Michael J. Sharkey

Michael Joseph Sharkey, US entomologist

• Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 457 taxon names authored by Michael J. Sharkey

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1990

• Darling, D.C. & Sharkey, M.J. 1990. Chapter 7. Order Hymenoptera. In: Grimaldi, D.A. (ed.) Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195: 123–153. hdl: 2246/943 . Reference page. 
• Grimaldi, D.A., Maisey, J.G., McCafferty, W.P., Carle, F.L., Wighton, D.C., Popham, E.J., Krishna, K., Hamilton, K.G.A., Darling, D.C., Sharkey, M.J. & Oswald, J.D. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195: 1–191. hdl: 2246/943 Reference page. 

2000

• Briceño G., R. A. & Sharkey, M. J., 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, 9:99-103. (BHL) Reference page. 

2006

• Sharkey, M.J., Laurenne, N.M., Sharanowski, B.J., Quicke, D.L.J. & Murray, D. 2006. Revision of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with comparisons of static and dynamic alignments. Cladistics 22: 546–567. Reference page. 

2011

• Boring, C.A., Sharanowski, B.J. & Sharkey, M.J. 2011. Maxfischeriinae: a new braconid subfamily (Hymenoptera) with highly specialized egg morphology. Systematic Entomology 36(3): 529–548. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00579.x . Reference page. 
• Figueroa, J.I., Sharkey, M.J., Romero Nápoles, J., Sánchez García, J.A., Martínez, A.M., López-Martínez, V. & Pineda, S. 2011. Revision of the New World genus Crassomicrodus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae), with an identification key to species. ZooKeys 142: 27–75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.142.1709 . Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J. & Clutts, S.A. 2011. A revision of Thai Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 69–132. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.22.1299 . Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Clutts, S., Tucker, E.M., Janzen, D., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T. & Smith, M.A. 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1569 . Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Parys, K.A. & Clutts, S. 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. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.23.1100. . Reference page. 

2012

• Braet, Y., Rousse, P. & Sharkey, M.J. 2012: New data on African Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) show a strong biogeographic signal for taxa with spined propodea. Zootaxa 3385: 1–32. Preview Reference page. 
• Butcher, B.A., Smith, M.A., Sharkey, M.J. & Quicke, D.L.J. 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. Preview ISBN 978-1-77557-000-4 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-001-1 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Carpenter, J.M., Vilhelmsen, L., Heraty, J.M., Liljeblad, J., Dowling, A.P.G., Schulmeister, S., Murray, D., Deans, A.R., Ronquist, F., Krogmann, L. & Wheeler, W.C. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera. Cladistics 28(1): 80–112. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x . Reference page. 
• Quicke, D.L.J., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Fernandez-Triana, J., Laurenne, N.M., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Shaw, M.R., Broad, G.R., Klopfstein, S., Shaw, S.R., Hrcek, J., Hebert, P.D.N., Miller, S.E., Rodriguez, J.J., Whitfield, J.B., Sharkey, M.J., Sharanowski, B.J., Jussila, R., Gauld, I.D., Chesters, D. & Vogler, A.P. 2012. Utility of the DNA barcoding gene fragment for parasitic wasp phylogeny (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): data release and new measure of taxonomic congruence. Molecular Ecology Resources 12: 676–685. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03143.x Reference page. 

2014

• Achterberg, C. van, Sharkey, M.J. & Chapman, E.G. 2014. Revision of the genus Euagathis Szépligeti (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Thailand, with description of three new species. Journal of Hymenoptera research 36: 1–25. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.36.5658 Reference page. 

2015

• Fisher, J., Tucker, E. & Sharkey, M. 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. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.44.4727. Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J. & Chapman, E.G. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Chapman, E.G., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. & Smith, M.A. 2015. Revision of Aphelagathis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini). Zootaxa 4000(1): 73–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Tucker, E.M., Chapman, E.G., Sharkey, M.J. 2015: A revision of the New World species of Cremnops Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae). Zootaxa 3916(1): 1–83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3916.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Tucker, E.M. & Sharkey, M.J. 2015: Spring-cleaning of African agathidines: new combinations for five species previously placed in Cremnops Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa 3946(1): 133–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.7. Preview Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C., Sharkey, M.J. & Ren, D. 2015. New fossils from China elucidating the phylogeny of Praesiricidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 41(1): 41–55. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12142 . PDF. Reference page. 

