Buntika Areekul Butcher, Ph.D. อาจารย์ ดร. บัณฑิกา อารีย์กุล บุทเชอร์ TELEPHONE: 0-2218-7535 E-mail: buntika@sc.chula.ac.th

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

• 1993-1997 B.Sc. (Biology) Mahidol University
• 1997-2000 M.Sc. (Environmental Biology) Mahidol University
• 2000-2004 Ph.D. (Taxonomy) Imperial College London

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Taxonomy
• Phylogenetic reconstruction
• Evolutionary Biology
• Ecology
• Entomology

CURRENT RESEARCH

“Biodiversity and taxonomy of the parasitic wasp family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) and the relationships between a parasitoid and its host in the Western part of Thailand”

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Presentation at professional meetings
“Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Yelicones Cameron (Braconidae: Rogadinae)” Poster presentation, 4th biennial meeting, The systematics Association, 18-23 August 2003, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Professional training
“Taxonomy and Biology of Parasitic Hymenoptera Course”, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, April 2001

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

AREEKUL, B. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2002. A new species of Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Thailand. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 78: 17-22.
AREEKUL, B. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2004. A new species of Yelicones (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Afromontane forest in Western Uganda. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 140: 285-290.
AREEKUL, B. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2004. Two new species of Pseudoyelicones (Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Costa Rica. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 13: 1-7.
AREEKUL, B. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2004. Three new species of Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Madagascar with a revised key to African species. African Entomology 12: 243-252.
AREEKUL, B. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) and revision of the genus from North, Central and South America. Systematic and Biodiversity (in press).
AREEKUL, B., AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2006. The use of colour characters in phylogenetic reconstruction. Biological Journal of the Linnnean Society 88: 193-202.
AREEKUL, B., MORI, M., ZALDIVAR-RIVER?N, A. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2005. Molecular and morphological phylogeny of the parasitic wasp genus Yelicones Cameron (Braconidae: Rogadinae). European Journal of Entomology 102: 617-624.
AREEKUL, B., ZALDIVAR-RIVER?N, A. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2004. Venom gland and reservoir morphology of the genus Pseudoyelicones van-Achterberg, Penteado-Dias and Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) and implications for relationships. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden 78: 119-122.
QUICKE, D.L.J., AREEKUL, B. AND LE COUTOURIER, S. 2005. Discovery of the parasitic wasp genus Cosmophorus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) in Madagascar with description of a new species. African Entomology 13: 372-375.
ZALDIVAR-RIVER?N, A., AREEKUL, B., SHAW, M.R. AND QUICKE, D.L.J. 2004. Comparative morphology of the venom apparatus in the braconid wasp subfamily Rogadinae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconidae) and related taxa. Zoologica Scripta 33: 223-238.