ten known cynipid inquiline species associated with oak cynipid galls (hymenoptera, cynipidae: synergini and cynipini), their distribution and host associations are given for the first time for the iranian cynipid fauna: ceroptres cerri mayr, c. clavicornis hartig, saphonecrus haimi (mayr), synergus gallaepomiformis (b. de fonsc), s. pallidipennis mayr, s. pallipes hartig, s. reinhardi mayr, s....

The genus Trigonopterus Fauvel, 1862 is highly diverse in Melanesia. Only one species, Trigonopterusamphoralis Marshall, 1925 was so far recorded West of Wallace's Line (Eastern Sumatra). Based on focused field-work the fauna from Sundaland (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Palawan) and the Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores) is here revised. We redescribe Trigonopterusamphoralis Marshall and de...

A comprehensive taxonomic study is presented for the four genera and 286 species of the doryctine tribe Heterospilini occurring in Costa Rica. The tribe is represented almost entirely by the 280 species of the genus Heterospilus Haliday. Keys for identification of the genera and species are provided and the genera and species are described and illustrated. An interactive key to the species of H...