Robert A. Wharton

Robert A. Wharton, U.S. entomologist.

Author abbreviation: Wharton

Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 U.S.A.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 5 taxon names authored by Robert A. Wharton

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1986

• Wharton, R.A. 1986. The braconid genus Alysia (Hymenoptera): a description of the subgenera and a revision of the subgenus Alysia. Systematic Entomology 11(4): 453–504. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1986.tb00538.x Reference page. 

1992

• Austin, A.D.; Wharton, R.A. 1992: New records of subfamilies, tribes and genera of Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Australia, with description of seven new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 116(1-2): 41–63. BHL Reference page. 

2007

• Wharton, R.A., Ovruski, S.M., Rull, J. & Guillén, L. 2007. Aganaspis alujai (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), a New Species Attacking Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Neotropical Region. Florida Entomologist 90(4): 626–634. DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[626:AAHFEA]2.0.CO;2, JSTOR, ResearchGate Reference page. 

2009

• Wharton, R.A. 2009. Two new species of Psyttalia Walker (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) reared from fruit-infesting tephritid (Diptera) hosts in Kenya. ZooKeys 20: 349–377. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.20.99
• Zhaurova, K.M. & Wharton, R.A. 2009. A revision of Physotarsus Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), with description of 18 new species. Zootaxa 2207: 1–52. Abstract & excerpt PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2207.1.1 . Reference page. 

2010

• Sánchez-García, J.A. Wharton, R.A., Romero-Nápoles, J., Figueroa, J.I., López-Martínez, V., Martínez, A.M., Pérez-Pacheco, R. & Pineda, S. 2010. Four new species of Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Blacinae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 2641: 37–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2641.1.4, Preview Reference page. 

2012

• Wharton, R.; Ward, L.; Miko, I. 2012: New neotropical species of Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared from fruit-infesting and leaf-mining Tephritidae (Diptera) with comments on the Diachasmimorpha mexicana species group and the genera Lorenzopius and Tubiformopius. ZooKeys 243: 27-82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.243.3990 Reference page. 

2013

• Wharton, R.; Norrbom, A.L. 2013: New species and host records of New World, mostly Neotropical, opiine Braconidae (Hymenoptera) reared from flower-infesting, stem-galling, and stem-mining Tephritidae (Diptera). ZooKeys 349: 11-72. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.349.5914 Reference page. 
• Wharton, R. et al. 2013: An opiine Braconidae (Hymenoptera) reared from Richardiidae (Diptera) and recognition of a new species group of Opius s. l. ZooKeys 289: 65-101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.289.4900 Reference page. 

2015

• Bird, T.L. & Wharton, R.A. 2015. Description of a new solifuge Melanoblossia ansie sp. n. (Solifugae, Melanoblossiidae) with notes on the setiform flagellar complex of Melanoblossiinae Roewer, 1933. African Invertebrates 56(2): 515–525. Reference page. 
• Yao, J-L., Kula, R.R., Wharton, R.A. & Chen, J-H. 2015: Four new species of Tanycarpa (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from the Palaearctic Region and new records of species from China. Zootaxa 3957(2): 169–187. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.