The world species of the microgastrine genus Paroplitis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are revised. Three new described, P. horticola Fujie & Fernandez-Triana, sp. nov. and japonicus from Japan kakhetiensis Fujie, Japoshvili Georgia. vietnamensis van Achterberg 2013 is re-described, based on additional specimens. wesmaeli Ruthe, 1860 recorded Georgia for first time. A key to nine known (eigh...

This is the first report for Iran of Dolichogenidea laevigata (Ratzeburg, 1848) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) parasitizing larvae European leaf roller Archips rosana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The parasitized A. were obtained from different host plants. occurrence D. and its diagnosis are presented. In addition, a full DNA barcode (the mitochondrial cytochrome oxid...

Two new peculiar mid-Cretaceous braconid genera, Megalyrhyssalus gen. nov. (type species clavicornis sp. nov.) and Stephanorhyssalus longiscapus nov.), are described illustrated from Burmese amber. According to the particular morphology wing venation of a subfamily Megalyrhyssalinae subfam. is created. The Seneciobraconinae synonymised under Protorhyssalinae (syn. nov.). Additionally, key gener...

Neuf espèces d’Hyménoptères parasites (Braconidae, Ichneumonidae) sont identifiées pour la première fois en Belgique: Atanycolus denigrator (Linnaeus 1758), Cosmophorus regius Niezabitowski 1910, Aleiodes dissector (Nees, 1834), Rhimphoctona pectoralis (Kriechbaumer, 1890), rufocoxalis (Clément, 1924), xoridiformis (Holmgren, 1860), Xorides alpestris (Habermehl, 1903), brachylabis 1889) et rufi...

The obliquebanded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), is one of the major arthropodpests of apple in theUnitedStates. In 1999 and2000, a surveyof theobliquebanded leafroller parasitoid complex incommerciallymanagedappleorchards inMichiganÕs two largest fruit production regions was conducted to determine the species present and their importance to obliquebanded leafroller population ma...

Aphids commonly harbor bacterial facultative symbionts that have a variety of effects upon their aphid hosts, including defense against hymenopteran parasitoids and fungal pathogens. The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is infected with the symbiont Arsenophonus sp., which has an unknown role in its aphid host. Our research goals were to document the infection fre...

Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald, 1904) is an invasive species recently introduced in the American continent and has been causing great losses sorghum crop. In surveys carried out cities of Uberlândia Sete Lagoas, state Minas Gerais, Brazil, during year 2021, mummified specimens M. were collected on plants, from which parasitoid Aphidius platensis (Brèthes, 1913) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae...