Sensors papers that are related to sensing technologies and applications and meet the aims, scope and high standards of this journal [Sensors from among all the papers published in 2010 to track citations. Reviews and full research articles were considered separately. We gladly announce that the following eight papers were awarded the Sensors Best Paper Award in 2014.In 2011, an annual award system was instituted to recognize outstanding  journal . This yeHeather K. Hunt, Carol Soteropulos and Andrea M. ArmaniBioconjugation Strategies for Microtoroidal Optical ResonatorsSensors2010, 10(10), 9317-9336; doi:10.3390/s101009317http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/10/9317Available online: Christian H. Schwalb, Christina Grimm, Markus Baranowski, Roland Sachser, Fabrizio Porrati, Heiko Reith, Pintu Das, Jens Müller, Friedemann Völklein, Alexander Kaya and Michael HuthA Tunable Strain Sensor Using Nanogranular MetalsSensors2010, 10(11), 9847-9856; doi:10.3390/s101109847http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/11/9847Available online: Rozalia Orghici, Peter Lützow, Jörg Burgmeier, Jan Koch, Helmut Heidrich, Wolfgang Schade, Nina Welschoff and Siegfried WaldvogelA Microring Resonator Sensor for Sensitive Detection of 1,3,5-Trinitrotoluene (TNT)Sensors2010, 10(7), 6788-6795; doi:10.3390/s100706788http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/7/6788Available online: Andrea Mannini and Angelo Maria SabatiniMachine Learning Methods for Classifying Human Physical Activity from On-Body AccelerometersSensors2010, 10(2), 1154-1175; doi:10.3390/s100201154http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/2/1154Available online: Martin Nirschl, Arto Rantala, Kari Tukkiniemi, Sanna Auer, Ann-Charlotte Hellgren, Dana Pitzer, Matthias Schreiter and Inger Vikholm-LundinCMOS-Integrated Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators for Label-Free BiosensingSensors2010, 10(5), 4180-4193; doi:10.3390/s100504180http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/5/4180Available online: Eun-Hyung Yoo and Soo-Youn LeeGlucose Biosensors: An Overview of Use in Clinical PracticeSensors2010, 10(5), 4558-4576; doi:10.3390/s100504558http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/5/4558Available online: Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Masaaki Habara, Hidekazu Ikezazki, Ronggang Chen, Yoshinobu Naito and Kiyoshi TokoAdvanced Taste Sensors Based on Artificial Lipids with Global Selectivity to Basic Taste Qualities and High Correlation to Sensory ScoresSensors2010, 10(4), 3411-3443; doi:10.3390/s100403411http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/4/3411Available online: George F. Fine, Leon M. Cavanagh, Ayo Afonja and Russell BinionsMetal Oxide Semi-Conductor Gas Sensors in Environmental MonitoringSensors2010, 10(6), 5469-5502; doi:10.3390/s100605469http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/10/6/5469Available online: The prize awarding committee merits the article “Bioconjugation Strategies for Microtoroidal Optical Resonators” as a “significant experimental work to extend label-free biosensors performance to specificity by surface functionalization ”. The review “Glucose Biosensors: An Overview of Use in Clinical Practice” “details, in depth, the analytical requirements in terms of precision of measurement, statistical accuracy…; and will “…enable a perspective on the future direction of the medically accepted correlation.”, and further “…moves from the basic principles of these important devices to actual practice”.Sensors and the sensing field. On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board of Sensors, we would like to congratulate these eight teams for their excellent work. In recognition of their accomplishment, Drs. Andrea M. Armani, Christian H. Schwalb, Rozalia Orghici, Angelo Maria Sabatini and Martin Nirschl will receive 1,000 CHF, 800 CHF, 600 CHF, 400 CHF and 200 CHF, respectively, and the privilege of publishing an additional open access format paper of their choice, free of charge, in Sensors in 2014. Drs. Soo-Youn Lee, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, and Russell Binions will be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper free of charge in open access format in Sensors.These eight exceptional papers are valuable contributions to Editor-in-Chief, Section ‘Physical Sensors’Dr. Vittorio M.N. PassaroDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Via E. 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The authors would like to add H. A. Jinnah as a contributing author. The updated citation is: Kang TH, Guibinga G-H, Jinnah HA, Friedmann T (2011) HPRT Deficiency Coordinately Dysregulates Canonical Wnt and Presenilin-1 Signaling: A Neuro-Developmental Regulatory Role for a Housekeeping Gene? PLoS ONE 6(1): e16572. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016572 Affiliation of H. A. Jinnah: Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, & Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Contributions of H. A. Jinnah: provided materials/reagents, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.


