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Publications (72)      

1. Boring, Charles A., Barbara J. Sharanowski & Michael J. Sharkey. 2011 Maxfischeriinae: a new braconid subfamily (Hymenoptera) with highly specialized egg morphology Systematic Entomology 36(3): 529–548.
2. Briceño G., Rosa A. & Michael J. Sharkey. 2000 Bassus macadamiae sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae), parasitoid of Ecdytolopha torticornis and E. aurantianum (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). in Macadamia nut crops in Central and South America Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9(1): 99-103.
3. Butcher, Buntika A., M. Alex Smith, Michael J. Sharkey & Donald L. J. Quicke. 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.
4. Chou, Liang-Yih & Michael J. Sharkey. 1989 The Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Taiwan. 1. Agathidinae Journal of the Taiwan Museum 42(1): 147-223.
5. Darling, D. Christopher & Michael J. Sharkey. 1990 Order Hymenoptera Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195: 123-153.
6. Figueroa, José I., Michael J. Sharkey, Jesus R. Nápoles, José A. S. García, Ana M. Martínez, Victor López-Martínez & Samuel Pineda. 2011 Revision of the new world genus Crassomicrodus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae), with an identification key to species ZooKeys 142: 27-75.
7. Fisher, J. R., Erika M. Tucker & Michael J. Sharkey. 2015 Colemanus keeleyorum (Braconidae, Ichneutinae s. l.): a new genus and species of Eocene wasp from the Green River Formation of western North America Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44: 57-67.
8. Fisher, J. R., Erika M. Tucker & Michael J. Sharkey. 2015 Colemanus keeleyorum (Braconidae: Ichneutinae s. l.): a new genus and species of Eocene wasp from the Green River Formation of western North America Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44: 57-67.
9. Kang, Ilgoo & Michael J. Sharkey. 2024 Dickyyuella argentinensis a tentative new genus and species of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Neotropical region ZooKeys 1208: 165-172.
10. Kang, Ilgoo, Ali Ameri & Michael J. Sharkey. 2021 Revision of Iranian Schoenlandella Cameron, 1905 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with descriptions of two new species from Hormozgan province Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68(2): 261-268.
11. Kang, Ilgoo, Eric G. Chapman, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Tanya Dapkey, Alex M. Smith & Michael J. Sharkey. 2017 Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) ZooKeys 721: 93-158.
12. Kang, Ilgoo, Khuat D. Long, Michael J. Sharkey, James B. Whitfield & Nathan P. Lord. 2020 Orientocardiochiles, a new genus of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of two new species from Malaysia and Vietnam ZooKeys 971: 1-15.
13. Kang, Ilgoo, Michael J. Sharkey & Rodrigo Diaz. 2021 Revision of the genus Schoenlandella (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cardiochilinae) in the New World, with a potential biological control agent for a lepidopteran pest of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86: 47-61.
14. Kang, Ilgoo, Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam, Michael J. Sharkey, Donald L. J. Quicke, Buntika A. Butcher & Christopher E. Carlton. 2023 Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species ZooKeys 1180: 67-79.
15. Kim, Soohyun, Jong B. Choi, Hwal-Su Hwang, Marc Kenis, M. L. Seehausen, Ikju Park, Jin-Kyung Choi, Kyeong-Yeoll Lee, Michael J. Sharkey & Ilgoo Kang. 2024 A new species of Braunsia (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae), a natural enemy of Cydalima perspectalis (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South Korea: species description and notes on its biology Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97: 915-936.
16. Lindsay, Cheryl & Michael Sharkey. 2006 Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species. Zootaxa 1329: 1-27.
17. Meierotto, Sarah, Michael J. Sharkey & Cornelis van Achterberg. 2019 Taxonomic review of the genera Zelomorpha Ashmead and Hemichoma Enderlein (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) with new combination assignments Zootaxa 4565(1): 131–137.
18. Meierotto, Sarah, Michael J. Sharkey, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Paul D. N. Hebert, Eric G. Chapman & M. Alex Smith. 2019 A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 66(2): 119-146.
19. Pitz, Kevin M. & Michael J. Sharkey. 2005 Cenocoelius huggerti, the first record of the subfamily Cenocoeliinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Africa Journal of Hymenoptera Research 14(1): 92-95.
20. Pitz, Kevin M. & Michael J. Sharkey. 2007 Three new species of Cenocoeliinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with novel morphological characteristics and habitat records Journal of Hymenoptera Research 16(1): 167-177.
21. Pook, Victoria G., Michael J. Sharkey & David B. Wahl. 2016 Key to the species of Megarhyssa (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Rhyssinae) in America, north of Mexico Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(1): 137-148.
22. Pucci, Thomas & Michael Sharkey. 2004 A revision of Agathirsia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with notes on mouthpart morphology Journal of Hymenoptera Research 13(1): 64-107.
