Four new species of wasp that attack fall armyworm, named with the help of several schools who collected specimens.
Fagan-Jeffries, E.P., Miles, M.M., Atkin-Zaldivar, T.-C.C., Howe, A.G., Subramaniam, S., Chambers, D.M. et al. (2024) Hymenopteran parasitoids of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)) in Australia, with the description of five new species in the families Braconidae and Eulophidae. Austral Entomology, 63(2), 136–174. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12682
A species of fly, Alepia viatrix, found in Australia for the first time by Yeronga State School students!
Jaume-Schinkel S, Mengual X, Howe AG, Fagan-Jeffries EP (2023) The hitchhiker’s guide to Australia: the 18,000-km-long journey of Alepia viatrix Jaume-Schinkel, Kvifte, Weele & Mengual, 2022 (Diptera, Psychodidae) discovered through citizen science. CheckList 19 (4): 589–597. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.4.589