Cristina Lupascu-Vasilita

Current positions

Scientist

Previous positions

Project Coordinator German Barcode of Life III: Dark Taxa, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History

Education

MSc Molecular Genetics „Alexandru Ioan Cuza University“ in Iasi, Romania
BSc Biochemistry „Alexandru Ioan Cuza University“ in Iasi, Romania

Field of research

Integrative taxonomy and systematics
Biodiversity
Molecular Genetics

Prizes/Fellowships

UEFISCDI - Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development & Innovation Funding Award for Scientific Excellence - 2024
Erasmus+ internship mobility “Methods of integrative taxonomy exemplified by hyperdiverse insect groups” – 2020-2021
International Society of Hymenopterists Online Symposium Student Competition - 1st prize - 2020

Completed projects - Publications

Vasilita, C., Feng, V., Hansen, A. K., Hartop, E., Srivathsan, A., Struijk, R., & Meier, R. (2024). Express barcoding with NextGenPCR and MinION for species‐level sorting of ecological samples. Molecular ecology resources, 24(3), e13922.
Rehberger, S., Vogel, J., Müller, B., Vasilita, C., Krogmann, L., Schmidt, S., & Peters, R. S. (2024). The obligate fig-pollinator family Agaonidae in Germany (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 71(1), 177-183.
Moser, M., Ulmer, J. M., Van de Kamp, T., Vasilița, C., Renninger, M., Mikó, I., & Krogmann, L. (2023). Surprising morphological diversity in ceraphronid wasps revealed by a distinctive new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea). European journal of taxonomy, 864, 146-166.
Pirvu, E., & Vasilita, C. (2023). Wasps going north? Triteleia peyerimhoffi (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) in Germany. Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History, 6(2), 127-132.
Vasilita, C., Moser, M., & Krogmann, L. (2022). Mission possible: an optimised protocol for the unbarcodable Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 10.
Vasiliţa, C., Popovici, O. A., Talamas, E., Johnson, N., Masner, L., Tortorici, F., & Fusu, L. (2021). Molecular analysis reveals Latonius planus Kononova to be a derived species of Trissolcus Ashmead. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 87, 267-289.
Vasilita, C., & Popovici, O. A. (2020). The first case of reduced wings in Trissolcus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea). NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 16(1), 99-101..

Publications

Known unknowns at our doorstep: Description of 14 Western Palaearctic species within the newly defined Aphanogmus fumipennis species group (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Ceraphronidae)
Salden, T.; Mikó, I.; Staverløkk, A.; Moser, M.; Vasilița, C.; van de Kamp, T.; Vogel, J.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Hein, N.; Japoshvili, G.; Peters, R. S.
2026. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 99, 125–214. doi:10.3897/jhr.99.178410

German Barcode of Life reveals unexpected diversity of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera)
Moser, M.; Vasilița, C.; Haas-Renninger, M.; Pirvu, E.; Haas, M.; Krogmann, L.
2025. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13. doi:10.3897/BDJ.13.e159561

Level of host concealment shape parasitoid community of microlepidopteran species living on hops
Hovorka, T.; Holý, K.; Vasilita, C.; Krogmann, L.; Janšta, P.
2025. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 115 (6), 765–779. doi:10.1017/S000748532510031X

Surprising morphological diversity in ceraphronid wasps revealed by a distinctive new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea)
Moser, M.; Ulmer, J. M.; Van de Kamp, T.; Vasilița, C.; Renninger, M.; Mikó, I.; Krogmann, L.
2023. European Journal of Taxonomy, 864, 146–166. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2095