AbstractCymodusa Holmgren (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) are reviewed. Four species of Cymodusa (Cymodusa) are reported from Korea, including one newly recorded species, Cymodusa aenigma Dbar (1985), and three new species, Cymodusa koreanasp. n., Cymodusa yeungnamensissp. n. and Cymodusa geolimisp. n. This genus is reported for the first time from Korea. Descriptions with photographs of new species, line drawings of propodeum and metasomal tergites of the Palaearctic species of the “australis” group and a key to the Korean Cymodusa species are provided.Korean species of the genus  PageBreakCymodusa Holmgren (1859) is a moderately large genus in the subfamily Campopleginae Förster with contains about 40 described species from the Eastern Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Western Palaearctic regions , Cymodusa orientalis Uchida (1956), Cymodusa longiterebra Dbar (1985), Cymodusa tibialis Dbar (1985), Cymodusa rufiventris Dbar (1985), Cymodusa aenigma Dbar (1985), Cymodusa parva Dbar (1985) and Cymodusa oculator Dbar (1985), in the Palaearctic region as well as three species and one subspecies, Cymodusa dravida Gupta & Gupta (1974), Cymodusa josephi Gupta & Gupta (1974), Cymodusa josephi malaise Gupta & Gupta (1974) and Cymodusa shiva Gupta & Gupta (1974), in the Oriental region.australis” group can easily be distinguished from the other species groups by the following characteristics: temple very narrowed; areolet with the 2nd recurrent vein before the middle; 6th and 7th tergites deeply emarginate in dorsal view.The “australis” group of Cymodusa for the first time from Korea, including one newly recorded species and three new species.In this study, we report the “Materials used in this work were collected by sweeping and Malaise trapping, and were deposited in the animal systematic laboratory of the Yeungnam University . Some specimens examined in this study were loaned by the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sektionen for Entomologi  . Specimens were examined using a stereo microscope  and key characters shown in the photographs were produced using a Delta imaging system . The morphological terminology is mostly that of GenusHolmgren, 1859http://species-id.net/wiki/CymodusaCymodusaCymodusa leucocera Holmgren  Holmgren, 1859: 327. TS: ThersiliaThersitia egregia Schmiedeknecht) = Cymodusa leucocera Holmgren.  Schmiedeknecht, 1907: 598. TS:  aenigma Dbar, 1985: 589. Holotype: female; TD: ZI. [Korea]: 2 females, Mureung valley, Samhwa-dong, Donghae-si GW, Korea, 15 July–1 August 2005, MT , J.W. Lee; 1 female, ditto, 9–17 August 2005, MT, J.W. Lee; 1 female, ditto, 31 August-10 September 2005, MT, J.W. Lee.Female. Body length 6.1 mm.Fore wing length 3.3–3.8 mm.PageBreakAntenna with 34–35 flagellomeres.PageBreakColor. Head black. Scape and pedicel blackish brown. Mandible yellow, apically brown; labial and maxillary palps pale yellow. Antenna blackish brown. Mesosoma black. Tegula brown. Fore leg yellow; mid leg yellowish brown; hind coxa black, trochanter dark brown, femur and tibia brown, tarsus blackish brown. Metasoma black. Thyridium reddish brown. 5th to 7th metasomal segments reddish brown. Ovipositor yellowish brown.Morphology.Head: Head finely and densely punctate. Occiput flat and polished. Temple broad and convex, finely punctate. Mandible very short, upper tooth longer than lower tooth . Ocelli Mesosoma: Pronotum covered with transverse striae ; epomia nd tergite by more than 3.0 times its diameter; distance between base of 2nd tergite and thyridium 0.6 times distance between base of 2nd tergite and spiracle , Japan, Russia .Choi & Leesp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AEEED4C3-D4B6-4E22-9E00-C20FB416D51Ehttp://species-id.net/wiki/Cymodusa_koreanaHolotype: [Korea] (TD: YNU): 1 female, Unmunsa, Chungdo-gun, GB, Korea, 