Marco Gebiola, Ph.D

Education:
Ph.D. Entomology and Biological control, University of Naples “Federico II,” February 5, 2009.

Dissertation: Morpho-bio-molecular characterization of species of the genus Pnigalio Schrank (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).

Supervisors: Prof. Gennaro Viggiani and Dr. Umberto Bernardo.

B.S. Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Major in Entomology and Biological Control. University of Naples “Federico II,” February 22, 2005.

Thesis: Rearing and cold storage of Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), and preliminary tests for the biological control of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) on tobacco.

Research Interests:
Taxonomy, systematics and biology of Chalcidoidea, with an emphasis on the genus Pnigalio Schrank and other Eulophinae

Taxonomy, systematics and biology of bark beetles and their parasitoids

Biological control of agricultural and forest pests, with an emphasis on invasive species (Tuta absoluta, Dryocosmus kuriphilus)

Population genetics and speciation processes

Insect endosymbionts (Wolbachia, Cardinium, Rickettsia) and related effects on the reproductive strategies of their hosts

Publications:
Gebiola, M., Gómez-Zurita, J., Monti, M.M., Navone, P., Bernardo, U. Integration of molecular, ecological, morphological, and endosymbiont data for species delimitation in the Pnigalio soemius complex (Hymenoptera:  Eulophidae). Molecular Ecology, in press.

Gebiola, M., Giorgini, G., Navone, P., Bernardo, U. A karyological study of the genus Pnigalio (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): Assessing the taxonomic utility of chromosomes at the species level. Bulletin of Entomological Research, in press.

Bernardo, U., Sasso, R., Gebiola, M., Viggiani, G. First record of a walnut shield bearer Coptodisca (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae) in Europe. Journal of Applied Entomology, in press.

Burks, R.A., Heraty, J.M., Gebiola, M., Hansson, C. 2011. Combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with focus on the subfamily Entedoninae. Cladistics 27: 581–605.

Gebiola, M., Bernardo, U., Burks, R.A. 2010. A reevaluation of the generic limits of Pnigalio Schrank (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 2484: 35–44.

Giorgini, M., Bernardo, U., Monti, M.M., Nappo, A.G., Gebiola, M. 2010. Rickettsia symbionts cause parthenogenetic reproduction in the parasitoid wasp Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 2589-2599.

Guerrieri, E., Bernardo, U., Iodice, L., Gebiola, M. Identificazione morfo-bio-molecolare ed interazioni trofiche degli antagonisti autoctoni di Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu in Campania: Metodologia e risultati preliminari. Atti Accademia Nazionale di Entomologia, Anno LVIII: 115–120.

Gebiola, M., Bernardo, U., Monti, M.M., Navone, P., Viggiani, G. 2009. Pnigalio agraules (Walker) and Pnigalio mediterraneus Ferrière & Delucchi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): two closely related valid species. Journal of Natural History 43: 2465–2480.

Bernardo, U., Monti, M.M., Nappo, A.G, Gebiola, M., Russo, A., Pedata, P.A., Viggiani, G. 2008. Species status of two populations of Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) reared from two different hosts: An integrative approach. Biological Control 46: 293–303.

Gebiola, M., Bernardo, U. 2008. Karyotype of Baryscapus silvestrii Viggiani & Bernardo (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia agraria “Filippo Silvestri” 62: 39–43.

Contact Information:
Marco Gebiola
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante
via Università 133
80055 - Portici (NA)
ITALY
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