@article {644,
	title = {The life of Ren{\'e} Malaise: from the wild east to a sunken island},
	journal = {Zootaxa},
	volume = {3127},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {38-52},
	abstract = {A review is presented of the life of the Swedish entomologist Ren{\'e} Malaise (1892{\textendash}1978), the inventor of the {\textquotedblleft}Malaise trap{\textquotedblright} and one of the most important 20th Century specialists on sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta).},
	keywords = {Biography, east asia, Hymenoptera, Insecta, malaise trap, Symphyta},
	issn = {1175-5334},
	url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03127p052.pdf},
	author = {V{\r a}rdal, H. and Taeger, A.}
}
@article {543,
	title = {The genera Deuterixys Mason, 1981 and Wilkinsonellus Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China, with description of two new species},
	journal = {ZooKeys},
	volume = {120},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {27-40},
	abstract = {Te genus Deuterixys Mason, 1981 of the tribe Cotesiini (Hymenopteran, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) is recorded from China for the first time. Two new species, D. bifossalis Zeng \& Chen, sp. n. and D. curti- calcar Zeng \& Chen, sp. n., are described and illustrated, and a key to the Old World species of Deuterixys is given. In addition, Wilkinsonellus paramplus Long \& van Achterberg, 2003 is recorded from China for the first time and illustrated},
	keywords = {Braconidae, China, cotesiini, deuterixys, Hymenoptera, key, Microgastrinae, new species, wilkinsonellus},
	author = {Zeng, J. and He, J.-H. and Chen, X.-X.}
}
@article {514,
	title = {Per arborem ad astra: morphological adaptations to exploiting the woody habitat in the early evolution of Hymenoptera.},
	journal = {Arthropod structure \& development},
	volume = {40},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {2-20},
	publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
	abstract = {We survey morphological features of larval and adult wasps that undergo their entire larval development inside wood and interpret them in view of the lifestyle. The evolution of some of the characters is explored by mapping them on a recently published phylogeny of Hymenoptera. Based on this phylogeny, it is reasonable to assume that wood-living wasps evolved from a xylophagous/mycetophagous stage as displayed by woodwasps to a carnivorous/parasitoid lifestyle, preying on woodboring insect larvae. The latter mode of life is probably ancestral to the Apocrita which comprise the majority of the order; they share this lifestyle with their sister group, the Orussidae. However, most apocritan wasps have radiated into other habitats, the Orussidae and Stephanidae apparently being the only taxa that have retained the ancestral lifestyle of carnivorous wasps. Other apocritan lineages associated with wood (e.g., Aulacidae, Megalyridae, basal Cynipoidea and some Ichneumonoidea and Chalcidoidea) possibly entered this habitat secondarily and independently acquired morphological traits associated with it. The woody habitat was occupied by Hymenoptera during a crucial stage in their evolution where the transition from the phytophagous to carnivorous lifestyle took place. The anatomy of both larva and adults was extensively transformed in the process.},
	keywords = {Animals, Biological Evolution, Ecosystem, Food Preferences, Food Preferences: physiology, Hymenoptera, Hymenoptera: anatomy \& histology, Hymenoptera: genetics, Hymenoptera: physiology, Larva, Larva: anatomy \& histology, Larva: physiology, phylogeny, Trees},
	author = {Vilhelmsen, L. and Turrisi, G.F.}
}
@article {455,
	title = {Meteorus acerbiavorus sp. nov.(Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a gregarious parasitoid of Acerbia alpina (Quensel)(Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) in North Finland},
	journal = {Journal of Natural History},
	volume = {45},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {1275-1294},
	publisher = {Taylor \& Francis},
	abstract = {The new gregarious parasitoid Meteorus acerbiavorus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) was reared from the cocoons of Acerbia alpina (Quensel) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) in north-western Finnish Lapland. This species belongs to Meteorus rubens (Nees) species group and differs from the most related M. rubens in the following features: the eyes densely setose; the median lobe of the mesos- cutum, scutellum, mesopleuron, and the hind coxa entirely or at least partly rugulose-granulate or rugose-areolate and sometimes with granulation; the ovipos- itor subapicallywith distinct dorsal node; the ventral borders of the first metasomal tergum weakly separated by narrow space in its basal half; the colour of the body and legs mostly or entirely dark; the fore wing more or less darkened. Phylogenetic relationships among several Meteorus species close to M. rubens including new M. acerbiavorus were investigated based on DNA sequence fragments of the mito- chondrial COI and the nuclear 28S rDNA genes. The discussions on the species groups of Meteorus, on distribution of Acerbia alpina in the Holarctic and on its known parasitoids are presented.},