21.V.1989, I.S. Ye.Paratypes: [Korea] (TD: YNU): 1 female, Gyeonbongsa, Ganseong, GW, Korea, 22 May 1992, J.W. Lee; 1 female, Mureung Valley, Samhwa-dong, Donghae-si, GW, Korea, 20 September–2 October 2006, MT, J.W. Lee; 1 female, ditto, 28 August-10 September 2006, MT, J.W. Lee; 1 female, Yeungnam Univ., Gyeongsan-si, GB, 13 May 1985, E.S. Kim; 1 female, Mirimsan, Bonghwa-gun, 4 May 1997, J.C. Jeong.. Body length 7.3 mm.Fore wing length 4.1 mm.PageBreakPageBreakAntenna with 31–32 flagellomeres.Color. Head, scape and pedicel black. Mandible yellow, apically brown. Labial and maxillary palps pale yellow. Antenna blackish brown. Mesosoma black. Tegula yellow. Fore leg yellow; mid leg yellowish brown; hind coxa black, trochanter dark brown, trochantellus yellow, femur brown, tibia yellow medially, brown basally and apically, tarsus brown. Metasoma black, tergites apically narrowly reddish brown. Thyridium reddish brown.st flagellomere 1.3 times as long as 2nd flagellomere.Head: Head finely and densely punctate. Occiput flat and polished. Temple broad and convex, finely punctate. Mandible very short, upper tooth as long as lower tooth . MinimumMesosoma: Pronotum with transverse striae ventrally ; epomia nd tergite by more than 2.0 times its diameter; distance between base of 2nd tergite and thyridium 0.5 times as long as distance between base of 2nd tergite and spiracle : 1 female, Yeungnam Univ., Gyeungsan-si, GB, Korea, 21 May 1990, M.J. Kim.PageBreakPageBreakParatype: [Korea] (TD: YNU): 1 female, Yeungnam Univ., Gyeungsan-si, GB, Korea, 19 June 1992, G.Y. Lee.. Body length 6.9 mm.Fore wing length 4.0 mm.Antenna with 18+ flagellomeres, apical flagellomeres missing. (antenna with 32 flagellomeres at paratype)Color. Head black. Scape and pedicel blackish brown. Antenna black, except 3 antennal flagellomeres yellow. Mandible yellow, brown apically. Mesosoma black; tegula brown. Fore leg yellowish brown; mid coxa black, brown apically, trochanter and trochantellus yellow, femur to tarsus brown; hind coxa and trochanter black, trochantellus yellow, femur blackish brown, tibia reddish brown, blackish brown basally and apically, tarsus blackish brown. Metasoma blackish brown; petiole black. Thyridium reddish brown. Ovipositor brown.Morphology.st flagellomere 1.5 times as long as 2nd flagellomere.Head: Head densely finely punctate; Vertex slightly punctate. Occiput flat and polished. Temple finely punctate and flat. Mandible very short, upper tooth as long as lower one . MinimumMesosoma: Pronotum sparsely punctate; upper part reticulate; ventrally with transverse striae ; epomia nd tergite by more than 3.0 times its diameter; distance between base of 2nd tergite and thyridium 0.5 times as long as distance between base of 2nd tergite and spiracle .This species is similar to PageBreakChoi & Leesp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:78152C58-FD90-4622-B380-53174A5C55BChttp://species-id.net/wiki/Cymodusa_geolimiHolotype: [Korea] (TD: YNU): 1 female, Mureung valley, Samhwa-dong, Donghae-si GW, Korea, 16-28 June 2005, MT, J.W. Lee.Paratype: [Korea] (TD: YNU): 1 female, Gajoa-dong, Jinju-si, GN, Korea, 3-9 June 1989, J.W. Lee.. Body length 5.8 mm.Fore wing length 3.4 mm.Antenna with 31 flagellomeres.Color. Head black. Scape and pedicel blackish brown. Antenna black. Mandible yellow, brown apically. Mesosoma black; tegula brown. Fore leg yellowish brown; mid coxa black, brown apically, trochanter and trochantellus yellow, femur to tarsus brown; hind coxa and trochanter black, trochantellus yellow, femur blackish brown, tibia reddish brown, blackish brown basally and apically, tarsus blackish brown. Metasoma blackish brown; petiole black. Thyridium reddish brown. Ovipositor brown.Morphology.st flagellomere 1.3 times as long as 2nd flagellomere.Head: Head closely and finely punctate. Vertex slightly