Dr Andrew Polaszek

Grants

Ecosystem Service Providers: Taxonomy and Biology of Parasitoids and Pollinators
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: NERC
Total value £28,583 (to Museum £28,583)
Dates: 2014 - 2015

Field work (collecting of invertebrates) in Oman, September 2013
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Anglo-Omani Society
Total value £1,500 (to Museum £1,500)
Dates: 2013 - 2013

Travel Grant for International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 8th Entomology Workshop (Mauritius)
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Royal Society
Total value £2,100 (to Museum £2,100)
Dates: 2011 - 2011

Revision of Megaphragma (Hym: Trichogrammatidae) - The world's smallest insects.
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Gennaro V
Funding: Royal Society
Total value £4,900 (to Museum £4,900)
Dates: 2010 - 2012

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Encarsia species of Mexico
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Royal Society
Total value £4,000 (to Museum £4,000)
Dates: 2009 - 2009

PBI: Diversity and the parasitoid life history strategy- The superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera)
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: NSF
Total value £56,334 (to Museum £56,334)
Dates: 2009 - 2011

Discovery of new enigmatic ant species in Hajar Mountains
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Anglo-Omani Society
Total value £2,220 (to Museum £2,220)

African cassava whitefly: Outbreak causes and sustainable solutions
Role: Co-investigator
Funding: Gates Foundation
Total value £9,766,706.24 (to Museum £84,401)
Dates: 2014 - 2018

Publications

Kamalanathan V, Notton DG, Polaszek A (2019) World Revision of the Genus Protelenomus Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae: Telenominae). Annales Zoologici, 69 (2) : 381 - 381. doi: 10.3161/00034541anz2019.69.2.006

Monks J, Ross S, Geiser M, De Prins J, Sharaf M, Wyatt N, Al Rijeibi S, Polaszek A (2019) A preliminary survey of the insect fauna of the Hajar Mountain Range, Oman. Journal of Natural History, 53 (15-16) : 939 - 963. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1611969

Wang ZH, Ge JQ, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Si Y, Huang J, Polaszek A (2019) A new scale insect host family (Hemiptera: Asterolecaniidae) for Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in China. Journal of Natural History, 53 (15-16) : 923 - 937. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1618509

Schneider SA, Skvarla MJ, Ochoa R, Schmidt S, Polaszek A, Gates MW (2019) Range Extension of False Meyer Scale, Dynaspidiotus pseudomeyeri (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in the United States, and Newly Recorded Associations with a Parasitoid and Mite. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 121 (2) : 320 - 320. doi: 10.4289/0013-8797.121.2.320

Kenis M, du Plessis H, Van den Berg J, Ba M, Goergen G, Kwadjo K, Baoua I, Tefera T, Buddie A, Cafà G, Offord L, Rwomushana I, Polaszek A (null) Telenomus remus, a Candidate Parasitoid for the Biological Control of Spodoptera frugiperda in Africa, is already Present on the Continent. Insects, 10 (4) : 92 - 92. doi: 10.3390/insects10040092

Cruaud A, Nidelet S, Arnal P, Weber A, Fusu L, Gumovsky A, Huber J, Polaszek A, Rasplus J (2019) Optimized DNA extraction and library preparation for minute arthropods: Application to target enrichment in chalcid wasps used for biocontrol. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19 (3) : 702 - 710. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13006

Popovici OA, Masner L, Polaszek A (2018) A revision of the European species ofBaeoneurellaDodd (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Journal of Natural History, 52 (43-44) : 2745 - 2794. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1546913

Cruaud A, Groussier G, Genson G, Sauné L, Polaszek A, Rasplus J-Y (null) Pushing the limits of whole genome amplification: successful sequencing of RADseq library from a single microhymenopteran (Chalcidoidea, Trichogramma). PeerJ, 6 : e5640 - e5640. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5640

Zhou Q-S, Polaszek A, Qin Y-G, Yu F, Wang X-B, Wu S-A, Zhu C-D, Zhang Y-Z, Pedata PA (2018) Parasitoid–host associations of the genus Coccophagus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 182 (1) : 38 - 49. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx019

