JAMES B. WOOLLEY

Dr. Jim Woolley

Professor
Entomology

Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2475
College Station, TX 77843-2475
Office: Minnie Bell Heep (map)
Phone: 979.845.9349
Fax: 979.845.6305
E-mail: jimwoolley@tamu.edu
Department Web page

Keywords: Systematics of parasitic Hymenoptera, particularly Encyrtidae, Aphelinidae, and Signiphoridae. Biological control of Homoptera using parasitoids.

Interests:
Research on systematics of Chalcidoidea emphasizes descriptive taxonomy and revisionary study, analysis of phylogenetic relationships and classification of genera, tribes and subfamilies, comparative morphology, and biosystematics of selected complexes of species of particular importance to biological control. Interested also in the characterization of biological diversity, particularly Hymenoptera, and development of systematics collections.

Disciplines: Biological Control, Phylogenetics & Systematics

Selected publications:
Kimani-Njogu, S. W., M. K. Trostle, R. A. Wharton, J. B. Woolley, and A. Raspi. 2001. Biosystematics of the Psyttalia concolor species complex (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae): the identity of populations attacking Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in coffee in Kenya. Biological Control 20: 167-174.

Hunter, M.S.H. and J.B. Woolley. 2001. Evolutionary and behavioral ecology of heteronomous aphelinid parasitoids. Annual Review of Entomology