punctate. Occiput flat and polished. Temple finely punctate and flat. Mandibles short, upper tooth as long as lower one. Minimum distance between eyes 0.6 times as long as maximum distance . Ocelli Mesosoma: Pronotum sparsely punctate; upper part reticulated; lower part with transverse striae; epomia absent. Mesoscutum closely and finely punctate; notaulus absent . Mesoplend tergite by more than 4.0 times its diameter; distance between base of 2nd tergite and thyridium 0.6 times as long as distance between base of 2nd tergite and spiracle  but differs by the number of flagellar segments, developed clypeal fovea, basal area and areola not separated, and a different color pattern.This species is similar to PageBreakPageBreak


AbstractLaena Dejean, Laena quadratasp. n. and Laena motoganasp. n.(China: Xizang), Laena chiloriluxasp. n., Laena dentatasp. n. and Laena liangisp. n. (China: Yunnan), Laena dentatocrassasp. n.  are described, complemented with photos of habitus, illustrations of legs, antenna, aedeagus and last abdominal ventrite of male and female. Type specimens are deposited in both the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China and the Natural History Museum of Stuttgart, Germany.A key to the 102 Chinese species of genus Laena is provided.Six new species of  Laena Dejean were described from the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, from which about 105 species (including the six new ones described below) were found in China. Most of them were described by the following authors: PageBreakUntil now about 330 species of the genus Laena were identified from Xizang, Yunnan and Hainan Island (representing new province record of the genus) of China. The collecting localities of these new species are depicted in Recently six new species of Dejean, 1821Laena Dejean, 1821: 64; Latreille, 1829: 39.Psilolaena Helier, 1923: 70.Catolaena Reitter, 1900: 282.Ebertius Jedlička, 1965: 98.Scaurus viennensis J. Sturm, 1807.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:10B63410-9E19-436F-8E04-E4D137BBF94Bhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Laena_quadrata29.0649°N, 92.4656°E], 3500 m, 29 June 2009, G. D. Ren leg.Holotype ♂ (MHBU): China, Xizang, Gyaca Coun., Lasui , 1700 m, 14 November 2008, J. Y. Hu & L. Tang leg.Paratype: 1♂ (SMNS): labelled as the holotype; 1♀ (SMNS), 1♀(MHBU): China, Yunnan, Bababhe, Dianshita, 1900 m, 30 June 2005, LI & LI leg; 1♀ (MHUB): China, Yunnan, Bababhe. N. R. Bengganghan [Named after the green metallic shine of the body.Laena luguica Schawaller, 2001, but can be easily distinguished from it by the following characters: (1) all tibiae of male with finely hooked inner apex, especially the middle tibiae; (2) last abdominal ventrite of male denticulate at apex; (3) the shape of the aedeagus is different.The new species is similar to Male. Dorsal side with green metallic shine. Eyes  ellipticPronotum  cordiforElytra  oblong, All femora  each witLast abdominal ventrite  denticulPageBreakFemale: Dorsal side without green metallic shine. Last abdominal ventrite (ventrite  sharp atBody length: 6.2–7.2 mm.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D27A8819-4E08-41AE-AE46-C57D4913B28Ehttp://species-id.net/wiki/Laena_dentataHolotype ♂ (MHUB): China, Yunnan, Dali, Cangshan E slope, 3400 m, 19 August 2008, J. S. Xu leg.Paratype: 1♀ (MHUB): labelled as the holotype.PageBreakNamed after anterior tibiae of male with a medial tooth.Laena schusteri Schawaller, 2001 the body shape, and the medial tooth of anterior tibia, but can be separated by the teeth of all femora, and middle and posterior tibiae of male with finely hooked inner apex.The new species shares with Male. Eyes  ellipticPronotum  ellipticPageBreakElytra : China, Yunnan, Gongshan County, No 12 Bridge [Laena in China.Named after Dr. LIANG Hong-Bin, who collected several