
Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Erinn is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Biological Sciences. She researches the systematics of parasitoid wasps, in particular the subfamily Microgastrinae, a key group of caterpillar parasitoids.
Erinn is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Biological Sciences. She researches the systematics of parasitoid wasps, in particular the subfamily Microgastrinae, a key group of caterpillar parasitoids.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2016 Achievement 2016 Australian FameLab Winner — Australia — -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2018 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2014 Australian National University Australia Masters Science Communication Outreach 2012 University of Adelaide Australia BSc (Hons) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2020 Dorey, B., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Stevens, M. I., & Schwarz, M. P. (2020). Morphometric comparisons and novel observations of diurnal and low-light-foraging bees. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 79, 117-144.
2020 Quicke, D. L. J., Belokobylskij, S. A., Braet, Y., Van Achterberg, C., Hebert, P. D. N., Prosser, S. W. J., . . . Butcher, B. A. (2020). Phylogenetic reassignment of basal cyclostome braconid parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) with description of a new, enigmatic Afrotropical tribe with a highly anomalous 28S D2 secondary structure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 190(3), 1002-1019.
2020 Quicke, D. L. J., Austin, A. D., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Hebert, P. D. N., & Butcher, B. A. (2020). Molecular phylogeny places the enigmatic subfamily Masoninae within the Ichneumonidae, not the Braconidae. Zoologica Scripta, 49(1), 64-71.
2020 Quicke, D. L. J., Austin, A. D., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Hebert, P. D. N., & Butcher, B. A. (2020). Recognition of the Trachypetidae stat.n. as a new extant family of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), based on molecular and morphological evidence. Systematic Entomology, 45(4), 771-782.
Scopus2 WoS12020 Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., & Austin, A. D. (2020). Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Cotesia cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Australia, with the description of seven new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020(667), 1-70.
2020 Austin, A. D., & Fagan-Jeffries, E. P. (2020). A new species of the enigmatic Australian endemic family Trachypetidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): Cercobarcon lasallei sp.n.. Journal of Natural History, 54(9-12), 553-563.
2019 Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Cooper, S. J. B., Bradford, T. M., & Austin, A. D. (2019). Intragenomic internal transcribed spacer 2 variation in a genus of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): implications for accurate species delimitation and phylogenetic analysis. Insect Molecular Biology, 28(4), 485-498.
2019 Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Cooper, S. J. B., & Austin, A. D. (2019). New species of Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) documented through the ‘Bush Blitz’ surveys of national reserves. Zootaxa, 4560(3), 401-440.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12018 Fagan-Jeffries, E., Cooper, S., Bertozzi, T., Bradford, T., & Austin, A. (2018). DNA barcoding of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) using high-throughput methods more than doubles the number of species known for Australia.. Molecular ecology resources, 18(5), 1132-1143.
Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC12018 Fagan-Jeffries, E., Cooper, S., & Austin, A. (2018). Three new species of Dolichogenidea Viereck (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Australia with exceptionally long ovipositors. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 64, 177-190.
Scopus6 WoS62017 Fagan-Jeffries, E., & Austin, A. (2017). Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Choeras Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Australasia, with the description of two new species. Austral Entomology, 57(3), 1-10.
Scopus6 WoS72017 Snelling, E., Duncker, R., Jones, K., Fagan-Jeffries, E., & Seymour, R. (2017). Flight metabolic rate of Locusta migratoria in relation to oxygen partial pressure in atmospheres of varying diffusivity and density. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(23), 4432-4439.
Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC32016 Taylor, G., Fagan-Jeffries, E., & Austin, A. (2016). A new genus and twenty new species of Australian jumping plant-lice (Psylloidea: Triozidae) from Eremophila and Myoporum (Scrophulariaceae: Myoporeae). Zootaxa, 4073(1), 1-84.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2016 Fagan-Jeffries, E. P. (2016). Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps: Systematics meets citizen science. In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America.
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Datasets
Year Citation — Fagan-Jeffries, E. (n.d.). Diolcogaster ITS2 supplementary information.xlsx.
2020: Lecturer, Evolution and Diversity of Insects III, The University of Adelaide
2016-2019: Practical Demonstrator, Evolution and Diversity of Insects III, The University of Adelaide
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Investigating the biodiversity of an unexplored subfamily of parasitoid wasps in Australia (Braconidae, Miracinae) The University of Adelaide Principles & Practice of Research (Advanced) III Other Full Time Mollie Slater-Baker 2019 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Diversity in the antennal sensilla of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with an assessment of their phylogenetic utility. The University of Adelaide — Honours Full Time Michael Scholich 2019 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Psyllaephagus, an important but problematic genus of Encyrtid wasps The University of Adelaide — Doctorate Full Time Alana Delaine 2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Systematics and host associations of Labium parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) using an integrated molecular (COI) and morphological approach The University of Adelaide — Honours Full Time Madalene Giannotta
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