Title Hybrid capture data unravel a rapid radiation of pimpliform parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes) Authors Klopfstein, S; Langille, B; Spasojevic, T; Broad, G; Cooper, SJB; Austin, AD; Niehuis, O Date Submitted 2020-09-01 1Hybrid capture data unravels a rapid radiation of pimpliform parasitoid wasps 2(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes) 3Seraina Klopfstein1,2, Barbara Langille3, Tamara Spasojevic1,2, Gavin R. Broad4, Steven J. B. 4Cooper3,5, Andrew D. Austin3, Oliver Niehuis6,7 71 University of Bern, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, 8Switzerland 92 Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland 103 Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, 11The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 124 Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, 13UK 145 South Australian Museum, Evolutionary Biology Unit, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, 15Australia 166 Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research, Zoological Research Museum Alexander 17Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany 187 University of Freiburg, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Institute for 19Biology I (Zoology), Hauptstraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany (current affiliation) 20 21Running head: Rapid radiation of pimpliform parasitoid wasps 22 23Corresponding author: Seraina Klopfstein, Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bernastrasse 15, 243005 Bern, Switzerland, Tel. +41 31 350 72 45, E-mail:
[email protected] 25 26Abstract 27The parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae is among the most diverse groups of organisms, 28with conservative estimates suggesting that it contains more species than all vertebrates 29together. However, ichneumonids are also among the most severely understudied groups, and 30our understanding of their evolution is hampered by the lack of a robust higher-level 31phylogeny of this group.