23. Quicke, Donald L. J., Erinn P. Fagan-Jeffries, Jovana M. Jasso-Martínez, Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón, Mark R. Shaw, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Alex M. Smith, Paul D. N. Hebert, Jan Hrcek, S. Miller, Michael J. Sharkey, Scott R. Shaw & Buntika A. Butcher. 2021 A molecular phylogeny of the parasitoid wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) with descriptions of three new genera Systematic Entomology 46: 1019-1044.
24. Quicke, Donald L. J., Michael J. Sharkey, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs & Buntika A. Butcher. 2025 Discovery of the Old World genus Rogas Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) in the New World by DNA barcoding Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72(1): 1-7.
25. Quicke, Donald L. J., Michael J. Sharkey, Daniel Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Paul D. N. Hebert & Buntika A. Butcher. 2020 A new genus and species of Neotropical gregarious braconine parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of a caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Zootaxa 4816(3): 370–376.
Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Kari M. Kaunisto, Michael Sharkey, Shelby Stedenfeld, M. A. Smith, Winnie Hallwachs & Daniel Janzen. 2022 Cryptic biodiversity of tropical hesperiid caterpillar-attacking parasitoid wasps: three new species of Creagrura Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) from Costa Rica and Perú Biodiversity Data Journal 10: 1-18.
Sarmiento M., Carlos E. & Michael Sharkey. 2005 On the status of some species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. C. Fabricius and the synonymy of Dichelosus Szepligeti with Coccygidium De Saussure. Zootaxa 1067: 59-68.
Sarmiento, Carlos E., Michael J. Sharkey & Daniel H. Janzen. 2004 The first gregarious species of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 13(2): 295-301.
Seltmann, Katja & Michael Sharkey. 2007 A new genus and species of apterous Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa 1415: 17-21.
Sharanowski, Barbara J. & Michael J. Sharkey. 2007 Description of three new species of Helconichia Sharkey & Wharton (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Ichneutinae) with a revised key to all species. Zootaxa 1502: 45-53.
Sharkey, Michael J. 2005 A new species of Agathirsia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 1070: 43-47.
Sharkey, Michael J. 2007 Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera. Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy.(1668): 521-548.
Sharkey, Michael J. 2023 Minimalist revision of Mesochorus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae) from Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with 158 new species and host records for 129 species Revista de Biologia Tropicale 71(e53316): 1-174.
Sharkey, Michael J. 2024 Key to the New World genera of the subfamily Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) and synopses of the genera Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 52: 1-36.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Daniel H. Janzen. 1995 Review of the world species of Sigalphus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Sigalphinae) and biology of Sigalphus romeroi, new species Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4: 99-109.
Sharkey, Michael J. & David B. Wahl. 1992 Cladistics of the Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 1: 15-24.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Eric G. Chapman. 2015 The Nearctic genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a phylogenetic analysis, illustrated generic key, and the description of three new genera Zootaxa 4000(1): 49–72.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Eric G. Chapman. 2017 Phylogeny of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a revised tribal classification and the description of a new genus Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119 (special publication): 823-842.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Eric G. Chapman. 2017 Ten new genera of Agathidini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Southeast Asia ZooKeys 660: 107-150.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Eric G. Chapman. 2018 Revision of Zosteragathis Sharkey of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini) Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 65(2): 225-253.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Rosa A. Briceño G. 2005 Review of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Colombia with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 1002: 45-58.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Stephanie A. C. Stoelb. 2012 Revision of Therophilus s.s. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Thailand Journal of Hymenoptera Research 27: 1-36.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Stephanie A. C. Stoelb. 2012 Revision of Zelodia (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Thailand Journal of Hymenoptera Research 26: 31-71.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Stephanie A. C. Stoelb. 2013 Revision of Agathacrista new genus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 33: 99-112.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Stephanie Clutts. 2011 A revision of Thai Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of six new species ZooKeys 22.
Sharkey, Michael J. & Yves Braet. 2012 New species of the rare genera Dentigaster Zettel, 1990 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) and Minanga Cameron, 1906 (Sigalphinae) from French Guiana Journal of Hymenoptera Research 25: 93-102.
Sharkey, Michael J., Angélica M. P. Dias, M. Alex Smith, Winnie Hallwachs & Daniel Janzen. 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.
Sharkey, Michael J., Austin Baker, Kathryn McCluskey, Alex Smith, Suresh Naik, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, Ramya Manjunath, Kate Perez, Jayme Sones, Michelle D’Souza, Brianne S. Jacques, Paul Hebert, Winnie Hallwachs & Daniel Janzen. 2021 Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records ZooKeys 1075: 77-136.
Sharkey, Michael J., Austin Baker, Ramya Manjunath & Paul D. N. Hebert. 2022 Description of Chilearinus Sharkey gen. nov. and status of Nearctic Earinus Wesmael, 1837 (Braconidae, Agathidinae) with the description of new species ZooKeys 1099: 57-86.
Sharkey, Michael J., Brian Brown, Austin Baker & Marko Mutanen. 2021 Response to Zamani et al. (2020): The omission of critical data in the pursuit of “revolutionary” methods to accelerate the description of species ZooKeys 1033: 191-201.
