Selected publications
2020
Goczał J., Oleksa A., Rossa R. Chybicki I., Meyza M., Plewa R., Landvik M., Gobbi M., Hoch G., Tamutis V., Balalaikins M., Telnov D., Dascălu M. M. & Tofilski A. 2020. Climatic oscillations in Quaternary have shaped the co-evolutionary patterns between the Norway spruce and its host-associated herbivore. Scintific Reports 10, 16524. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73272-0
Mitroiu M.-D. 2020. Apsilocera Bouček (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of Papua New Guinea. In Robillard T., Legendre F., Villemant C. & Leponce M. (Eds) Insects of Mount Wilhelm Papua New Guinea - volume 2. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum Paris, pp. 323-333.
Rasplus J. Y., Blaimer B. B., Brady S. G., Burks R. A., Delvare G., Fisher N., Gates M. , Gauthier N., Gumovsky A.V., Hansson C., Heraty J. M., Fusu L., Nidelet S., Pereira R.A.S., Sauné L., Ubaidillah R. & Cruaud A. 2020. A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Journal of Natural History, 54(9-12), 597-609.
Staverløkk A. & Mitroiu M. D. 2020. First record of Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Ceinae) in Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 67(1) 39-43.
Torres-Vila L. M. & Fusu L. 2020. First record in Iberia of Oobius rudnevi (Nowicki, 1928) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a poorly-known egg parasitoid of Cerambyx species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Graellsia 76(1): e106.
Triapitsyn S. V., Andreason S. A., Power N., Ganjisaffar F., Fusu L., Dominguez C. & Perring T. M. 2020. Two new species of Ooencyrtus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae), egg parasitoids of the bagrada bug Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), with taxonomic notes on Ooencyrtus telenomicida. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 76: 57–98.
Vasilița C., Popovici O.A. 2020. The first case of reduced wings in Trissolcus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea). North-Western Journal of Zoology 16(1): 99–101.
2019
Cruaud A., Nidelet S., Arnal P., Weber A., Fusu L., Gumovsky A., Huber J., Polaszek A., Rasplus J.-Y., 2019. Optimised DNA extraction and library preparation for minute arthropods:application to target enrichment in chalcid wasps used for biocontrol. Molecular Ecology Resources 19: 702-710.
Mitroiu M.-D., Manic Gh. & Andriescu I., 2019. The European species of Stenoselma Delucchi (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 56: 137-142. http://www.annzool.net/PDF/anz56-free/anz56-137-142-free.html
Mitroiu M.-D., 2019. Revision of Netomocera Bouček (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), excluding the Oriental species. European Journal of Taxonomy 568: 1-87.doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.568
Polaszek A., Almandhari T., Fusu L., AlKhatri S.A.H., Al Naabi S., Al Shidi R.H., Russell S. & Hardy I. C. W. 2019. Goniozus omanensis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) an important parasitoid of the lesser date moth Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) in Oman. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0223761.
Popovici O.A. & Veenakumari K. 2019. Rediscovery of the type specimen of Hadronotus montanus Kieffer, 1906 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Oriental Insects DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2019.1674748.
Popovici O.A., Veenakumari K., Mitroiu
M.-D., 2019. A new species of Platygaster
(Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) from India with an unusual
antenna. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 68:
19-28. doi:
10.3897/jhr.68.28403
Sabbatini Peverieri G, Mitroiu M.-D., Bon M-C, Balusu R, Benvenuto L, Bernardinelli I, Fadamiro H, Falagiarda M, Fusu L., Grove E, Haye T. et al. 2019. Surveys of stink bug egg parasitism in Asia, Europe and North America, morphological taxonomy, and molecular analysis reveal the Holarctic distribution of Acroclisoides sinicus (Huang & Liao) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 74: 123–151.https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.74.46701
Spiridon A.G., Viciriuc M., Vasilița C., Pintilioaie A, Popovici O.A., 2019. Two new genera of platygastrids (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) to the Romanian fauna. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 62(2): 213-220. 10.3897/travaux.62.e38298
2018
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Dascălu M.-M. 2018. The subspecific structure of Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) pusillum Küster (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with description of two new subspecies from Romania. Zootaxa 4442 (1): 043–0621.
