Misleading morphology: Three European parasitoid wasp 'species' are seasonal forms of just one

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 10:31 in Biology & Nature

Three widely differing forms of European Scambus parasitoid wasps that had previously been regarded as distinct species are shown to be seasonal morphs of a single species. The collaboration involved National Museums Scotland (Mark Shaw), a private individual (Malcolm Jennings) and Imperial College London + Natural History Museum (Donald Quicke). It was published in the open access Journal of Hymenoptera Research.

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