FUSU L, POLASZEK A (null) Description, DNA barcoding and phylogenetic placement of a remarkable new species of Eopelma (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) from Borneo. Zootaxa, 4263 (3) : doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.7

Tay WT, Elfekih S, Polaszek A, Court LN, Evans GA, Gordon KHJ, De Barro PJ (null) Novel molecular approach to define pest species status and tritrophic interactions from historical Bemisia specimens. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-00528-7

Lahey ZJ, Polaszek A (2017) Baeoentedon balios(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a parasitoid of ficus whitefly,Singhiella simplex(Singh) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), new to the United States. International Journal of Pest Management, 63 (4) : 349 - 351. doi: 10.1080/09670874.2016.1269222

Macfadyen S, Kalyebi A, Tembo Y, Katono K, Polaszek A, Tay WT, Paull C, Colvin J (2017) Understanding the Ecology and Impact of Parasitoids of the Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Complex: Aleyrodidae) in Cassava Landscapes of East Africa. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF ARTHROPODS 192 - 194.

Sharaf MR, Monks J, Aldawood AS, Polaszek A (2017) Anochetus(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with Description of a New Species from Oman. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 119 (1) : 78 - 89. doi: 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.78

Polaszek A (2016) The Sting of the Wild Justin O. Schmidt Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore Maryland USA 257 pp. 2016. £16.00.. Journal of Natural History, 50 (47-48) : 3031 - 3032. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1251019

Wang ZH, Huang J, Polaszek A (2016) The Species of GenusAblerusHoward (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with Description of a New Species. Florida Entomologist, 99 (3) : 395 - 405. doi: 10.1653/024.099.0310

Polaszek A, Ward S, Valente C, Gonçalves C (null) Rediscovery and redescription of Centrodora damoni (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Australia, an egg parasitoid of Gonipterus spp (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), after nearly a century. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4 : e7766 - e7766. doi: 10.3897/bdj.4.e7766

Ouvrard DNM, Aitken A, Polaszek A (2016) Using historical NHM Bemisia collections for DNA extraction and sequencing. 2nd International Whitefly Symposium, 142 2 - 14 2 2

Polaszek A, Ward S, Shih YT, Ko C-C (null) Two new species of Eretmocerus Haldeman (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitizing Aleurolobus rhododendri Takahashi and Dialeuropora decempunctata (Quaintance & Baker) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Taiwan. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4 : e7713 - e7713. doi: 10.3897/bdj.4.e7713

Sharaf MR, Monks J, Polaszek A, Aldawood AS (2016) A remarkable new species of the genusLepisiotaSantschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species. Journal of Natural History, 50 (29-30) : 1875 - 1887. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1180722

Shih YT, Polaszek A, Dubey AK, Chen S-P, Yang P-S, Ko C-C (2016) New species ofEretmocerusHaldeman (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitizingCrenidorsum turpiniae(Takahashi) andAleurothrixus floccosus(Maskell) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Taiwan. Journal of Natural History, 50 (5-6) : 377 - 391. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1075622

Penev L, Schmidt S, Polaszek A, Georgiev T, Fernandez-Triana J, Brehm G, Stoev P, Hausmann A, Ratnasingham S, Hebert PDN (2015) Streamlining scholarly publication of Barcode of Life data. GENOME, 58 (5) : 265 - 265.

Fernandez-Triana J, Noyes JS, Polaszek A, Yu DSK (null) Clarification of the author and year of publication of Cotesia chilonis, a species used widely for biological control of Chilo stem borers. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 45 : 113 - 123. doi: 10.3897/jhr.45.5274

Mitroiu M-D, de Jong Y, Noyes J, Cetkovic A, Nonveiller G, Radchenko A, Polaszek A, Ronquist F, Forshage M, Pagliano G, Gusenleitner J, Bartalucci M, Olmi M, Fusu L, Madl M, Johnson N, Jansta P, Wahis R, Soon V, Rosa P, Osten T, Barbier Y (null) Fauna Europaea: Hymenoptera – Apocrita (excl. Ichneumonoidea). Biodiversity Data Journal, 3 : e4186 - e4186. doi: 10.3897/bdj.3.e4186