2016

• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A. P., Li, H., Shih, C., Sharkey, M.J. & Ren, D. 2016. Phylogenetic analyses elucidate the inter-relationships of Pamphilioidea (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Cladistics 32(3): 239–260. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12129 . Reference page. 

2017

• Kang, I., Chapman, E.G., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T., Smith, M.A. & Sharkey, M.J. 2017. Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae). ZooKeys 721: 93–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.721.20287. Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J. & Chapman, E. 2017. Ten new genera of Agathidini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Southeast Asia. ZooKeys 660: 107-150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.660.12390. Reference page. 

2018

• Sharkey, M.J. & Chapman, E.G. 2018. Revision of Zosteragathis Sharkey of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(2): 225–253. DOI: 10.3897/dez.65.25772 Reference page. 
• Yao, J-L., van Achterberg, C., Sharkey, M.J., Chapman, E.G. & Chen, J-H. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.7 Reference page. 
• Yao, J-L., van Achterberg, C., Sharkey, M.J. & Chen, J-H. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.1.12 Reference page. 

2019

• Meierotto, S., Sharkey, M.J. & van Achterberg, C. 2019. Taxonomic review of the genera Zelomorpha Ashmead and Hemichoma Enderlein (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) with new combination assignments. Zootaxa 4565(1): 131–137. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.1.11 Reference page. 
• Meierotto, S., Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Hebert, P.D.N., Chapman, E.G. & Smith, M.A. 2019. A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66: 119–145. DOI: 10.3897/dez.66.34683 . Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Penteado-Dias, A.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D. 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. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.68.30131 Reference page. 

2020

• Kang, I., Long, K.D., Sharkey, M.J., Whitfield, J.B. & Lord, N.P. 2020. Orientocardiochiles, a new genus of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of two new species from Malaysia and Vietnam. Zookeys, 971: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.971.56571 Reference page. 
• Quicke, D.L.J., Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D., Hallwachs, W., Hebert, P.D.N. & Butcher, B.A. 2020. A new genus and species of Neotropical gregarious braconine parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of a caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Zootaxa 4816(3): 370–376. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.3.7 Reference page. 

2021

• Quicke, D.L.J., Fagan-Jeffries, E.P., Jasso-Martínez, J.M., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Shaw, M.R. & Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Smith, M.A., Hebert, P.D.N., Hrcek, J., Miller, S.E., Sharkey, M.J., Shaw, S.R. & Butcher, B.A. 2021. A molecular phylogeny of the parasitoid wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) with descriptions of three new genera. Systematic Entomology 46: 1019–1044. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12507 Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Baker, A., McCluskey, K., Smith, A., Naik, S., Ratnasingham, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Sones, J., D'Souza, M., St. Jacques, B., Hebert, P., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D. 2021. Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records. ZooKeys 1075ː 77–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1075.72197 Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Chapman, E.G., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Brown, A., Ratnasingham, S., Naik, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Miltom, M., Hebert, P., Shaw, S.R., Kittel, R.N., Solis, M.A., Metz, M.A., Goldstein, P.Z., Brown, J.W., Quicke, D.L.J., van Achterberg, C., Brown, B.V. & Burns, J.M. 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600. . Reference page. 

2022

• Sharkey, M.J., Baker, A., Manjunath, R. & Hebert, P.D.N. 2022. Description of Chilearinus Sharkey gen. nov. and status of Nearctic Earinus Wesmael, 1837 (Braconidae, Agathidinae) with the description of new species. Zookeys 1099ː 57–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1099.81473 Reference page. 
• Yao, J-L., van Achterberg, C., Yaakop, S., Long, K.D., Sharkey, M.J. & Chapman, E.G. 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 1126ː 131–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1126.90916 Reference page. 

2023

• Kang, I., Moghaddam, M.G., Sharkey, M.J., Quicke, D.L.J., Butcher, B.A. & Carlton, C.E. 2023. Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species. Zookeys 1180ː 67–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.100106 Reference page. 

2024

• Kang, I. & Sharkey, M.J. 2024. Dickyyuella argentinensis a tentative new genus and species of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Neotropical region. ZooKeys 1208: 165–172. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1208.128640 Reference page.