BACKGROUND A revised checklist of the British and Irish Heloridae and Proctotrupidae (Proctotrupoidea) substantially updates the previous comprehensive checklist, dating from 1978. Country level data (i.e. occurrence in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man) is reported where known. NEW INFORMATION A total of three Heloridae and 39 Proctotrupidae (including only certainly reco...

Disogmus rasnitsyni Kolyada & Perkovsky, sp. n. is described from a fossil inclusion of Late Eocene amber (Ukraine). The new species is most similar to Disogmus basalis (Thomson, 1857), in particular, in the shape of the tyloids and the general shortening of the segments of antennae, but distinctly differs from it and the other species of the genus by having tyloids on flagellar segments 2-4 co...

the genus phaneroserphus pschorn–walcher, 1958 is recorded for the first time from iran and its allied species, phaneroserphus punctibasis townes, 1981 is recorded from west palaearctic region for the first time. the specimens were collected from mazandaran province during 2011 using malaise traps. diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded genus and species is br...

Abstract We present data on the distribution of seven wasp families, Ceraphronidae, Diapriidae, Ismaridae, Megaspilidae, Platygastridae, Proctotrupidae and Scelionidae, collected in Georgia (Sakartvelo). Thirty-three genera are recorded for first time from 25 them Caucasus. From these, 16 species level taxa newly Georgia, 14 identified new records This brings number known insect Lagodekhi Prote...

a survey on the genus exallonyx kieffer, 1904 (hymenoptera: proctotrupidae) was conducted in northern iran. the specimens were collected using malaise traps during 2010–2011. the genus exallonyx and six species were collected and identified for the first time from iran: exallonyx ater (gravenhorst, 1807), e. brevicornis (haliday, 1839), e. formicarius kieffer, 1904, e. ligatus (nees, 1834), e. ...