Matthew L. Buffington

Matthew L. Buffington, U.S. entomologist.

• Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Washington, United States of America
• Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States of America

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 2 taxon names authored by Matthew L. Buffington

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2002

• Fontal-Cazalla, F.M., Buffington, M.L., Nordlander, G., Liljeblad, J., Ros-Farré, P., Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., Pujade-Villar, J. & Ronquist, F. 2002. Phylogeny of the Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae). Cladistics 18(2): 154–199. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2002.tb00147.x Reference page. 

2008

• Buffington, M.L. & Liljeblad, J. 2008. The description of Euceroptrinae, a new subfamily of Figitidae (Hymenoptera), including a revision of Euceroptres Ashmead, 1896 and the description of a new species. Journal of Hymenoptera research 17(1): 44–56. BHL Reference page. 

2011

• Buffington, M.L. 2011. Description, circumscription and phylogenetics of the Diglyphosematini Belizin, 1961, and the description of a new genus (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113(3): 239–290. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.113.3.239 .Reference page. 

2012

• Buffington, M.L. 2012. Description of Nanocthulhu lovecrafti, a preternatural new genus and species of Trichoplastini (Figitidae: Eucoilinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114(1): 5–15. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.114.1.5

2014

• Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M. 2014: Updates to the nomenclature of Platygastroidea in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Journal of Hymenoptera research 39: 99-117. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.39.7698 Reference page. 

2015

• Agrain, F.A., Buffington, M.L., Chaboo, C.S., Chamorro, M.L. & Schöller, M. 2015. Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae). In: Jolivet, P., Santiago-Blay, J. & Schmitt, M. (eds.) Research on Chrysomelidae 5. ZooKeys 547: 133–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.547.6098 Reference page. 
• Ronquist, F.; Nieves-Aldrey, J.L.; Buffington, M.L.; Liu, Z-W.; Liljeblad, J. & Nylander, J.A.A. 2015. Phylogeny, Evolution and Classification of Gall Wasps: The Plot Thickens. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0123301. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123301 Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M. 2015. Synonymy of Kozlotelenomus Mineo, O’Connor & Ashe. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 43: 111–117. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.43.8561. Reference page. 
• Talamas, E. & Buffington, M. 2015. Fossil Platygastroidea in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 47: 1–52. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.47.5730. Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J., Herlihy, M.V., Dieckhoff, C., Hoelmer, K.A., Buffington, M., Bon, M-C. & Weber, D.C. 2015. Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) emerges in North America. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 43: 119–128. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.43.4661. Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J., Johnson, N.F. & Buffington, M. 2015. Key to Nearctic species of Trissolcus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), natural enemies of native and invasive stink bugs (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 43: 45–110. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.43.8560. Reference page. 

2016

• Lue, C-H., Driskell, A.C., Leips, J. & Buffington, M.L. 2016. Review of the genus Leptopilina (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae, Eucoilinae) from the Eastern United States, including three newly described species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 53: 135–76. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.53.10369. Reference page. 

2017

• Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1–276. Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. 2017. Editorial. Pp 1–2 In Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1–276. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/jhr.56.12991 Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J., Buffington, M.L. & Hoelmer, K. 2017. Revision of Palearctic Trissolcus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae). Pp 3–185 In Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1–276. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/jhr.56.10158 Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J., Johnson, N.F., Buffington, M.L. & Ren, D. 2017. Archaeoteleia Masner in the Cretaceous and a new species of Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea). Pp 241-261 In Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1–276. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/jhr.56.10388. Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J., Thompson, J., Cutler, A., Schoenberger, S.F., Cuminale, A., Jung, T., Johnson, N.F., Valerio, A.A., Smith, A.B., Haltermann, V., Alvarez, E., Schwantes, C., Blewer, C., Bodenreider, C., Salzberg, A., Luo, P., Meislin, D. & Buffington, M.L. 2017. An online photographic catalog of primary types of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Pp 187–224 In Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1–276. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/jhr.56.10774 Reference page. 

2023

• Blaimer, B.B., Santos, B.F., Cruaud, A., Gates, M.W., Kula, R.R., Mikó, I., Rasplus, J-Y., Smith, D.R., Talamas, E.J., Brady, S.G. & Buffington, M.L. 2023. Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera. Nature communications, 14: 1212. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36868-4. . Reference page. 

2024

• Nastasi, L.F., Buffington, M.L., Davis, C.K. & Deans, A.R. 2024. Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato). ZooKeys 1196: 177–207. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460 Reference page.