
Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries
Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Erinn is an Australian Biological Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow 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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I am an Australian Biological Resources Study Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences. I am currently researching the systematics of parasitoid wasps, in particular the subfamily Microgastrinae, a key group of caterpillar parasitoids. I am passionate about engaging the community in the process of biodiversity discovery and taxonomy, and run a citizen science project partnering schools with taxonomists to discover and describe new species from their local area.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2019 - 2022 Australian Biological Research Study Postdoctoral Research Fellow The University of Adelaide 2019 - 2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate The University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2020 Award South Australian Science Excellence and Innovation Awards: PhD Research Excellence Award South Australian Science Excellence and Innovation Awards Australia - 2019 Award Postgraduate All-Round Achievement Award University of Adelaide, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology Australia - 2019 Award Early-Career Research Excellence Award Society of Australian Systematic Biologists Australia - 2019 Award Harold Woolhouse Prize Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide Australia - 2018 Award Doctoral Research Medal The University of Adelaide Australia - 2018 Award Perform your Science winner-Audience Choice Inspiring South Australia Australia - 2017 Award Faculty of Sciences Three Minute Thesis winner-1st Place The University of Adelaide Australia - 2016 Achievement 2016 Australian FameLab Winner - Australia - 2012 Award Michael Smyth Prize The University of Adelaide School of Earth and Environmental Sciences: Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Sciences Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2018 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2014 Australian National University Australia Master of Science Communication Outreach 2013 Deakin University Australia Graduate Certificate of Museum Studies 2012 University of Adelaide Australia BSc (Hons) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2022 Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., McClelland, A. R., Bird, A. J., Giannotta, M. M., Bradford, T. M., & Austin, A. D. (2022). Systematic revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) for Australia results in a ten-fold increase in species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 792, 1-116.
2022 Slater-Baker, M. R., Austin, A. D., Whitfield, J. B., & Fagan-Jeffries, E. P. (2022). First record of miracine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Australia: molecular phylogenetics and morphology reveal multiple new species. Austral Entomology, 61(1), 49-67.
Scopus2 WoS22022 Langille, B. L., Tierney, S. M., Bertozzi, T., Beasley-Hall, P. G., Bradford, T. M., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., . . . Cooper, S. J. B. (2022). Parallel decay of vision genes in subterranean water beetles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173, 107522-1-107522-9.
WoS12022 Glatz, R. V., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Tetley, S. P., & Austin, A. D. (2022). Enigma moth parasitoid: a new Australian cyclostome genus and species, Ovaustra aurantia Tetley, Glatz & Fagan Jeffries, gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Kangaroo Island. Austral Entomology, 61(4), 420-432.
2021 Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., & Austin, A. D. (2021). Four new species of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described through a citizen science partnership with schools in regional South Australia.. Zootaxa, 4949(1), 1-23.
Scopus2 WoS12021 Quicke, D. L. J., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Jasso-Martínez, J. M., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Shaw, M. R., Janzen, D. H., . . . Butcher, B. A. (2021). A molecular phylogeny of the parasitoid wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) with descriptions of three new genera. Systematic Entomology, 46(4), 1019-1044.
Scopus4 WoS42021 King, R., Fagan-Jeffries, E., Bradford, T., Stringer, D., Finston, T., Halse, S., . . . Cooper, S. (2021). Cryptic Diversity Down Under: defining species in the subterranean amphipod genus Nedsia Barnard and Williams (Hadzioidea: Eriopisidae) from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Invertebrate Systematics, 36(2), 113-159.
Scopus1 WoS42020 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.
Scopus2 WoS22020 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.
Scopus11 WoS82020 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.
Scopus5 WoS52020 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.
Scopus12 WoS102020 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.
Scopus5 WoS32020 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.
Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC12019 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.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC12018 Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Cooper, S. J., Bertozzi, T., Bradford, T. M., & Austin, A. D. (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.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC42018 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.
Scopus7 WoS72017 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), 349-358.
Scopus7 WoS82017 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.
Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC42016 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.
Scopus25 WoS24 Europe PMC10- King, R. A., Fagan-Jeffries, E. P., Bradford, T. M., Stringer, D. N., Finston, T. L., Halse, S. A., . . . Cooper, S. J. B. (n.d.). Cryptic diversity down under: defining species in the subterranean amphipod genus. Invertebrate Systematics, 36(2), 113-159.
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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.
- 2021: Australian Government Citizen Science Grants $480 000 to lead the citizen science project partnering schools with taxonomists to document Australia's biodiversity
- 2020: Bush Blitz Tactical Taxonomy Grant $15 000 for description of new species of Glyptapanteles
- 2020: Australian Citizen Science Association Seed Funding $1000 for trials of a school citizen science projec
- 2019: Australian Biological Resources Study Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant (CI) $420 000 total funding for a three year Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2019: National Science Week South Australia Grant $1500 for a public outreach event during National Science Week
- 2018: Australian Biological Resources Study Bush Blitz Tactical Taxonomy grant (CI) $15 000 for description of new species from Bush Blitz expeditions
- 2018: Australian Biological Resources Study Student Travel Award $1500 for travel to the International Society of Hymenopterists Congress, Japan
- 2018: Perform your Science Grant $2000 to develop public outreach on taxonomy & biodiversity for National Science Week
- 2016: The University of Adelaide Research Abroad grant $2000 for travel to The University of Illinois
- 2016: Australian Biological Resources Study Student Travel Award $1500 for travel to The International Congress of Entomology in Florida, USA
- 2016: International Society of Hymenopterists Student Travel Award $1500 for to travel to The International Congress of Entomology in Florida, USA
- 2015: Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
- 2015: Australian Biological Resources Study Award $30 000 over three years for a PhD Top-Up Scholarship
- 2013: Australian Biological Resources Study Award $10 000 Honours Scholarship
2021: Course Coordinator & Lecturer, Evolution and Diversity of Insects III, The University of Adelaide
2021: Lecturer, Zoology II, The University of Adelaide
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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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 Co-Supervisor Untangling the Web: Dynamics of the Australian Terrestrial Invertebrate Trade Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Charlotte Rachel Lassaline 2023 Principal Supervisor Biodiversity and systematics of the parasitoid wasp genus Mesocentrus in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker 2020 Co-Supervisor Systematics of the Chalcid wasp genus Psyllaephagus (Hymenoptora: Encyrtidae) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Alana Rose McClelland -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2021 - 2022 Principal Supervisor The biodiversity and systematics of the wasp genus Apanteles, a megadiverse group of caterpillar parasitoids: baseline taxonomy to inform conservation priorities. The University of Adelaide Evolutionary Biology Honours Full Time Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker 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 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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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Secretary Society of Australian Systematic Biologists Society of Australian Systematic Biologists Australia 2016 - 2020 Representative Australian Entomological Society Australian Entomological Society Australia 2015 - ongoing Council International Society of Hymenopterists International Society of Hymenopterists Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2021 - ongoing Editor Austral Entomology The University of Adelaide Australia
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