Cotesia chilonis (Munakata, 1912) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) is a species used widely for biological control of several species of Chilo (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) stem borers. The genus name, species author and year of publication associated with this parasitoid wasp species have varied historically. Based on the available evidence, a complete account of the history and nomenclatu...

The Australian species Cotesia nonagriae Olliff stat. rev. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is redescribed and formally removed from synonymy with C. flavipes based on molecular, morphological and biological differences. The taxonomic history and phylogenetic relationships of C. nonagriae with other members of the C. flavipes complex are presented and underscore the importance of molecular-based ident...

A new species of opiine Braconidae, Opius rojam Daniels & Wharton, is described from Trinidad. The description is based in part on two individuals reared from Sepsisoma erythrocephalum infesting shoots of the grass Paspalum fasciculatum. This is the first record of members of the Opiinae attacking species in the dipteran family Richardiidae. The Opius ingenticornis species group is proposed and...

The species of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster, 1863 (Braconidae: Alysiinae) from South Korea are revised, and is recorded for first time Korea. Three species, artotemporalis sp. nov. , P. brachyura lobata new to Science, two masha Belokobylskij, 1998 fidelis Fischer, 1970, newly recognized in They described illustrated herein with a provision identification key Korean species. In addition, DNA ...

Bu çalışma 2019-2020 yıllarında Tire ve Ödemiş (İzmir) ilçelerinde birinci ikinci ürün patates ile domates alanlarında Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)’ nın doğal düşmanlarının saptanması amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Örneklemeler haftalık olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Doğal düşmanlar atrap kültüre alma yöntemiyle elde edilmiştir. Birçok predatör parazitoit düşman türü saptanmıştır. ...

Laotris luzulae Godfray, sp. nov. is described in the small genus Nixon, 1943, (Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini) from five specimens reared Cerodontha silvatica (Groschke, 1957) (Diptera, Agromyzidae) mining Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin (Juncaceae) Devon and Gloucestershire southwest of Great Britain. Six further Somerset caught as adults 1950s are also noted. It differs morphologically thr...

BACKGROUND The checklist of British and Irish Braconidae is revised, based in large part on the collections of the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Natural History Museum, London. Distribution records are provided at the country level together with extensive synonymy and bibliography. NEW INFORMATION Of the 1,338 species regarded as valid, presumed native and certainly identif...

Specimens of the subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) were collected in northern Iran during 2010-2011 with a series of Malaise traps. Twelve species belonging to three genera (Aleiodes Wesmael, 1838, Heterogamus Wesmael, 1838 and Clinocentrus Haliday, 1833) were identified, with one genus (Heterogamus) and seven species new for the fauna of Iran. An updated checklist of the genera and...

This study had the objective of determining the species of parasitoids of Diptera from May 2003 to June 2004 in the Region Southern and from March 2012 to February 2013 in the Region Central of (Goiânia) Goiás, Brazil. The dipterous pupae were obtained by the flotation method. They were individually placed in gelatin capsules until the emergence of the flies and/or their parasitoids. The percen...

grape berry moth, lobesia botrana (denis and schiff.) is a destructive pest of grapevine in orumieh (northwest, iran) vineyards. it is mainly controled through application of broad-spectrum insecticides, which can adversely affect vineyard ecosystem and consequently human health. since a first step in setting up an ipm program is to assess the biological control agents within the ecosystem, so ...