Polaszek A, Shih Y-T, Ward S (null) A new species of Cales (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitizing Bemisia pongamiae (Takahashi) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Taiwan, with a key to world species of the Cales spenceri-group. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3 : e6352 - e6352. doi: 10.3897/bdj.3.e6352

Schmidt S, Ko CC, Shih YT, Polaszek A (null) A new species of Encarsia (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) developing on ficus whitefly Singhiella simplex (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) in China and Taiwan. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 46 : 85 - 90. doi: 10.3897/jhr.46.5155

WANG Z-H (null) <p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>Two new species of <em>Encarsia</em> Förster (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) and first description of the male <em>E. plana</em> Viggiani &amp; Ren from China</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3889 (4) : 574 - 574. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.4.5

WANG ZHU-HONG, HUANG JIAN, POLASZEK ANDREW (2014) Three new species of Baeoentedon Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from China, with the first record of whitefly host association (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Zootaxa, 3826 (3) : 591 - 591. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.9

Polaszek A, Ayshford T, Yahya BE, Fusu L (2014) Wallaceaphytis: an unusual new genus of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Borneo. Journal of Natural History, 48 (19-20) : 1111 - 1123. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2013.852264

Bebber DP, Polaszek A, Wood JRI, Barker C, Scotland RW (2014) Taxonomic capacity and author inflation. New Phytologist, 202 (3) : 741 - 742. doi: 10.1111/nph.12745

WANG Z-H, HUANG J, POLASZEK A (null) <strong>Three new species of <em>Coccobius</em> Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) and redescription of <em>C. abdominis</em> Huang and <em>C. furviflagellatus</em> Huang from China</strong>. Zootaxa, 3774 (5) : 460 - 460. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.5.4

Johnson N, Yoder M, Valerio A, Polaszek A, van Noort S, Masner L (null) Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys, 380 : 1 - 188. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.380.5755

del Pino M, Hernandez-Suarez E, Cabello T, Rugman-Jones P, Stouthamer R, Polaszek A (2013) Trichogramma canariensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) a parasitoid of eggs of the twin-spot moth Chrysodeixis chalcites (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Canary Islands. ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY, 71 (3) : 169 - 179.

Heraty JM, Burks RA, Cruaud A, Gibson GAP, Liljeblad J, Munro J, Rasplus J-Y, Delvare G, Janšta P, Gumovsky A, Huber J, Woolley JB, Krogmann L, Heydon S, Polaszek A, Schmidt S, Darling DC, Gates MW, Mottern J, Murray E, Dal Molin A, Triapitsyn S, Baur H, Pinto JD, van Noort S, George J, Yoder M (2013) A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics, 29 (5) : 466 - 542. doi: 10.1111/cla.12006

Balke M, Schmidt S, Hausmann A, Toussaint EFA, Bergsten J, Buffington M, Häuser CL, Kroupa A, Hagedorn G, Riedel A, Polaszek A, Ubaidillah R, Krogmann L, Zwick A, Fikáček M, Hájek J, Michat MC, Dietrich C, La Salle J, Mantle B, Ng PKL, Hobern D (2013) Biodiversity into your hands - A call for a virtual global natural history ‘metacollection’. Frontiers in Zoology, 10 (1) : 55 - 55. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-55

del Pino M, Rugman-Jones P, Hernández-Suárez E, Polaszek A, Stouthamer R (2013) Rapid molecular identification of five species of Trichogramma occurring in the Canary Islands with notes on their distribution in banana groves. BioControl, 58 (4) : 515 - 524. doi: 10.1007/s10526-013-9519-x

Shih YT, Ko CC, Pan KT, Lin SC, Polaszek A (null) Hydrophylita (Lutzimicron) emporos Shih & Polaszek (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Taiwan, Parasitising Eggs, and Phoretic on Adults, of the Damselfly Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae). PLoS ONE, 8 (7) : e69331 - e69331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069331

