Brandon Claridge (site author)
I am a PhD student at studying ichneumonid systematics at Utah State University. I primarily use morphology and Ultra Conserved Elements phylogenomics to revise classifications to better reflect evolutionary history.
I am also broadly interested novel approaches, such as computer vision and website development, to enhance entomological research. In particular, I hope to increase non-specialist and citizen science involvement in ichneumonid research by making identifications tractable and facilitating broader access to the taxonomic knowledge.
My long term taxonomic interests are in revising the Ichneumoninae of western North America, where about 25% of the species have been described, and the Neotropics (Central and South America), where at most 10% of the species have been described.
Publications
- Claridge, B. (2024). Review of the Costa Rican Saltagenes Diller, 1995 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae: Phaeogenini) with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa, 5405(1), 93–115. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5405.1.4s
- Claridge, B.R., Kaunisto, K.M., & Sääksjärvi, I.E. (2023). Capitojoppa, a new genus of Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Peruvian Amazonia. Zookeys, 1178, 69–76. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.108929
- Mathou, A., Wahl, D.B., Quentel, U., Claridge, B., & Santos, B. F. (2023). Sexual dimorphism in ichneumonine parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae) and the neglected influence of the ecological niche. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blad036. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad036
- Dal Pos, D., Claridge, B., Diller, E., Van Noort, S., & Di Giovanni, F. (2023). Still counting: new records, nomenclatural notes, and three new species of Phaeogenini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from the Afrotropical region. European Journal of Taxonomy, 868, 1–71. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.868.2105
- Claridge, B. (2021). Revision of the genus Jethsura Cameron, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae: Phaeogenini). Zootaxa, 5071(2), 223–241. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5071.2.3
- Claridge, B. (2021). Revision of Nearctic Heterischnus Wesmael, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Phaeogenini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 85, 57–79. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.85.67792