new species of Laena kalabi Schawaller, 2008, but can be easily distinguished from it by the following characters: (1) middle tibiae of male with finely hooked inner apex; (2) anterior and middle tibiae of male medially not sinuate, posterior tibiae of male apex not dilated; (3) shape of the aedeagus is different.The new species is similar to Male. Eyes  ellipticPronotum  quadratePageBreak bearing a shorter seta, intervals with very small punctures, each bearing a similar seta, all intervals flat and dull, interval IX with 3 indistinct setiferous umbilicate pores, interval VII with an indistinct setiferous pore in posterior region.Elytra  nearly pAll femora  without Last abdominal ventrite  truncateFemale: unkown.Body length: 9.4 mm.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FE8B1802-76E7-4E46-BD42-9D415A5BB39Fhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Laena_dentatocrassaHolotype ♂ (MHUB): China, Hainan Island, Jianfengling, 25 May 2011, X. Q. Yang & L. F. Wang leg.Paratype: 1♂ (SMNS), 1♂ (MHUB): China, Hainan Island, Jianfengling, 25 May 2011, X. Q. Yang & C. Zhang leg; 1♂, 2♀♀ (MHUB): labeled as the holotype.PageBreakNamed after the massive teeth of the femora.Laena jizushana Masumoto, 1996, but can be easily distinguished from it by the following characters: (1) body with long and erect setae; (2) posterior femur of male with distinct granulation at inner side; (3) all tibiae of male with granulation at inner side and with finely hooked inner apex; (4) the shape of the aedeagus is different.The new species is similar to Male. Eyes  rounded,Pronotum  elongateElytra  oblong, All femora  each witLast abdominal ventrite  nearly rFemales: Ventrite  nearly sBody length: 5.0–6.0 mm.


The name of the second author is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Yu-Chiang Hung.The correct Citation is: Chiu HE, Hung Y-C, Chang K-C, Shih C-C, Hung J-W, et al. (2014) Favorable Circulatory System Outcomes as Adjuvant Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Treatment for Cerebrovascular Diseases in Taiwan. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86351. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086351.


The name of the fifth author was given incorrectly. The correct name is: Zhi-Qin Jiang. The correct citation is: Overman MJ, Zhang J, Kopetz S, Davies M, Jiang Z-Q, et al. (2013) Gene Expression Profiling of Ampullary Carcinomas Classifies Ampullary Carcinomas into Biliary-Like and Intestinal-Like Subtypes That Are Prognostic of Outcome. PLoS ONE 8(6): e65144. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065144. The correct abbreviation in Citations is: ZQJ.


AbstractAcrotona horwoodae Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; 2) Atheta (Microdota) microelytrata Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; 3) Atheta (Microdota) riparia Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; 4) Atheta (Datomicra) whitehorsensis Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; 5) Ocyusa yukonensis Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; 6) Philhygra pseudolarsoniKlimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; 7) Philhygra terrestris Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; 8) Boreophilia davidgei Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.; and 9) Boreophilia herschelensis Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.The aleocharine beetles of the Yukon Territory, Canada are reviewed based on material studied since the most recent survey of the territory in 2008. The present contribution recognizes a fauna of 125 species, of which 9 are new to science, 20 represent new territorial records and one represents a new Canadian record. Seventeen species are considered Holarctic, 6 introduced, and 2 species are of undetermined status (Holarctic or adventive). The Yukon