Four species of the genus Barycnemis Förster are found to occur in Japan: B. dissimilis (Gravenhorst), B. harpura (Schrank), B. naganoensis sp. nov. and B. tobiasi Khalaim. These are the first records of Barycnemis from this country. All recognized Japanese species belong to the harpura species group. An identification key to four species of Barycnemis occurring in Japan is provided. Barycnemis...

The Ukrainian Xoridinae list containing 28 species is reviewed. Four species, Xorides flavotibialis Hilszczanski, 2000, X. hedwigi Clement, 1938, Xorides rufipes (Gravenhorst, 1829), and X. rusticus (Desvignes, 1856) are recorded in the Ukrainian fauna for the first time. Agrilus biguttatus F. is recorded as a host of Ischnoceros caligatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) for the first time.

A new species, Clystopyga longifemoralis Varga & Reshchikov sp. n., is described and illustrated from Thailand. Clistopyga latifrontalis (Uchida, 1941) is re-described and illustrated. Clistopyga nagatomii Kusigemati, 1984 is considered to be a junior synonym of C. sziladyi Kiss, 1959 (syn. nov) and also recorded from India for the first time.

The subfamily Poemeniinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) is reported for the first time from Peru. We describe and illustrate a new species, Ganodes atayupanquii sp. n. Castillo & Sääksjärvi, which was collected from the Peruvian Andes at 1500 m. A key to the species of Ganodes Townes and new distribution records of G. wahli Díaz and G. matai Gauld are provided.

The ichneumid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) have essential role in biological control of insect agricultural and forest pests. A list 17 species 14 genera these parasitoids collected from different regions Iran is given. All them are new for the fauna country.

The genus Leptophion Cameron, 1901, which belongs to the subfamily Ophioninae Shuckard, 1840, is recorded from Japan and the Palaearctic region for the first time based on two new species, L. parvus sp. nov. from Amamioshima Island and L. septentrionis sp. nov. from Yakushima and Amamioshima Island. A key to the Japanese and Taiwanese species is also provided.

Five new species of the Neotropical genus Ganodes Townes, from Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina, are described and illustrated: G. bocaina, G. garciai, G. mexicanus, G. townesi and. G. wahli. A key to seven species is provided, including two species described previously, G. balteatus Townes and G. matai Gauld.

A new species of the genus Metopheltes Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae), Metopheltesclypeoarmatus sp. n. is described from Vietnam. Metopheltespetiolaris Uchida, 1932 is recorded for the first time from the Russian Far East. The other previously described species are also illustrated and discussed.

Two new species of Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are described from the Afrotropical region: Dicamptus johanssoni sp. nov. Congo, and Euryophion titanius Liberia Congo. Additionally, bantu Delobel, 1976 is reported for first time Guinea, pisinnus Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 Tanzania, Rhopalophion discinervus (Morley, 1926)

Carinityla Sheng & Sun gen. n., Carinityla punctulata Sheng & Sun sp. n. and Carinityla pilosa Sheng & Sun sp. n. belonging to the tribe Phygadeuontini of the subfamily Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), collected from Jiangxi Province, China, are described. A key to the species of the new genus, Carinityla Sheng & Sun, gen. n., is provided and the genus is placed in Townes' key to genera ...