Two new species of Centrodora Förster, C. crassiscapasp. n. and C. pellucidasp. n., are described from China. A key to species from China based on females is given.

BACKGROUND The Chinese fauna of Pteroptrix currently includes 26 species, of wihich 19 species were described originally as new from China: 2 by Howard (1907), 2 by Compere (1953), 1 by Flanders (1966), 1 by Viggiani and Ren (1986), 4 by Huang (1991), 4 by Huang et al. (1992), 1 by Viggiani and Ren (1993), 4 by Huang (1994). NEW INFORMATION Pteroptrix pedicellatasp. n. is described in detail ...

Native predators and parasitoids were identified against the invasive whiteflies in cotton ecosystem. Over past several decades, its control has been increasingly based on use of natural enemies. The enemies include Cheilomenes sexmaculata, Chrysoperla carnea, Diadiplosis sp, Orius insidiosus, two coleopteran beetles, Cybocephalus nipponicus, Delphastus catalinae species Aphelinidae parasitoids...

Two new species of Encarsia flavoscutellum-group, E. baoshana Li & Geng, sp. n. and E. longchuana Li & Geng, sp. n. are described from China, and photomicrographs are provided to illustrate morphological characters of the new species. A key to all six described species of the E. flavoscutellum-group is given.

The bacterial symbiont Cardinium (Bacteroidetes) was previously implicated in the thelytokous reproduction of the parasitoid Plagiomerus diaspidis Crawford (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Horizontal transmission of the symbiont among the cactus scale Diaspis echinocacti Bouché (Homoptera: Diaspididae) and its hymenopteran parasitoids has been suggested. In this study, the bacteria associated with D....

Two new species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are described from China, Encarsia floralis Wang, Huang & Polaszek, sp. nov. and Encarsia maculiformis Wang, Huang & Polaszek, sp. nov., and the male of Encarsia plana Viggiani & Ren (1987) is newly described.

Two new species, Centrodora flemingiae Hayat, sp. nov. and Proaphelinoides assamensis Hayat, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), are described. The latter species is described for an Indian specimen earlier misidentified as P. australis Girault. Also, the following five species are recorded: Coccophagus fumadus Hayat, C. longifasciatus Howard, C. zebratus Howard, Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao a...

Contagious sterility in the parasitoid wasp Eretmocerus mundus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Elad Chiel a , Dan Gerling b , Shimon Steinberg c , Johannette Klapwijk d , Karel Bolckmans d & Einat Zchori-Fein a a Department of Entomology, Newe-Ya'ar Research Center, RamatYishay, 30095, ARO, Israel b Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel c Bio-Bee Biological Systems, K...

Four new species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Mexico are described--E. albata Myartseva sp. n. (State of Nuevo León), E. barracas Myartseva sp. n. (State of Baja California Sur), E. chichenitza Myartseva sp. n. (State of Yucatán) and E. elenae Myartseva sp. n. (State of Tamaulipas). A key to the species of Encarsia in Mexico published in 2012 is modified to include the ne...

Two new genera and four new species of the aphelinid tribe Eutrichosomellini (Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae: Aphelininae) are described from India. These are Umairia Hayat gen. nov., Zubairia Hayat gen. nov., U. laiba Hayat sp. nov., U. zeera Hayat sp. nov., Z. mirifica Hayat sp. nov., and Eutrichosomella veenakumariae Hayat sp. nov. Two of the species, U. laiba and E. veenakumariae, are reared res...