Fusu L., Park D.-Y. & Lee J.-W. 2018. Balcha opaca Fusu sp. n. (Insecta: Hymenoptera): availability of the species name. Journal of Natural History 52 (39-40): 2605–2607.
Fusu L., Askew R.R. & Ribes A. 2018.
Rediscovery of Calymmochilus
russoi Gibson, 1995 (Hymenoptera,
Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae), and revision of
European Calymmochilus
Masi, 1919. Zootaxa
4504 (4): 501–523.
Fusu L., Park D.-Y. & Lee J.-W. 2018.
First record of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera,
Eupelmidae) in South Korea with the description
of one new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific
Entomology 21: 329–334.
Pintilioaie A.M., Manci C.O., Fusu
L., Mitroiu M.D. & Rădac A.I. 2018.
New invasive bruchine species (Chrysomelidae:
Bruchinae) in the fauna of Romania, with a
review on their distribution and biology. Annales de la
Société entomologique de France (NS) 54
(5): 401-409.
Popovici O.A., Masner L., Polaszek A. 2018. A revision of the European species of Baeoneurella Dodd (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Journal of Natural History 52(43-44): 2745-2794.
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Popovici O.A., Masner L., Viciriuc M., Pintilioaie A., Notton D. & Talamas E. 2018. New distribution data for some charismatic tramp species of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 4370 (1): 1-22.
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Veenakumari K., Popovici O.A., Buhl P.N., Mohanraj P. 2018. Revision of Indian species of Fidiobia Ashmead (Platygastridae: Sceliotrachelinae). Annales Zoologici 68(3): 553-600.
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Veenakumari K., Popovici O.A., Talamas E., Mohanraj P. 2018. Indiscelio Veenakumari, Popovici and Talamas gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) and its type species Indiscelio aulon Veenakumari, Popovici and Talamas sp. nov.: availability of the generic and specific names. Journal of Natural History 52(39–40): 2609–2611.
2017
Fusu
L. 2017. An integrative taxonomic study of European Eupelmus (Macroneura)
(Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae), with a molecular
and cytogenetic analysis of Eupelmus
(Macroneura)
vesicularis:
several species hiding under one name for 240 years. Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society 181: 519–603.
Fusu L. & Polaszek A. 2017. Description,
DNA barcoding and phylogenetic placement of a remarkable new
species of Eopelma (Hymenoptera:
Eupelmidae) from Borneo. Zootaxa
4263 (3): 557–566.
Fusu L. & Ribes A. 2017. Description of
the first Palaearctic species of Tineobius
Ashmead with DNA data, a checklist of world
species, and nomenclatural changes in Eupelmidae
(Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). European
Journal of Taxonomy 263: 1–19.
Popovici O.A., Vilhelmsen L., Masner L., Miko I., Johnson N. 2017. Maxillolabial complex in scelionids (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea): morphology and phylogenetic implications. Insect systematics and evolution 48(4): 315– 439.
Al khatib F., Cruaud A., Fusu L., Genson G., Rasplus J.-Y., Ris N. & Delvare G. 2016. Ecological differentiation in the "Eupelmus urozonus species group" (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae) in the West-Palaearctic: first insights based on a multi-locus phylogeny and reliable host records. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 13.
Chinan V. & Fusu L. 2016. First record of Mycena plumipes in Romania, with notes on its presence on pine cones. Mycotaxon 131(1): 17-24.
Fallahzadeh M. & Popovici O. A. 2016. Dodiella Kieffer: a peculiar genus of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera), new to the Iranian fauna. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle «Grigore Antipa» 59(1): 73-79.
Fusu L. 2016. An integrative taxonomic study of European Eupelmus (Macroneura) (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae), with a molecular and cytogenetic analysis of Eupelmus (Macroneura) vesicularis: several species hiding under one name for 240 years. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (accepted on 26 Oct 2016).
Fusu L. & Ribes A. 2016. Description of the first Palaearctic species of Tineobius Ashmead with DNA data, a checklist of world species, and nomenclatural changes in Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). European Journal of Taxonomy (accepted on 23 May 2016).
