Ultraconserved elements-based systematics reveals evolutionary patterns of host-plant family shifts and phytophagy within a predominantly parasitoid wasp family

We conducted a comprehensive phylogenomic study for the doryctine gall-associated genera, with an emphasis on Allorhogas, using ultraconserved elements (UCEs). Based on this estimate of phylogeny we evaluated their taxonomic composition, estimated the timing of origin of the gall-associated clade and divergence of its main subclades, and performed ancestral state reconstruction analyses for life history traits related to their host-plant association.