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John M. Heraty is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, producing a significant number of publications in these areas.

The scientist's work extensively covers several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling. The main topics explored in their research include Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Fossil Insects in Amber, Plant and animal studies, Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

John M. Heraty has contributed articles to a variety of frequent publication venues. These include:

  • Cladistics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Hymenoptera Research
  • Journal of Natural History
  • Systematic Entomology

They have also collaborated regularly with several coauthors, notably:

  • Roger A. Burks
  • Jean-Yves Rasplus
  • Astrid Cruaud
  • Rudolf Meier
  • Austin Baker

Recent papers authored or coauthored by John M. Heraty include:

  • From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera), 2022, Journal of Hymenoptera Research
  • Convergence of dominance and neglect in flying insect diversity, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The Chalcidoidea bush of life: evolutionary history of a massive radiation of minute wasps, 2023, Cladistics
  • The Chalcidoidea bush of life - a massive radiation blurred by mutational saturation, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Conflicting signal in transcriptomic markers leads to a poorly resolved backbone phylogeny of chalcidoid wasps, 2020, Systematic Entomology

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary History of the Hymenoptera

    Ralph S. Peters;Lars Krogmann;Christoph Mayer;Alexander Donath

  • A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

    John M. Heraty;Roger A. Burks;Roger A. Burks;Astrid Cruaud;Astrid Cruaud;Gary A.P. Gibson

  • Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera

    Michael J. Sharkey;James M. Carpenter;Lars Vilhelmsen;John Heraty

  • A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera).

    James B. Munro;John M. Heraty;Roger A. Burks;David Hawks

  • Evolution of the hymenopteran megaradiation

    John Heraty;Fredrik Ronquist;James M. Carpenter;David Hawks

  • Hexamethyldisilazane - A Chemical Alternative For Drying Insects

    J Heraty;D Hawks

  • Phylogenetics and classification of Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea — a review of current concepts (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

    GarY. A. P. Gibson;John M. Heraty;James B. Woolley

  • Molecular systematics of the Chalcidoidea using 28S-D2 RDNA.

    A Austin;M Dowton;B Campbell;J.M Heraty

  • A Secondary Structural Model of the 28S rRNA Expansion Segments D2 and D3 for Chalcidoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

    Joseph J. Gillespie;James B. Munro;John M. Heraty;Matthew J. Yoder

  • AN OVERVIEW OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAJOR SCARAB BEETLE CLADES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA) BASED ON PRELIMINARY MOLECULAR ANALYSES

    Andrew B. T. Smith;David C. Hawks;John M. Heraty

  • The Hymenopteran Tree of Life: Evidence from Protein-Coding Genes and Objectively Aligned Ribosomal Data

    Seraina Klopfstein;Lars Vilhelmsen;John M Heraty;Michael J. Sharkey

  • Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

    Stewart B. Peck;John Heraty;Bernard Landry;Bradley J. Sinclair

  • Parasitoid Biodiversity and Insect Pest Management

    John Heraty

  • Molecular phylogenetics and reproductive incompatibility in a complex of cryptic species of aphid parasitoids

    John M. Heraty;James B. Woolley;Keith R. Hopper;David L. Hawks

  • The phylogeny and evolution of Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea)

    Matthew L. Buffington;Johan A. A. Nylander;John M. Heraty

  • A pictorial guide to the species of Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitic on whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in North America

    M. E. Schauff;G. A. Evans;J. M. Heraty

  • Comparative morphology of the planidial larvae of Eucharitidae and Perilampidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

    Heraty Jm;Darling Dc

  • Phylogeny and behaviour of the Gollumiellinae, a new subfamily of the ant-parasitic Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

    John Heraty;David Hawks;Jan S. Kostecki;Andrew Carmichael

  • Complex diversity in a mainly tropical group of ant parasitoids: Revision of the Orasema stramineipes species group (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae).

    Roger A. Burks;John M. Heraty;Chrysalyn Dominguez;Jason L. Mottern

  • Transcriptome sequence-based phylogeny of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reveals a history of rapid radiations, convergence, and evolutionary success.

    Ralph S. Peters;Oliver Niehuis;Simon Gunkel;Marcel Bläser

  • Biology and Behavior of Kapala (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) Attacking Ectatomma, Gnamptogenys, and Pachycondyla (Formicidae: Ectatomminae and Ponerinae) in Chiapas, Mexico

    Unknown

  • Molecular Markers Distinguishing Encarsia formosa and Encarsia luteola (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

    C. S. Babcock;J. M. Heraty

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Yves Rasplus
Jean-Yves Rasplus INRA Biology Center for Population Management (CBGP)
Oliver Niehuis
Oliver Niehuis University of Freiburg
Simon Van Noort
Simon Van Noort Iziko South African Museum
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Xin Zhou
Xin Zhou China Agricultural University
Bir Bhanu
Bir Bhanu University of California, Riverside
Richard Stouthamer
Richard Stouthamer University of California, Riverside
Mark S. Hoddle
Mark S. Hoddle University of California, Riverside
Fredrik Ronquist
Fredrik Ronquist Swedish Museum of Natural History
Torsten Wappler
Torsten Wappler Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt

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