fauna is classified in 32 genera and 8 tribes. The new species are: 1)  Staphylinidae and embraces a wide variety of morphologically and ecologically diverse species that are poorly documented in Canada. This subfamily is widely distributed in North America and occurs in almost all terrestrial habitats. Most species are found in forests where they occur in leaf litter, under bark, in fungi, in moss and within the nests of ants, mammals and birds. In forest litter, the aleocharine fauna is a dominant group and part of a complex ecological web that is responsible for nutrient cycling, which ultimately contributes to forest productivity and resilience  and Adobe Photoshop software.Over 1,226 adults of PageBreakMorphological terminology mainly follows that used by Carex and grasses with some willows). All other sample collections were from organic litter sifting.Samples collected in this study include those from the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) plots. Two l ha plots, the Fireweed Drive (mixed pine and willow forest) and Cadet Camp (white spruce mature forest with feathermoss ground cover), have been reserved for long-term monitoring. All samples from these locations were collected from pitfall traps operating from late May to late September. Additional pitfall samples were collected by Donald Reid from early June to early August 2007, and early June to mid August 2008 at an alluvial fan on Hershel Island .Order ColeopteraStaphylinidae LatreilleFamily Aleocharinae FlemingSubfamily Gymnusini HeerI. Tribe Gymnusa GravenhorstBrevicollis GroupGymnusa atra Casey**1. Gymnusa konopackii Klimaszewski2. Variegata GroupGymnusa pseudovariegata Klimaszewski3. Gymnusa smetanai Klimaszewski**4. Gymnusa campbelli Klimaszewski5. Aleocharini FlemingII. Tribe Aleochara GravenhorstAleochara s. str.Subgenus Aleochara (s. str.) assiniboin Klimaszewski6. Aleochara (s. str.) lata Gravenhorst*7. Aleochara (s. str.) sekanai Klimaszewski8. Aleochara (s. str.) tahoensis Casey9. CoprocharaSubgenus Aleochara (Coprochara) verna Say10. XenocharaSubgenus Aleochara (Xenochara) castaneipennis Mannerheim11. Aleochara (Xenochara) fumata Gravenhorst*12. Oxypodini ThomsonIII. Tribe Calodera MannerheimCalodera parviceps (Casey) (NTR)13. Devia BlackwelderPageBreakDevia prospera (Erichson)**14. Gnathusa FenyesGnathusa caribou Lohse15. Gnathusa evaFenyes (NTR)16. Gnathusa tenuicornis Fenyes (NTR)17. Parocalea BernhauerParocalea nearctica Lohse18. Parocalea pseudobaicalica Lohse19. Neothetalia KlimaszewskiNeothetalia canadiana Klimaszewski20. Ocyusa KraatzOcyusa yukonensis Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.21. Ocyusa canadensis Lohse22. Oxypoda MannerheimConvergens GroupOxypoda pseudoconvergens Klimaszewski & Godin23. Oxypoda canadensis Klimaszewski (NTR)24. Lacustris GroupOxypoda lacustris Casey25. Oxypoda hiemalis Casey26. Lucidula GroupOxypoda lucidula Casey27. Oxypoda demissa Casey28. Operta GroupOxypoda operta Sjöberg* (NTR)29. Irrasa GroupOxypoda irrasa Mäklin30. Inimica GroupOxypoda yukonensis Klimaszewski & Godin31. Orbicollis GroupOxypoda orbicollis Casey32. Oxypoda frigida Bernhauer33. Grandipennis GroupOxypoda grandipennis (Casey)34. Amica GroupOxypoda amica Casey (NTR)35. Phloeopora ErichsonPhloeopora arctica Lohse36. Brachyusa Mulsant and ReyBrachyusa helenae (Casey) (NTR)37. Gnypeta ThomsonSelmani GroupGnypeta ashei Klimaszewski38. PageBreak39. Gnypeta brincki PalmGnypeta sellmani Brundin**40. Caerulea GroupGnypeta caerulea** (C.R. Sahlberg)41. IV. Tribe HypocyphtiniCypha LeachCypha inexpectata Klimaszewski & Godin42. Myllaenini GanglbauerV. Tribe Myllaena ErichsonInsomnis GroupMyllaena insomnis Casey43. Homalotini HeerVI. Tribe Gyrophaena MannerheimNana GroupGyrophaena nana (Paykull)**44. Gyrophaena neonana Seevers45. Keeni GroupGyrophaena keeni Casey46. Pulchella GroupGyrophaena criddlei