	keywords = {arctiidae, Braconidae, dna analysis, gregarious parasitoid of, Hymenoptera, meteorus, new species, result},
	author = {Stigenberg, Julia and Vikberg, Veli and Belokobylskij, S.A.}
}
@article {415,
	title = {First occurrence of Protapanteles (Protapanteles) enephes (Nixon, 1965)(Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in Brazil and new biological data},
	journal = {Brazilian Journal of Biology},
	volume = {71},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {735-738},
	publisher = {SciELO Brasil},
	abstract = {Protapanteles (Protapanteles) enephes (Nixon, 1965) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) was reared from the host Fountainea ryphea phidile (Geyer, 1837) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae), collected on Croton floribundus Spreng. (Euphorbiaceae) in S{\~a}o Carlos, S{\~a}o Paulo state, Brazil. The hyperperparasitoids Conura sp. (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) and a Pteromalidae species are registered on this microgastrine species. Male and female specimens and cocoon of Protapanteles (Protapanteles) enephes are illustrated for the first time.},
	keywords = {Braconidae, enephes, Hymenoptera, hyperparasitoids, Microgastrinae, Neotropical, parasitoids, protapanteles},
	author = {Penteado-Dias, A.M.M. and Fernandes, LBR and Iemma, LGR and Dias, M.M.}
}
@article {377,
	title = {A new Afrotropical genus Doggerella gen. nov. of braconine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with twelve new species},
	journal = {Zootaxa},
	volume = {37},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {1-37},
	abstract = {A new genus Doggerella gen. nov. (Braconinae, Braconidae) is erected to include one previously described and twelve new species predominantly from the southern part of Africa. These species are Doggerella turneri sp. nov. (the type spe- cies), D. augustata sp. nov., D. longitergita sp. nov., D. deflexa sp. nov. and D. sulphurea sp. nov. from Republic of South Africa (Cape Province), D. albopilosa (Sz{\'e}pligeti, 1913) comb. nov. from Kenya, D. azhari sp. nov. and D. minuta sp. nov. from Namibia, D. cohaerens sp. nov. from Angola, D. landingi sp. nov. and D. shaheena sp. nov. from Cote d{\textquoteright}Ivo- ire, D. mishkati sp. nov. from Madagascar and D. transversa. sp. nov. from Zimbabwe. Photomicrographs are provided to illustrate morphological characters of the species.},
	keywords = {Braconidae, Braconinae, Hymenoptera, identification, new genus, new species},
	author = {Mahmood, K. and Papp, J.}
}
@article {341,
	title = {Molecular detection of trophic links in a complex insect host-parasitoid food web},
	journal = {Molecular ecology resources},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {786-794},
	abstract = {Previously, host-parasitoid links have been unveiled almost exclusively by time-intensive rearing, while molecular methods were used only in simple agricultural host-parasitoid systems in the form of species-specific primers. Here, we present a general method for the molecular detection of these links applied to a complex caterpillar-parasitoid food web from tropical rainforest of Papua New Guinea. We DNA barcoded hosts, parasitoids and their tissue remnants and matched the sequences to our extensive library of local species. We were thus able to match 87\% of host sequences and 36\% of parasitoid sequences to species and infer subfamily or family in almost all cases. Our analysis affirmed 93 hitherto unknown trophic links between 37 host species from a wide range of Lepidoptera families and 46 parasitoid species from Hymenoptera and Diptera by identifying DNA sequences for both the host and the parasitoid involved in the interaction. Molecular detection proved especially useful in cases where distinguishing host species in caterpillar stage was difficult morphologically, or when the caterpillar died during rearing. We have even detected a case of extreme parasitoid specialization in a pair of Choreutis species that do not differ in caterpillar morphology and ecology. Using the molecular approach outlined here leads to better understanding of parasitoid host specificity, opens new possibilities for rapid surveys of food web structure and allows inference of species associations not already anticipated.},
	keywords = {cytochrome oxidase I, diptera, Hymenoptera, immature stages, lepidoptera, Papua New Guinea},
