M. G. Fitton

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

M. G. Fitton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. G. Fitton has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Insect Science and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in M. G. Fitton's work include Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (32 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (23 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). M. G. Fitton is often cited by papers focused on Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (32 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (23 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). M. G. Fitton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Czechia. M. G. Fitton's co-authors include Donаld L. J. Quicke, T. Huddleston, N. A. C. Kidd, Mark A. Jervis, Hassan Ali Dawah, Gavin R. Broad, Mark Shaw, Simon N. Ingram, Nina Laurenne and Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society and Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

In The Last Decade

M. G. Fitton

42 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Flower-visiting by hymenopteran parasitoids

1993 406 citations Mark A. Jervis, N. A. C. Kidd et al. Journal of Natural History profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): their classification and biology 2018 ·Gavin R. Broad, Mark Shaw, M. G. Fitton	48
2	A thousand and one wasps: a 28S rDNA and morphological phylogeny of the Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) with an investigation into alignment parameter space and elision 2009 ·Journal of Natural History ·Donаld L. J. Quicke, Nina Laurenne, M. G. Fitton, Gavin R. Broad	125
3	Towards a thousand sequence ichneumonid wasp molecular phylogeny (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) based on the 28S rDNA D2-D3 region 2007 ·NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) ·Donаld L. J. Quicke, Nina Laurenne, M. G. Fitton, Gavin R. Broad	2
4	The parasitic wasp generaSkiapus,Hellwigia,Nonnus,Chriodes, andKlutiana(Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae): Recognition of the Nesomesochorinae stat. rev. and Nonninae stat. nov. and transfer ofSkiapusandHellwigiato the Ophioninae 2005 ·Journal of Natural History ·Donаld L. J. Quicke, M. G. Fitton, Gavin R. Broad, (unknown), Nina Laurenne, (unknown)	14
5	The oldest fossil insect sensilla 2001 ·Peter Vršanský, Donаld L. J. Quicke, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, Hasan Hüseyin Başıbüyük, Andrew J. Ross, M. G. Fitton, Ľubomír Vidlička	8
6	An archaic new genus of Evaniidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) and implications for the biology of ancestral evanioids 2000 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Hasan Hüseyin Başıbüyük, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, M. G. Fitton, Donаld L. J. Quicke	28
7	Identification of theDiadegmaspecies (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) attacking the diamondback moth,Plutella xylostella(Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) 2000 ·Bulletin of Entomological Research ·(unknown), M. G. Fitton, Donаld L. J. Quicke	57
8	Morphology and Sensilla of the Orbicula, a Sclerite Between the Tarsal Claws, in the Hymenoptera 2000 ·Annals of the Entomological Society of America ·Hasan Hüseyin Başıbüyük, Donаld L. J. Quicke, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, M. G. Fitton	17
9	Ovipositor steering mechanisms in braconid wasps 1995 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Donаld L. J. Quicke, M. G. Fitton, (unknown)	26
10	The parasitoids of the African white rice borer,Maliarpha separatellaRagonot (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) 1994 ·Bulletin of Entomological Research ·Andrew Polaszek, M. G. Fitton, G. Bianchi, T. Huddleston	18
11	Flower-visiting by hymenopteran parasitoids breakdown → 1993 ·Journal of Natural History ·Mark A. Jervis, N. A. C. Kidd, M. G. Fitton, T. Huddleston, Hassan Ali Dawah	406
12	The British species of Cidaphus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) 1985 ·Entomologist s Gazette ·M. G. Fitton	2
13	An African ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) in Australasia 1983 ·Bulletin of Entomological Research ·M. G. Fitton, I. D. Gauld, (unknown), Annette K. Walker	2
14	A key to the European genera of diplazontine ichneumon‐flies, with notes on the British fauna 1982 ·Systematic Entomology ·M. G. Fitton, Graham E. Rotheray	27
15	Keys to the British xoridine parasitoids of wood-boring beetles (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). 1981 ·Entomologist s Gazette ·I. D. Gauld, M. G. Fitton	3
16	The British species of Phrudinae (Hym., Ichneumonidae). 1980 ·The Entomologist s monthly magazine ·I. D. Gauld, M. G. Fitton	1
17	A review of the British Cremastinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with keys to the species. 1980 ·Entomologist s Gazette ·M. G. Fitton, I. D. Gauld	4
18	Further notes on family‐group names of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) 1978 ·Systematic Entomology ·M. G. Fitton, I. D. Gauld	3
19	Discovery in the Linnaean collection of type-material of insects described by Johann Reinhold Forster, with notes on the Hymenoptera 1977 ·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Michael C. Day, M. G. Fitton	9
20	The larvae of the British genera of Cantharidae (Coleoptera) 1976 ·M. G. Fitton	12

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