Sharkey, Michael J., Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Eric G. Chapman, Alex M. Smith, Tanya Dapkey, Allison Brown, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, Suresh Naik, Ramya Manjunath, Kate Perez, Megan Milton, Paul Hebert, Scott R. Shaw, Rebecca N. Kittel, M. A. Solis, Mark A. Metz, Paul Z. Goldstein, John W. Brown, Donald L. J. Quicke, Cees V. Achterberg, Brian V. Brown & John M. Burns. 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.
Sharkey, Michael J., Dicky S. Yu, Simon van Noort, Katja Seltmann & Lyubomir Penev. 2009 Revision of the Oriental genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with an emphasis on Thailand and interactive keys to genera published in three different formats ZooKeys 21: 19-54.
Sharkey, Michael J., Eric G. Chapman, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs & M. Alex Smith. 2015 Revision of Aphelagathis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini) Zootaxa 4000(1): 73–89.
Sharkey, Michael J., Erika M. Tucker, Austin Baker, M. A. Smith, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, Ramya Manjunath, Paul Hebert, Winnie Hallwachs & Daniel Janzen. 2022 More discussion of minimalist species descriptions and clarifying some misconceptions contained in Meier et al. 2021 ZooKeys 1110: 135-149.
Sharkey, Michael J., Katherine A. Parys & Stephanie Clutts. 2011 A new genus of Agathidinae with the description of a new species parasitic on Samea multiplicalis (Guenée) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 23: 43-53.
Sharkey, Michael J., Kathie Finnell, Jason Leathers & Jorge Frana. 2000 Microgastrine (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitoids of Colias lesbia (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9(1): 108-110.
Sharkey, Michael J., Simon van Noort & James B. Whitfield. 2009 Revision of Khoikhoiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) ZooKeys 20: 299-348.
Sharkey, Michael J., Stephanie Clutts, Erika M. Tucker, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs, Tanya Dapkey & M. Alex Smith. 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.
Sharkey, Michael. 2006 Review of the systematics of Trachagathis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae). Zootaxa 1162: 65-68.
Sharkey, Michael. 2006 Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a key to the genera of the New World. Zootaxa 1185: 37-51.
Sulca, Lidia & Michael J. Sharkey. 2012 Three new species of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Peru ZooKeys 196: 1-10.
Tucker, Erika M. & Michael J. Sharkey. 2015 Spring-cleaning of African agathidines: new combinations for five species previously placed in Cremnops Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Zootaxa 3946(1): 133–138.
Tucker, Erika M., Eric G. Chapman & Michael J. Sharkey. 2015 A revision of the New World species of Cremnops Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) Zootaxa 3916(1): 1–83.
Tucker, Erika M., Michael J. Sharkey & Stephanie A. C. Stoelb. 2012 A new species-group of Camptothlipsis (Braconidae, Agathidinae) from South Africa, with notes on the evolution of long mouthparts Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 59-74.
van Achterberg, Cornelis, Michael J. Sharkey & Eric G. Chapman. 2014 Revision of the genus Euagathis Szépligeti (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Thailand, with description of three new species Journal of Hymenoptera Research 36: 1-26.
Wang, Mei, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, Chungkun Shih, Michael J. Sharkey & Dong Ren. 2015 New fossils from China elucidating the phylogeny of Praesiricidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) Systematic entomology.
Yao, Junli, Cornelis van Achterberg, Michael J. Sharkey & Jia-hua Chen. 2018 Separatatus Chen & Wu (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) newly recorded from Thailand, with description of one new species and one new combination Zootaxa 4433(1): 187–194.
Yao, Junli, Cornelis van Achterberg, Michael J. Sharkey, Eric G. Chapman & Jia-hua Chen. 2018 Two species and a genus new for Thailand, with description of a new species of Neurolarthra Fischer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) Zootaxa 4438(3): 551–560.
Yao, Junli, Cornelis van Achterberg, Michael J. Sharkey, Eric G. Chapman & Jiahua Chen. 2019 Five species and a genus new for Thailand, with description of five new species of Hylcalosia Fischer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) Insect systematics & evolution 51(4): 610-636.
Yao, Junli, Cornelis van Achterberg, Michael J. Sharkey, Eric G. Chapman, Shuqian Fang, Ayizuohere Aizezi & Jimin Li. 2022 Phaenospila gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) and three new species from Thailand Zootaxa 5195(5): 468-484.
Yao, Junli, Cornelis van Achterberg, Salmah Yaakop, Khuat D. Long, Michael J. Sharkey & Eric G. Chapman. 2022 A new genus Anamalysia van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), six new species, and two new combinations from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam ZooKeys 1126: 131-154.
Zhao, Qingyan, Michael J. Sharkey, Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Yan-Qiong Peng, Shuqian Fang & Junli Yao. 2024 Leuroagathis Sharkey, 2017 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) newly recorded from China with a detailed description of the type species Zootaxa 5468(2): 398-400.
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