Gherghel I., Sotek A., Papeş M., Strugariu A. & Fusu L. 2016. Ecology and biogeography of the endemic scorpion Euscorpius carpathicus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): a multiscale analysis. Journal of Arachnology, 44(1): 88-91.
Gibson G.A.P. & Fusu L. 2016. Revision of the Palaearctic species of Eupelmus (Eupelmus) Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae). Zootaxa 4081: 1-331 (Monograph; ISBN 978-1-77557-895-6).
Mitroiu M.-D. 2016. Review of world genera of Ceinae, with description of two new Palaearctic species of Spalangiopelta Masi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). European Journal of Taxonomy (in print)
Mitroiu M.-D. 2016. Pireninae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of Papua New Guinea: key to genera and description of new taxa. In Robillard T., Legendre F., Villemant C. & Leponce M. (Eds), Insects of Mount Wilhelm. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Paris, ISBN: 978-2-85653-784-8 (in print)
Roszkowska M., Bartels P. J., Gołdyn B., Ciobanu D. A., Fontoura P., Michalczyk Ł., Nelson D.R., Ostrowska M., Moreno-Talamantes A. & Kaczmarek Ł. 2016. Is the gut content of Milnesium (Eutardigrada) related to the buccal tube size? Zoological Journalof the Linnean Society, 178, 794–803.
Roszkowska M., Stec D., Ciobanu D. A. & Kaczmarek Ł. 2016. Tardigrades from Nahuel Huapi National Park (Argentina, South America) with descriptions of two new Macrobiotidae species. Zootaxa 4105, 243–260.
Viciriuc M. I., Manci C. O. & Fusu L. 2016. Andricus glutinosus (Giraud, 1859) (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae): new record for the Romanian fauna. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle «Grigore Antipa». 59 (1): 49–52
| 2015 |
Al Khatib F., Fusu L., Cruaud A., Borowiec N., Rasplus J.Y., Ris N. & Delvare G. 2015. Availability of eleven species names of Eupelmus (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae) proposed in Al khatib et al. (2014). Zookeys 505: 137-145.
Chinan V., Fusu L. & Mânzu C. C. 2015. First record of Inocutis tamaricis in Romania with comments on its cultural characteristics. Acta Botanica Croatica 74(1): 187-193.
Ciobanu D. A., Roszkowska M. & Kaczmarek Ł. 2015. The first record of Pyxidium tardigradum Van der Land, 1964 (Ciliophora) in Romania. Zootaxa 3941 (4), 595–599.
Ciobanu D. A., Roszkowska M. & Kaczmarek Ł. 2015. Two new tardigrade species from Romania (Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae, Macrobiotidae), with some remarks on secondary sex characters in Milnesium dornensis sp. nov. Zootaxa 3941 (4), 542–564.
Fusu L., Ebrahimi E., Siebold C. & Villemant C. 2015. Revision of the Eupelmidae Walker, 1833 described by Jean Risbec. Part 1: the slide mounted specimens housed at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. Zoosystema 37 (3): 457-480.
Fusu L., Stan M. & Dascălu M. M. 2015. Coleoptera. In Iorgu I. (Ed) Ghid sintetic pentru monitorizarea speciilor de nevertebrate de interes comunitar din România. Bucuresti, 159p. (ISBN 978-606-92462-3-8)
Mahdavi M., Madjdzadeh S. M., Mitroiu M.-D. 2015. Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with plant galls in the south-eastern Iran, including some new records. Journal of insect Biodiversity and Systematics 01(1): 47-54.
Mitroiu M.-D. 2015. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Norbanus Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Zootaxa 3969(1): 001-103.
Mitroiu M.-D., Noyes J., Cetkovic A., Nonveiller G., Radchenko A., Polaszek A., Ronquist F., Forshage M., Pagliano G., Gusenleitner J., Bartalucci M. B., Olmi M., Fusu L., Madl M., Johnson N. F., Jansta P., Wahis R., Soon V., Rosa P., Osten T., Barbier Y. & de Jong Y. 2015. Fauna Europaea: Hymenoptera - Apocrita (excl. Ichneumonoidea). Biodiversity Data Journal, doi10.3897/BDJ.3.e4186
| 2014 |
Al Khatib F., Fusu L., Cruaud A., Borowiec N., Rasplus J.Y., Ris N. & Delvare G. 2014. An integrative approach to species discrimination in the Eupelmus urozonus complex (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae), with the description of 11 new species from the Western Palaearctic. Systematic Entomology 39 (4): 806-862.