	author = {Hrcek, Jan and Miller, S.E. and Quicke, D.L.J. and Smith, M Alex}
}
@article {314,
	title = {Records of the genus Coccygidium Saussure (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae), with description of a new species from Saudi Arabia},
	journal = {African Journal of Biotechnology},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {8481-8483},
	abstract = {Coccygidium arabica sp. nov., (Hym., Braconidae, Agathidinae) is described from Saudi Arabia. Morphological diagnostic characters of the new species were figured and compared with those of the related species Coccygidium angostura. The genus Coccygidium Saussure is recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia.},
	keywords = {Braconidae, coccygidium, Hymenoptera, new records, new species, saudi arabia},
	author = {Ghramh, H.A.}
}
@article {307,
	title = {Kiwigaster gen. nov.(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand: the first Microgastrinae with sexual dimorphism in number of antennal segments},
	journal = {Zootaxa},
	volume = {2932},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {24-32},
	abstract = {A new and morphologically unusual genus of microgastrine Braconidae, Kiwigaster Fernandez-Triana, Whitfield and Ward, with one new species, K. variabilis Fernandez-Triana and Ward, is described from New Zealand, where it is wide- spread. A number of morphological features mark it as unique among Microgastrinae, the most striking being the males and females having different numbers of antennal flagellomeres (females 17, males 18). Other unusual characters suggest this may be the most early-diverging extant species of the subfamily, although comprehensive phylogenetic analyses have yet to be conducted. Nothing is yet known about its host(s) or other aspects of its biology.},
	keywords = {antennae, Braconidae, Hymenoptera, Microgastrinae, New Zealand, sexual dimorphism},
	author = {Fernandez-Triana, J.L. and Ward, DF and Whitfield, J.B.}
}
@article {180,
	title = {The species of the Neotropical genus Fractipons Townes, 1970 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae).},
	journal = {ZooKeys},
	volume = {72},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {55-72},
	abstract = {In this paper, two new species of the Neotropical genus Fractipons Townes, 1970 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) are described. A new diagnosis for the genus, a re-description of Fractipons cincticornis Townes, 1970 and a key to known species are provided. New distribution records for the genus now include Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama and Peru.},
	keywords = {cryptinae, fractipons, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, key, new species, taxonomy},
	author = {Bordera, Santiago and Gonz{\'a}lez-Moreno, Alejandra}
}
@article {170,
	title = {Two late-spring braconid genera of the subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) new for the fauna of Russia},
	journal = {ZOOSYSTEMATICA ROSSICA},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {85-95},
	abstract = {Two braconid genera from the subfamily Alysiinae, Lodbrokia Hedqvist, 1962 and Asyntactus Marshall, 1898, are recorded in the fauna of Russia and in the Asian continent for the first time. A new species Lodbrokia uralica sp. nov. is described from the Urals, and a key to spe- cies of this genus is provided. Redescriptions of the female and male of Asyntactus rhogaleus Marshall, 1898 with information about the level of variability of its morphological characters are given. Asyntactus sigalphoides Marshall, 1898 is synonymised with A. rhogaleus Marshall, 1898 (syn. nov.).},
	keywords = {Aly- siinae, asyntactus, Braconidae, endoparasitoids of flies, first records, Hymenoptera, Lodbrokia, new species, new synonym, Russia},
	author = {Belokobylskij, S.A. and Kostromina, T.S.}
}
@article {161,
	title = {Rasnitsynoryctes alexandri gen. et sp.n., a new genus and species of the subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Malaysia},
	journal = {Russian Entomological Journal},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {241-246},
	abstract = {A new genus, Rasnitsynoryctes gen.n., with the type species R. alexandri sp.n., from Malaysian Peninsula is described and illustrated. The main diagnostic characters of the new genus are the short mediocubital cell of the hind wing, presence of the two longitudinal lateral furrows on the second meta- somal tergite, the transformed inner tibial spur of the hind leg, and dense pubescence over the most part of the body. The comparisons of the new genus with Neotropical and Oriental Pedinotus Szepligeti, Afro- tropical Doryctoproctus Belokobylskij, and Oriental Halycaea Cameron are given.},
	keywords = {Braconidae, Doryctinae, Hymenoptera, Malaysia, new genus and species},
	author = {Belokobylskij, S.A.}
}
