a total of 29 species in 16 genera and 8 subfamilies of the braconids (hym., braconidae) were collected from alfalfa fields in bahariya and farafra oases (western desert, egypt) these species were identified, together with details of the sites where they were found and an indication of their relative abundance in each site. among the samples, 4 species in 4 genera and 3 subfamilies are recorded...

the parasitoid wasps of the genera leiophron nees and euphorus nees were studied in northern iran (guilan, mazandaran and alborz provinces). the specimens were collected using malaise traps from different habitats during 2010-2011. four species of both genera were collected and identified, of which three species, euphorus pallidistigma (curtis), e. similis (curtis) and leiophron fascipennis (ru...

Computer vision approaches, such as deep learning, potentially offer a range of benefits to entomology, particularly for the image-based identification taxa. An experiment was conducted gauge ability convolution neural network (CNN) identify genera Braconidae from images forewings. A learning CNN trained via transfer small set 488 57 genera. Three-fold cross-validation achieved an accuracy 96.7...

Syconia of figs (Moraceae: Ficus spp.) harbour many wasp species, mostly belonging to several genera of chalcidoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). In contrast, only two genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) with a few known species are found in syconia belonging to the subgenus Urostigma. The braconid fig wasps have an infrequent occurrence with low population density and are rarely ...

The sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) has been controlled by Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae); however, very little is known about the effect of the parasitism in the host organs, including the midgut. This work aims to verify mitochondrial alteration in the different midgut epithelial cells of D. saccharalis parasitized by C. flavipes. Midgut fragments (an...

Meteorus Haliday, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a cosmopolitan genus with around 340 species described, all koinobiont endoparasitoids of Coleoptera or Lepidoptera larvae, and several of its hosts are pest insects. Previously to this work only two species were described from Brazil, M. eaclidis Muesebeck and M. townsendi Muesebeck. Five new species of Meteorus are here described: M. atlanti...