Polaszek A, Rugman-Jones PF, Stouthamer R, Hernandez-Suarez E, Cabello T, del Pino Pérez M (2012) Molecular and morphological diagnoses of five species of Trichogramma: biological control agents of Chrysodeixis chalcites (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Canary Islands. BioControl, 57 (1) : 21 - 35. doi: 10.1007/s10526-011-9361-y

Wheeler Q, Bourgoin T, Coddington J, Gostony T, Hamilton A, Larimer R, Polaszek A, Schauff M, Solis A (null) Nomenclatural benchmarking: the roles of digital typification and telemicroscopy. ZooKeys, 209 : 193 - 202. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.209.3486

Macfadyen S, Craze PG, Polaszek A, van Achterberg K, Memmott J (2011) Parasitoid diversity reduces the variability in pest control services across time on farms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278 (1723) : 3387 - 3394. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2673

POLASZEK A, GILL R (null) A new species of whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and its parasitoid(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from desert lavender in California. Zootaxa, 2750 (1) : 51 - 51. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2750.1.5

Polaszek A, Albarracin EL (2010) Two newEncarsiaspecies (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) reared from eggs of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in Argentina: an unusual new host association. Journal of Natural History, 45 (1-2) : 55 - 64. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2010.520169

POLASZEK A (2011) Primary and secondary parasitoids of Maculolachnus submacula (Hemiptera: Aphididae): Pauesia maculolachni (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Euneura lachni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) new to Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 24 : 27 - 29.

Rasekh B, Polaszek A (2010) New records of Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) parasitising Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) in Iran, with the description of a new species. JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH, 19 (2) : 223 - 227.

POLASZEK A (2010) Systema Naturae 250 - the Linnaean Ark. CRC Press : Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

POLASZEK A, MICHEL E (2010) Linnaeus – Sherborn – ZooBank., In: Systema Naturae 250: A quarter millenium of zoological nomenclature., Polaszek (Eds). Taylor & Francis : London.

Taekul C, Johnson N, Masner L, Polaszek A, Rajmohana K. (null) World species of the genus Platyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). ZooKeys, 50 : 97 - 126. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.485

BUFFINGTON ML, POLASZEK A (null) Recent occurrence of Aphanogmus dictynna (Waterston) (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) in Kenya — an important hyperparasitoid of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Zootaxa, 2214 (1) : 62 - 68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2214.1.4

Macfadyen S, Gibson R, Polaszek A, Morris RJ, Craze PG, Planqué R, Symondson WOC, Memmott J (2009) Do differences in food web structure between organic and conventional farms affect the ecosystem service of pest control?. Ecology Letters, 12 (3) : 229 - 238. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01279.x

Hernández-Suárez EM, Rizza-Hernández R, Carnero- Hernández A, POLASZEK A (2009) Control Biológico de las moscas blancas espirales Aleurodicus dispersus Russell y Aleurodicus floccissimus (Martin et al.) en Canarias, España. Red de Cuerpos Académicos. Sistematíca y Ecología en Comunidades Forestales y Cultivos. Taller Internacional sobre Recursos Naturales, 87 - 95.

Johnson N, Yoder M, Polaszek A, Masner L, Valerio A (null) Revision of Scelio pulchripennis - group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). ZooKeys, 20 : 53 - 118. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.20.205

Polaszek A (null) Masnerium wellsae gen. n., sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae) a parasitoid of Aleuroduplidens wellsae Martin (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) in Australia. ZooKeys, 20 : 119 - 125. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.20.189

POLASZEK A (2009) The vision for zoology: ZooBank. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 66 : ** - **.

POLASZEK A (2009) Esteemed Professor von Linné, In: Letters to Linnaeus, Knapp S, Wheeler Q (Eds). Linnean Society : London. 185 - 187.

POLASZEK A, Hernández-Suárez EM, Manzari S, Pedata PA, Schmidt S (2009) Megadiversity of Encarsia (Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae): macroevolution in a microhymenopteran. Red de Cuerpos Académicos. Sistematíca y Ecología en Comunidades Forestales y Cultivos. Taller Internacional sobre Recursos Naturales, 81 - 86.

