Entomology staff directory

Research interests

• The systematics of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) with special emphasis on the Encyrtidae
• The use of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) as biocontrol agents for agricultural pests

Current activities

• Updating an interactive electronic catalogue and biological database of World Chalcidoidea, currently available on CD
• A complete revision of the 130 genera and 1500 species of Encyrtidae currently known to occur in Costa Rica

Publications

Noyes, J.S., 1977. The encyrtid genus Amira, parasites of spider eggs (Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 2: 49-51.

Noyes, J.S. 1980. A review of the genera of Neotropical Encyrtidae Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 41: 107-253.

Noyes, J.S. 1982. Collecting and preserving chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal of Natural History 16:315-334.

Noyes, J.S. & Hayat, M. 1984. A review of the genera of Indo Pacific Encyrtidae Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 48:131-95.

Noyes, J.S. 1985. A review of the Neotropical species of Ooencyrtus Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Journal of Natural History 19:533-554

Noyes, J.S. 1988. Encyrtidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 13:188pp.

Noyes, J.S. 1988. Gyranusoidea tebygi sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoid of Rastrococcus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on mango India. Bulletin of Entomological Research 78:313-316.

Noyes, J.S. 1988. Chalcidoidea, pp. 146-180. In Gauld, I.D. & Bolton, B. [Editors]. The Hymenoptera. Oxford and London.

Noyes, J.S. 1989. A study of five methods of sampling (Insecta) in a tropical rainforest, with special reference to Parasitica. Journal of Natural History 23:285-298.

Noyes, J.S. & Valentine, E.W. 1989. Mymaridae (Insecta: Hymenoptera): introduction and review of genera. Fauna of New Zealand 17:1-95.

Noyes, J.S. 1989. The diversity of Hymenoptera in the tropics with reference to Parasitica in Sulawesi. Ecological Entomology 14(2):197-207.

Noyes, J.S. & Valentine, E.W. 1989. Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera): introduction, and review of genera in smaller families. Fauna of New Zealand 18:1-91.

Noyes, J.S. 1990. A new genus and species of encyrtid (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitoid of the eggs of the varicose borer, Agrilus sexsignatus (Fisher) (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), a pest of (Eucalyptus deglupta Blume) in the Philippines. Journal of Natural History 24:21-25.

Noyes, J.S. 1990. A new encyrtid (Hymenoptera) parasitoid of the leucaena psyllid (Homoptera: Psyllidae) from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean. Bulletin of Entomological Research 80:37-41.

Noyes, J.S. 1990. A new species of Anagyrus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) India attacking Rastrococcus invadens (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), a pest of mango and citrus in West Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 80:203-207.

Noyes, J.S. 1994. The reliability of published host-parasitoid records: taxonomist's view. Norwegian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Supplement No 6:59-69.

Huang, D.-W. & Noyes, J.S. 1994. A revision of the Indo-Pacific of Ooencyrtus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitoids of the immature stages of economically important insect species (mainly Hemiptera and Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology) 63(1):1-153

Noyes, J.S. & Hayat, M. 1994. Oriental mealybug parasitoids of the Anagyrini (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with a world review of used in classical biological control and an index of parasitoids of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudocccidae) 560pp. International, UK

Noyes, J.S. & Ren Hui 1995. Encyrtidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): the genus Aenasius Walker, parasitoids of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of The Natural History Museum (Entomology) 64(2):117-163.

Noyes, J.S., 1995. Encyrtidae, pp. 300-309. In: Hanson, P. & Gauld, I.D. (eds) The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. Oxford University Press, UK.

Noyes, J.S. & Hanson, P. 1996. Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Costa Rica: the genera and species associated with jumping plant-lice (Homoptera: Psylloidea). Bulletin of The Natural History Museum (Entomology Series) 65(2):105-164.

Noyes, J.S., Woolley, J.B. & Zolnerowich, G., 1997. Encyrtidae, pp.170-320. In: Gibson, G.A.P., Huber, J.T. & Woolley, J.B. (eds) Annotated keys to the genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). National Research Council Canada, NRC Research Press

Noyes, J.S. & Prinsloo, G.L., 1998. A review of the Afrotropical and Malagasy taxa of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) described by J. Risbec (1949-1959). Annales de la Société‚ Entomologique de France 34(1):71-97.

Noyes, J.S., 1998. Catalogue of the Chalcidoidea of the World, Biodiversity catalogue database and image library CDrom series, ETI Biodiversity Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Anga, J.-M. & Noyes, J.S.. 1999. A revision of the African and Malagasy species of the genus Leptomastix (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae), parasitoids of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology) 68(2):93-128.

Noyes, J.S., 2000. Encyrtidae of Costa Rica, 1. The subfamily Tetracneminae, parasitoids of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 62:1-355.

Guerrieri, E. & Noyes, J.S., 2000. Revision of the European species of genus Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of scale insects. Systematic Entomology 25:147-222.

Noyes, J.S. 2002. Interactive Catalogue of World Chalcidoidea (2001 - second edition). CDrom. Taxapad and The Natural History Museum.