Ciobanu D. A., Zawierucha K., Moglan I. & Kaczmarek Ł. 2014. Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae), a new species of water bear from Romania. ZooKeys, 429, 1–11.
Ciobanu D. A., Moglan I., Zawierucha K. & Kaczmarek Ł. 2014. New records of terrestrial tardigrades (Tardigrada) from Ceahlău National Park with zoogeographical and taxonomical remarks on Romanian water bears. North–Western Journal of Zoology, 10 (Supplement 1), 5–21.
Mitroiu M.-D. 2014. An atypical new species of Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Valea lui David natural reserve Romania. North-western Journal of Zoology 10 (suppl. 1): 22-26.
Mitroiu M.-D. 2014. Metode de colectare a microhimenopterelor. Natura, Biologie, seria III, 56(1): 81-90.
Notton D. G., Popovici O.A., van Achterberg C., de Rond J. & Burn J. T. 2014. Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 99: 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.99
Polaszek A., Ayshford T., Yahya B. E. & Fusu L. 2014. Wallaceaphytis: an unusual new genus of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Borneo. Journal of Natural History 48 (19-20): 1111–1123.
Popovici O. A., Mikó I., Seltmann K., Deans A. 2014. The maxillo-labial complex of Sparasion (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 37: 77–111. doi: 10.3897/JHR.37.5206
Popovici O. A., Mitroiu M. D., Notton D. 2014. New teratological cases in Platygastridae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera). Turkish Journal of Zoology 38: 491-499.
van Noort S., Masner L., Popovici O. A., Valerio A., Taekul C., Johnson N., Murphy N. & Austin A. 2014. Systematics and biology of the aberrant intertidal parasitoid wasp Echthrodesis lamorali Masner (Hymenoptera : Platygastridae s.l.): a parasitoid of spider eggs. Invertebrate Systematics 28(1): 1–16.
| 2013 |
Dascălu M. M., Serafim R. & Lindelöw Å. 2013. Range expansion of Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Europe with the confirmation of its presence in Romania. Entomologica Fennica, 24:142-146.
Fusu L., Bin F. & Popovici O. A. 2013. First report of chromosomes of the parasitoid wasp Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae: Telenominae). Entomological Science 16: 263–265.
Popovici O. A., Masner L., Notton D. & Popovici M. 2013. A review of Western Palaearctic Amblyscelio and Baryconus (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). Zootaxa, 3599(4): 325-342.
Popovici O. A., Masner L., Notton D. & Popovici M. 2013. Revision of the European species of Calotelea Westwood (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea). Zootaxa, 3664(2): 233-258.
Polaszek A., Ayshford T., Yahida B. E. & Fusu L. 2013. Wallaceaphytis: an unusual new genus of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Journal of Natural History. Celebrating the Wallace 100 Centenary in 2013: 17-29.
Mitroiu M.-D. & van Achterberg C. 2013. Revision of the Oriental species of Apsilocera Boucek (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 3717 (4): 448-468.
Postu P., Popovici O. A., Mitroiu M.-D. 2013. Trichopria sociabilis Masner, 1965 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) new to Romania, with notes on its life history. Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, s. Biologie Animala, LIX: 53-60.
Mitroiu M.-D. 2013. A review of the Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitizing synanthropic flies in Romania. Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, s. Biologie Animala, LIX: 147-151.
Mitroiu M.-D. 2013. Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) new to Romania (VII). Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, s. Biologie Animala, LIX: 153-155.
Dascălu M.M., Fusu L. 2012. Dorcadion axillare Küster, 1847 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): distribution, morphometrics, karyotype and description of a new subspecies from Romania. Zootaxa, 3322: 35-48
Fusu, L. 2012. A new species of Dicarnosis Mercet (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from the island of Cyprus: the missing link in the evolution of the group. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 59 (2): 245–252.
Mitroiu M.-D., 2012. The genus Caenocrepis Thomson (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in the Afrotropical region, with a key to world species. Zootaxa 3557: 49-55.