POLASZEK A, McIvor C, Brooks J (2009) Pterandrophysalis levantina Nowicki (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae): genus and species new to Britain and France. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 22 : 43 - 45.

Talamas E, Johnson N, van Noort S, Masner L, Polaszek A (null) Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). ZooKeys, 6 : 1 - 68. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.6.67

POLASZEK A, KOLBERG R (null) Rediscovery of Gryon chrysolaum (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)—an egg parasitoid of Holhymenia rubiginosa Breddin and Anisoscelis foliacea Fabricius (Heteroptera: Coreidae). Zootaxa, 1968 (1) : 39 - 44. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1968.1.4

Polaszek A, Manzari S (2008) A New Species of Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Parasitising Aleuromarginatus tephrosiae (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Iran and Oman. JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH, 17 (2) : 134 - 137.

New TR (2008) H. G. Schabel, Forest Entomology in East Africa. Forest Insects of Tanzania. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12 (1) : 87 - 88. doi: 10.1007/s10841-006-9057-2

Heraty JM, POLASZEK A, Schauff ME (2008) Chapter 4. Systematics and Biology of Encarsia, In: Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States. A review of interagency research and implementation. Progress in Biological Control 4., Gould J, Hoelmer K, Goolsby J (Eds). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. : 1-343 pp. 71 - 87.

Michel E, JOHNSON KG, Polaszek A (2008) Registering animal names - problems and strategies. Minelli A (Eds). Padua University : Padua. Italy.

Polaszek A, Pyle R, Yanega D (2008) Animal names for all - ICZN, ZooBank and the new taxonomy. NEW TAXONOMY 76 : 129 - 141.

Shih Y, Ko C, Polaszek A (2008) Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitoids ofBemisiaspecies in Taiwan (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Journal of Natural History, 42 (47-48) : 2923 - 2941. doi: 10.1080/00222930802372482

Valverde L, Loiacono M, POLASZEK A (2008) Primera cita de Telenomus cyamophylax (Hymenoptera:Scelionidae) parasitoide de huevos de Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) en Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 67 : 83 - 85.

Varkonyi G, Polaszek A (2007) Rediscovery and revision of Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). ZOOTAXA, 1 - 14.

Polaszek A (2007) Response to Marcondes: Accepting name changes. Trends in Parasitology, 23 (7) : 303 - 304. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.04.010

Knapp S, Polaszek A, Watson M (2007) Spreading the word. Nature, 446 (7133) : 261 - 262. doi: 10.1038/446261a

La Salle J, Polaszek A (2007) Afrotropical species of the Tetrastichus howardi species group (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). African Entomology, 15 (1) : 45 - 56. doi: 10.4001/1021-3589-15.1.45

MASNER L, JOHNSON NF, POLASZEK AD (2007) Redescription of Archaeoscelio Brues and Description of Three New Genera of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera): A Challenge to the Definition of the Family. American Museum Novitates, 3550 (1) : 1 - 1. doi: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3550[1:roabad]2.0.co;2

KNAPP S, Polaszek A, Watson M (2007) e-publish or perish. Nature, 446 : 261 - 262.

Masner L, Johnson NF, POLASZEK A (2007) Redescription of Archaeoscelio Brues description of three new genera of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera): a challenge to the definition of the family. American Museum Novitates, 3550 :

Schmidt S, Polaszek A (2007) The Australian species ofEncarsiaFörster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Journal of Natural History, 41 (33-36) : 2099 - 2265. doi: 10.1080/00222930701550766

SCHMIDT S, POLASZEK A (2007) Encarsia or Encarsiella? - redefining generic limits based on morphological and molecular evidence (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae). Systematic Entomology, 32 (1) : 81 - 94. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00364.x

Gumovsky A, Polaszek A, Murphy ST, Rabbi MF, Zhu C-D (2006) Closterocerus oryzamyntor (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae : Entedoninae), a larval parasitoid of the rice hispa Dicladispa armigera in Bangladesh (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Hispinae). ZOOTAXA, 51 - 59.

