position: Dr
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, and Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph
Ottawa
CA
email: jftriana@uoguelph.ca