Survey of the Aphid Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Costa Rica with Information on Their Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea): Plant Associations by Daniel Zamora Mejías, Paul E. Hanson, Petr Starý

“…Species of Aphidiinae (Braconidae) have never been surveyed in Central America. …”
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Report of Endoparasitoid wasp , Meteorus gyrator ( Thunberg ) ( Hym.:Braconidae) on Rice Armyworm, Mythimna unipuncta ( Howarth ) From Iran by H. Abbasipour

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A new record of the genus Parabioxys (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) and a redescription of Bioxys japonicus from South Korea by Sangjin Kim, JuHyeong Sohn, Yerim Lee, Yeonghyeok Yu, Hyojoong Kim

“…The genera Bioxys Starý & Schlinger, 1967 and Parabioxys Shi & Chen, 2001 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) are each known to contain only one species worldwide. …”
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Diversity of Parasitoids Hymenoptera in Agricultural Ecosystems and Primary Forest in Lubuk Kilangan District, Padang by Hasmiandy Hamid, Alfala Hakiki, Munzir Busniah, Zahlul Ikhsan, Stefan Schmidt

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An Ultrastructural and Fluorescent Study of the Teratocytes of Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Hemocoel of Host Alfalfa Weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Kent S. Shelby, Javad Habibi, Benjamin Puttler

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Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) by Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker, Michelle Guzik, Juanita Rodriguez, Andy Howe, Alice Woodward, Nathan Ducker, Erinn Fagan-Jeffries

“…Miracinae is a poorly known and rarely collected subfamily of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Braconidae. Here, three new species are described from material collected by Australian regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project and named in collaboration with students: Mirax supremus Slater-Baker, sp. nov., Mirax ceduna Slater-Baker, sp. nov. and Mirax kaatijan Slater-Baker, sp. nov. …”
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Inventory and Potential of Natural Enemies ( Predators and Parasitoids ) as Pest Controller in Lemon Crops in Langkat, North Sumatera by Endi Kurniawan, Ameilia Zuliyanti Siregar

“…The highest population recorded from Aphidius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as many as 481 individuals. The highest of Density and Relative Density from family Braconidae (D=481, RD=21.02%), whereas the lowest of Mantidae Family (D= 3, RD=0.13%). …”
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Control biológico de plagas agrícolas en Venezuela: los logros históricos de la empresa Servicio Biológico (SERVBIO) by Francisco Ferrer Wurst

“…Después de seis años de haber realizado liberaciones en todo el territorio, Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) se estableció en 1987 en Ureña (estado Táchira) y Cariaco (estado Sucre), por lo que se inició en 1988 su producción masiva.   …”
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Población de insectos plaga y parasitoides pertenecientes a Citrus aurantifolia en Manabí, Ecuador by Oswaldo Valarezo-Beltrón, Veris Antonio Saldarriaga Lucas, Lenin Oswaldo Vera-Montenegro, Néstor Raúl Valarezo-Beltrón, Alberto Julca Otiniano, Alexander Rodríguez Berrío

“…(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) correspondieron a A. floccosus; Aphidius sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) con Diaretus sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) se encontraron en T. aurantii; y A. citrícola Logvinovskaya (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae para P. citrella. …”
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Interacción entre insectos perjudiciales y benéficos en el cultivo de tabaco de misiones, Argentina by D. V. Ohashi, J.D. Urdampilleta

“…Cosmoclopius nigroannulatus , C. poecilus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) y Cotesia sp . (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fueron las especies más destacadas en cuanto a su distribucion y frecuencia…”
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Fauna benéfica asociada a cultivos de cerezo (Prunus avium L.) en el Valle Inferior del Río Chubut (Región Patagonia Sur) by S.G. BADO, R. BLUM, M.E. SANTOS

“…Se obtuvieron más de 170 individuos en ambos predios, entre las cuales el 70% pertenece a las familias Braconidae, Ichneumonidae y Chalcididae (Orden Hymenoptera) que son las que poseen reconocida acción como agentes de biocontrol.…”
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Role of tomato plant-derived food sources on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, parasitic wasp of Tuta absoluta by Angeliki Syropoulou, Joel González-Cabrera, Judit Arnó, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat

“…The larval parasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is widely distributed in northeastern Spain and has shown promise as a natural enemy in this region. …”
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Diversity of aphids and their natural enemies in forest areas of northwestern Algeria, with a new record of Myzocallis schreiberi by Amine Akrich, Kada Righi, Fatiha Assia Righi, Abdelwahab Chedad, George Japoshivli

“…This study has also revealed 12 species of predators belonging to five families, as well as four species of primary parasitoids belonging to the Braconidae family. The most abundant predator in the aphid population was the species Coccinella algerica (Linnaeus, 1758), while Lysiphlebus fabarum (Marshall, 1896) was the most abundant parasitoid. …”
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The impact of refuges on Citrus orchards associated with arthropods in different agroecosystem in Malang, Indonesia by Yunita Fera Rahmawati, Amin Setyo Leksono, Zulfaidah Penata Gama, Akhmad Rizali

“…The most dominant herbivorous insect was Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) with an Importance Value Index (IVI) of 32.53, the most common parasitoid was Cotesia congregate (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (IVI 37.06), and the most dominant pollinating insect was Apis melifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (IVI 58.82). …”
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Susceptibility of European Agrilus beetle species to the biocontrol agents of Emerald Ash Borer in the laboratory by Katy Reed, Freya Cole, Neil Audsley, Anastasia Uglow, Rachel Down, Kerry Barnard, Daegan Inward

“…Three classical hymenopteran biological control agents have been mass-reared and released within North America to control EAB: the egg parasitoid Oobius agrili Zhang and Huang (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), and the larval parasitoids Tetrastichus planipennisi and Spathius galinae Belokobylskij & Strazanac (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). This study presents data on the risk these parasitoid wasps might pose to British Agrilus beetles. …”
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Areawide management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), using selected cover crop plants by Robert L. Meagher, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Shelby J. Fleischer, John K. Westbrook, David L. Wright, J. Bradley Morris, James T. Brown, Amy J. Rowley

“…Larvae collected from cover crop plots had parasitism levels that averaged 30%, with Chelonus insularis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) emerging as the most commonly-collected species. …”
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Activity of sorghum aphid and its natural enemies in the context of agroecological and weather conditions by Tomasz E. Koralewski, Tomasz E. Koralewski, Michael J. Brewer, Leonel L. Deleon, Norman C. Elliott, Kristopher Giles, Adrianna Szczepaniec, Ashleigh M. Faris, Ashleigh M. Faris

“…In this study we used data on counts of sorghum aphids, lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), and parasitoid wasps Aphelinus nigritus Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) and Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) collected in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas states of the United States. …”
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