KRELL F, Polaszek A (2006) Report on the ZooBank Symposium: ESA Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 18 December 2005. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 63 : 6 - 7.

Otim M, Legg DJ, Kyamanywa S, Polaszek A, Gerling D (2006) Population dynamics ofBemisia tabaci(Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) parasitoids on cassava mosaic disease–resistant and susceptible varieties. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 16 (2) : 205 - 214. doi: 10.1080/09583150500335558

Polaszek A (2006) Two words colliding: resistance to changes in the scientific names of animals – Aedes vs Stegomyia. Trends in Parasitology, 22 (1) : 8 - 9. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.11.003

POLASZEK A (2006) Identification guide to the common insect parasitoids of the rice hispa in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Rice Research Institute : Gazipur. 1 - 10.

POLASZEK A, Cranbrook G (2006) Insect species described from Alfred Russel Wallace's Sarawak collections. Malayan Nature Journal, 57 : 433 - 462.

Polaszek A, Grubb P, Groves C, Ehardt CL, Butynski TM (2005) The discovery of a new species of monkey - Response. SCIENCE, 309 (5744) : 2164 - 2166.

Polaszek A (2005) A universal register for animal names. Nature, 437 (7058) : 477 - 477. doi: 10.1038/437477a

Polaszek A, Wilson EO (2005) Sense and stability in animal names. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 20 (8) : 421 - 422. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.05.016

Otim M, Legg J, Kyamanywa S, Polaszek A, Gerling D (2005) Occurrence and activity of Bemisia tabaci parasitoids on cassava in different agro-ecologies in Uganda. BioControl, 50 (1) : 87 - 95. doi: 10.1007/s10526-004-0822-4

Polaszek A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Bouchet P, Brothers DJ, Evenhuis N, Krell F, Lyal CHC, Minelli A, Pyle RL, Robinson NJ, Thompson FC, van Tol J (2005) ZooBank: the open-access register for zoological taxonomy: technical discussion paper. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 62 : 210 - 220.

Polaszek A, Carpenter J, Wheeler QD (2005) Phylo facts. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 292 (3) : 15 - 15.

POLASZEK A (2005) Conserving our chimp cousins.

POLASZEK A, AGASSIZ D, Kibby G (2005) Tropical Pod Boring Lepidoptera. CD-ROM. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

POLASZEK A, Grubb P, Groves C, Ehardt CL, Butynski TM (2005) What constitutes a proper description?. Science, 309 : 2164 - 2166.

Xiao H, Polaszek A, Huang D-W (2005) A study of the genus Callitula Spinola (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from China. Oriental Insects, 39 (1) : 233 - 240. doi: 10.1080/00305316.2005.10417438

Polaszek A, Wilson EO, Carpenter A (2004) Long live Linnaeus. NEW SCIENTIST, 184 (2469) : 22 - 22.

Polaszek A, Manzari S, Quicke DLJ (2004) Morphological and molecular taxonomic analysis of the Encarsia meritoria species-complex (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) of economic importance. Zoologica Scripta, 33 (5) : 403 - 421. doi: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00161.x

Xiao H, Zhang YZ, Huang DW, Polaszek A (2004) A revision of Homoporus (Hymenoptera : Pteromalidae) of China. RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY, 52 (1) : 59 - 65.

Pedata PA, Polaszek A (2003) A revision of the Encarsia longifasciata species group (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Systematic Entomology, 28 (3) : 361 - 374. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00216.x

Hernández-Suárez E, Carnero A, Aguiar A, Prinsloo G, LaSalle J, POLASZEK A (2003) Parasitoids of whiteflies (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae, Eulophidae, Platygastridae; Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the Macronesian archipelagos of the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores. Systematics and Biodiversity, 1 : 55 - 108.

