Elizabeth Murray 

Ph.D. in progress, UCR
M.S. 2006, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
B.A. 2004, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Research Project:
I am beginning a phylogenetic revision of a genus of parasitic Hymenoptera.  My research utilizes wasps in the ant-parasitoid genus Kapala (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae), which have a distribution ranging from the southern US through South America, with at least one species in southern Africa and Madagascar.  Kapala is composed of 17 species, but that number is expected to increase greatly under systematic scrutiny. This genus lends itself to an automated identification system because it has easily-visible gross anatomical features, it exhibits a high degree of morphological variability, and also, there is a large depository of specimens accessible for imaging.

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