Denis J. Brothers

Denis John Brothers, South African entomologist.

School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209 South Africa.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Brothers, D.J. 1974: The genera of Plumariidae, with description of a new genus and species from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 37(2): 351–356. full article (PDF) Reference page.

Dlussky, G.M., Brothers, D.J. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2004. The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.1163/187631204788964727 Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Bergamaschi, A.C.B., Cambra, R.A., Brothers, D.J. & Melo, G.A.R. 2012. Lynchiatilla Casal, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): a new species from Brazil associated with Paroxystoglossa spiloptera Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Halictinae), and notes on other species. Zootaxa 3548: 55–64. Preview Reference page.
Oberprieler, S.K., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Brothers, D.J. 2012. The first wasps from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea, Praeaulacidae). Zootaxa 3503: 47–54. Preview Reference page.
Torréns, J., Fidalgo, P., Roig-Alsina, A. & Brothers, D.J. 2012. New species of Prototilla Schuster, 1949 from Argentina and diagnoses of the genus based on male and female (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae: Typhoctinae: Eotillini). Zootaxa 3427: 17–32. Preview Reference page.

Cambra T., R.A., Quintero A., D. & Brothers, D.J. 2014. A new species of Hoplognathoca Suárez, 1962 from Central America and description of male of Hoplognathoca costarricensis Suárez, 1962 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa 3884(3): 295–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.9 Reference page.
Olmi, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J. & Guglielmino, A. 2014. The first fossil Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Burmese amber (Myanmar) and Orapa Kimberlitic deposits (Botswana) and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(6): 623–635. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2013.829533 Reference page.

Brothers, D.J. 2015. Revision of the Rhopalomutillinae (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae): 1, generic review with descriptions of three new genera. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 46: 1–24. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.46.5733. Reference page.
Turrisi, G.F., Matteini Palmerini, M. & Brothers, D.J. 2015. Systematic revision and phylogeny of the genera Blakeius Ashmead, 1903 and Liomutilla André, 1907, with description of two new genera (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Myrmillinae). Zootaxa 4010(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4010.1.1. Preview (PDF); ISBN 978-1-77557-781-2 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-782-9 (Online edition) Reference page.

Cambra, R.A., Brothers, D.J. & Quintero, D. 2016. Review of Frigitilla Williams in Bartholomay et al., 2015, with description of a new species from Panama (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa 4189(2): 395–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.13. Reference page.
Kimsey, L.S. & Brothers, D.J. 2016. The life, publications and new taxa of Qabir Argaman (Carol Nagy). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 50: 141–178. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.50.7973. Reference page.

Brothers, D.J. & Lelej, A.S. 2017. Phylogeny and higher classification of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) based on morphological reanalyses. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 60: 1–97. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.60.20091 Reference page.

Brothers, D.J. 2018. Aglaotilla, a new genus of Australian Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) with metallic coloration. Zootaxa 4415(2): 357–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.2.6 Reference page.

Brothers, D.J., Lelej, A.S. & Williams, K.A. 2019. Genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera): corrections and updates since 2008. Zootaxa 4651(3): 578–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.12 Reference page.
Taylor, C.K., Murphy, M.V., Hitchen, Y. & Brothers, D.J. 2019. Four new species of Australian velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Aglaotilla) reared from bee and wasp nests, with a review of Australian mutillid host records. Zootaxa 4609(2): 201–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.2.1 Reference page.