Polaszek A, Rabbi MF, Islam Z, Buckley YM (2002) Trichogramma zahiri (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) an egg parasitoid of the rice hispa Dicladispa armigera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Bangladesh. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 92 (6) : 529 - 537. doi: 10.1079/ber2002197

Manzari S, Polaszek A, Belshaw R, Quicke DLJ (2002) Morphometric and molecular analysis of the Encarsia inaron species-group (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 92 (2) : 165 - 175. doi: 10.1079/ber2001144

Kfir R, Overholt WA, Khan ZR, Polaszek A (2002) Biology and Management of Economically Important Lepidopteran Cereal Stem Borers in Africa. Annual Review of Entomology, 47 (1) : 701 - 731. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145254

Polaszek A, Chinwada P (2000) Dendrocerus rodhaini (Hymenoptera : Megaspilidae): a hyperparasitoid of the maize stem borer, Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae), in Zimbabwe. AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY, 8 (2) : 299 - 302.

Harris KM, Williams CT, Okhidievbie O, LaSalle J, Polaszek A (1999) Description of a new species of Orseolia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Paspalum in West Africa, with notes on its parasitoids, ecology and relevance to natural biological control of the African rice gall midge, O. oryzivora. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 89 (5) : 441 - 448. doi: 10.1017/s0007485399000577

MARTIN JH, POLASZEK A (1999) A new genus of Neotropical whitefly, secreting blue-iridescent wax (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae, Aleurodicinae), and its parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae). Journal of Natural History, 33 (10) : 1545 - 1559. doi: 10.1080/002229399299888

Huang J, Polaszek A (1998) A revision of the Chinese species ofEncarsiaFörster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae): parasitoids of whiteflies, scale insects and aphids (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Diaspididae, Aphidoidea). Journal of Natural History, 32 (12) : 1825 - 1966. doi: 10.1080/00222939800770911

Evans GA, Polaszek A (1998) The Encarsia cubensis species-group (Hymenoptera : Aphelinidae). PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, 100 (2) : 222 - 233.

Evans GA, Polaszek A (1997) Additions to the Encarsia parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) of the Bemisia tabaci-complex (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 87 (6) : 563 - 571. doi: 10.1017/s0007485300038657

LASALLE J, POLASZEK A, NOYES J, ZOLNEROWICH G (1997) A new whitefly parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Eunotinae), with comments on its placement, and implications for classification of Chalcidoidea with particular reference to the Eriaporinae (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Systematic Entomology, 22 (2) : 131 - 150. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1997.d01-38.x

Huang J, Polaszek A (1996) The species ofEncarsiellaHayat (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China. Journal of Natural History, 30 (11) : 1649 - 1659. doi: 10.1080/00222939600770971

Hunter MS, Rose M, Polaszek A (1996) Divergent Host Relationships of Males and Females in the Parasitoid Encarsia porteri (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 89 (5) : 667 - 675. doi: 10.1093/aesa/89.5.667

Kamarudin NH, Walker AK, Wahid MB, LaSalle J, Polaszek A (1996) Hymenopterous parasitoids associated with the bagworms Metisa plana and Mahasena corbetti (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) on oil palms in Peninsular Malaysia. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 86 (4) : 423 - 439. doi: 10.1017/s000748530003501x

Polaszek A, Dessart P (1996) Taxonomic problems in the Aphanogmus hakonensis species complex; (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) common hyperparasitoids in biocontrol programmes against lepidopterous pests in the tropics. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 86 (4) : 419 - 422. doi: 10.1017/s0007485300035008

Booth RG, Polaszek A, COUNCIL BCP (1996) The identities of ladybird beetle predators used for whitefly control, with note on some whitefly parasitoides, in Europe. BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE: PESTS & DISEASES - 1996, VOLS 1-3 69 - 74.

Williams T, Polaszek A (1996) A re-examination of host relations in the Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 57 (1) : 35 - 45. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01694.x

Polaszek A, LaSalle J (1995) The hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae, Encyrtidae, Eulophidae, Eurytemidae) of cereal stem borers (Lepideptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae) in Africa. AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY, 3 (2) : 131 - 146.

