D3488: Museomics-based research in parasitoid wasps

Specimens preserved in biological collections have become one the most important sources for obtaining genomic-scale data to perform phylogenetic studies. This is particularly useful when using extinct or rare species, as well as taxa that are otherwise difficult to collect. Implementing NGS approaches for insect museum specimens is challenging, mainly because many of them are considerably small and the amount of DNA recovered is considerably low. Here I show the results of published and ongoing phylogenomic studies carried out for the group of parasitoid wasps of the family Braconidae, using a substantial amount of genomic information from considerably old and pinned museum specimens.