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Zachary Lahey

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2015
Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyFossil Insects in AmberInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlHemiptera Insect StudiesResearch on scale insects

Publications

190

Citations

213

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
AI-generated

Zachary Lahey's work focuses on the taxonomy and systematics of parasitic wasps, particularly small chalcidoid and platygastroid wasps used as biological control agents against pest insects like whiteflies and scale insects. This research involves describing new species, revising classifications of wasp genera, and studying host relationships (which insects these wasps parasitize), often for practical applications in pest control. The work is largely descriptive taxonomic research, published as species revisions and catalog entries alongside more traditional journal articles.

Wasp taxonomy and systematics (Hymenoptera)Biological control agents for agricultural pestsParasitoid-host relationshipsInsect genomics and molecular data (mitochondrial genomes, RNA-seq)Whitefly and scale insect pest biology

Publication output was low and sporadic from 2017-2020, spiked dramatically in 2021 (148 items, likely a bulk taxonomic catalog release), then settled into a more moderate but active pace of roughly 2-11 publications per year through 2025-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication17182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 148 publications148212022: 8 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 11 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×142
  • Journal of Hymenoptera Research×12
  • The Catalogue of Life×11
  • Journal of Natural History×3
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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