Evans GA, Polaszek A, Bennett FD (1995) The taxonomy of theEncarsia flavoscutellumspecies-group (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitoids of Hormaphididae (Homoptera: Aphidoidea). Oriental Insects, 29 (1) : 33 - 45. doi: 10.1080/00305316.1995.10433740

POLASZEK A, STOUTHAMER R, HUNTER MS, ROSE M, OVRUSKI SM, FRIAS E, ROJAS SP (1995) Heterotrophic parasitoids revisited: Preliminary observations on Encarsia porteri (Mercet) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). TRICHOGRAMMA AND OTHER EGG PARASITOIDS 31 - 32.

Polaszek A, Fitton MG, Bianchi G, Huddleston T (1994) The parasitoids of the African white rice borer, Maliarpha separatella Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 84 (1) : 65 - 89. doi: 10.1017/s0007485300032247

Bosque-Pérez NA, Ubeku JA, Polaszek A (1994) Survey for parasites ofSesamia calamistis (Lep.: Noctuidae) andEldana saccharina (Lep.: Pyralidae) in southwestern Nigeria. Entomophaga, 39 (3-4) : 367 - 376. doi: 10.1007/bf02373042

Mound LA, Martin JH, Polaszek A (1994) The insect fauna ofSelaginella(Pteridophyta: Lycopsida), with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Natural History, 28 (6) : 1403 - 1415. doi: 10.1080/00222939400770691

Polaszek A, Ubeku JA, Bosque-Perez NA (1993) Taxonomy of the Telenomus busseolae species-complex (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) egg parasitoids of cereal stem borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 83 (2) : 221 - 226. doi: 10.1017/s0007485300034702

Polaszek A, Evans GA, Bennett FD (1992) Encarsiaparasitoids ofBemisia tabaci(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae, Homoptera: Aleyrodidae): a preliminary guide to identification. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 82 (3) : 375 - 392. doi: 10.1017/s0007485300041171

POLASZEK A, HAYAT M (1992) A revision of the genera Dirphys Howard and Encarsiella Hayat (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Systematic Entomology, 17 (2) : 181 - 197. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1992.tb00329.x

Hayat M, Polaszek A (1992) Encarsia aseta,sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), a parasitoid ofDialeurolonga elongataDozier (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from India. Oriental Insects, 26 (1) : 107 - 109. doi: 10.1080/00305316.1992.10432241

POLASZEK A (1992) CEREAL STEM BORERS AND THEIR PARASITOIDS IN AFRICA. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTION : EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY OF THE NETHERLANDS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY ( N E V ), VOL 3, 1992 70 - 71.

Polaszek A (1991) Egg parasitism in Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with special reference to Centrodora and Encarsia species. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 81 (1) : 97 - 106. doi: 10.1017/s0007485300053293

POLASZEK A, WALKER AK (1991) THE COTESIA-FLAVIPES SPECIES-COMPLEX - PARASITOIDS OF CEREAL STEM BORERS IN THE TROPICS. REDIA: GIORNALE DI ZOOLOGIA, VOL LXXIV, N 3, TERZA SERIE, APPENDICE 335 - 341.

Polaszek A, Kimani SW (1990) Telenomus species (Hymenopetra: Scelionidae) attacking eggs of pyralid pests (Lepidoptera) in Africa: a review and guide to identification. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 80 (1) : 57 - 71. doi: 10.1017/s0007485300045922

Polaszek A, Hayat M (1990) Dirphys boswelli(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) an egg-parasitoid of Plataspidae (Heteroptera). Journal of Natural History, 24 (1) : 1 - 5. doi: 10.1080/00222939000770011

Polaszek A (1986) The effects of two species of hymenopterous parasitoid on the reproductive system of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 40 (3) : 285 - 292. doi: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1986.tb00513.x

Polaszek A (1986) Aestivating sexual morphs in the aphid genusThelaxes(Insecta: Homoptera). Journal of Natural History, 20 (6) : 1333 - 1338. doi: 10.1080/00222938600770891

Courses taught

Postgraduate: Ecosystem Service Providers: Taxonomy and Biology of Parasitoids and Pollinators
, London
11/2014 - 12/2014.