We record for the first time species Pimpla croceiventris (Cresson, 1868), P. golbachi (Porter, 1970), and sumichrasti Cresson, 1874, belonging to Pimplini tribe (Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), in northeastern Brazil. These have been recorded south southeast of Brazil, except , which has also north country. Regarding development larvae its physiological characteristics, Fabricius, 1804 is one most ...

A new species of Metopiinae, Trieces etuokensis Sheng, sp. n., is described and illustrated. Specimens were reared from two species of Lepidoptera: Bazaria turensis (Ragonot, 1887) (Pyralidae) from Balong, Dulan, Qinghai Province, and an unidentified psychid (Psychidae) from Mukainor, Etuoke, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. The new species is characterized by a yellow face and clypeus,...

BACKGROUND A parasitoid wasp Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira, 2015 was recorded parasitizing, for the first time, a female spider of Leucauge henryi Mello-Leitão, 1940 in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Images, description of the cocoon and comments about this interaction were added. NEW INFORMATION First record of Hymenoepimecis manauara parasitizing Leucauge henryi with description ...

We describe Genaemirum phagocossorum Rousse, Broad & van Noort, sp. n., a new ichneumonine parasitoid wasp reared from Eucalyptus nitens logs infested by the cossid moth Coryphodema tristis, which is considered a major pest of forestry and food crops in South Africa. This is the first plausible host association for the genus, and fits with the host association predictions of Heinrich. Two furth...