Casey (NTR) [tentative]47. Silusa ErichsonSilusa californica (Bernhauer)48. Placusini Mulsant and ReyVII. Tribe Placusa ErichsonPlacusa tacomae Casey49. Placusa vaga Casey50. Athetini CaseyVIII. Tribe Acrotona ThomsonAcrotona onthophila Lohse51. Acrotona horwoodae Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.52. Mocyta Mulsant and ReyMocyta breviuscula (Mäklin)53. Mocyta fungi (Gravenhorst)*54. Strigota CaseyStrigota ambigua (Erichson) (NTR)55. Amischa ThomsonAmischa praelonga (Casey) 56. Amischa tersa Casey [tentative]PageBreak57. Atheta ThomsonSubgenus Atheta ThomsonAtheta (s. str.) graminicola (Gravenhorst)**58. Atheta (s. str.) martini Lohse59. Subgenus Pseudota CaseyKlagesi GroupAtheta (Pseudota) klagesi Bernhauer60. Subgenus Oreostiba GanglbauerAtheta (Oreostiba) sparreschneideri Munster**61. Subgenus Alaobia ThomsonAtheta (Alaobia) ventricosa Bernhauer62. Subgenus Bessobia ThomsonAtheta (Bessobia) cryptica (Lohse)63. Subgenus Dimetrota Mulsant and ReyAltaica GroupAtheta (Dimetrota) altaica Bernhauer **64. Atheta (Dimetrota) nearctica (Lohse)65. Prudhoensis GroupAtheta (Dimetrota) prudhoensis (Lohse)66. Atheta (Dimetrota) burwelli (Lohse)67. Atheta (Dimetrota) terranovae Klimaszewski & Langor (NTR)68. Atheta (Dimetrota) caribou (Lohse)69. Atheta (Dimetrota) strigosula Casey70. Atheta (Dimetrota) pseudometlakatlana Klimaszewski & Godin71. Modesta GroupAtheta (Dimetrota) pseudocrenuliventris Klimaszewski72. Campbelli GroupAtheta (Dimetrota) smetanai (Lohse)73. Atheta (Dimetrota) campbelli (Lohse)74. Fanatica GroupAtheta (Dimetrota) fanatica Casey(NTR)75. Atheta (Dimetrota) munsteri Bernhauer**76. Cadeti GroupAtheta (Dimetrota) cadeti Klimaszewski and Godin77. Subgenus Rhagocneme MunsterAtheta (Rhagocneme) subsinuata (Erichson)*78. Subgenus Datomicra Mulsant and ReyAtheta (Datomicra) dadopora Thomson* or **79. Atheta (Datomicra) whitehorsensis Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.80. Subgenus Microdota Mulsant and ReyAtheta (Microdota) platonoffi Brundin** (NTR)81. Atheta (Microdota) pratensis (Mäklin) (NTR)82. Atheta (Microdota) microelytrata Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.83. Atheta (Microdota) riparia Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.84. SUBGENUS UNCERTAINAtheta brunswickensis Klimaszewski85. Atheta capsularis Klimaszewski86. Atheta remulsa Casey87. Dinaraea ThomsonDinaraea angustula * (NTR)88. Dinaraea planaris (Mäklin)89. Dochmonota ThomsonDochmonota rudiventris (Eppelsheim)* or **90. Hydrosmecta ThomsonHydrosmecta pseudodiosica Lohse91. Earota Mulsant and ReyEarota dentata (Bernhauer)92. Emmelostiba PaceEmmelostiba microptera (Lohse)93. Liogluta ThomsonLiogluta aloconotoides Lohse94. Liogluta granulosa Lohse95. Liogluta trapezicollis Lohse96. Liogluta nigropolita (Bernhauer)97. Lypoglossa FenyesLypoglossa angularis (Mäklin)98. Lypoglossa franclemonti Hoebeke (NTR)99. Philhygra Mulsant and ReyPhilhygra pseudopolaris Klimaszewski and Langor [listed as Philhygra polaris (Bernhauer) by 100. Philhygra botanicarum (Muona)**101. Philhygra pseudolarsoniKlimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.102. Philhygra sinuipennis Klimaszewski & Langor (NTR)103. Philhygra malleoides Lohse104. Philhygra leechi Lohse (NTR)105. Philhygra ripicoloides Lohse106. Philhygra pseudoboreostiba Lohse107. Philhygra juni Lohse108. Philhygra clemens (Casey) (NTR)109. Philhygra terrestris Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.110. Philhygra jarmilae Klimaszewski & Langor (NTR)111. Boreophilia BenickBoreophilia islandica (Kraatz)**112. Boreophilia nearctica Lohse113. Boreophilia blatchleyi (Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz)114. Boreophilia venti (Lohse)PageBreak115. Boreophilia nomensis (Casey) [Boreophilia caseyiana Lohse, which was synonymized by 116. Boreophilia caseyi Lohse117. Boreophilia insecuta (Eppelsheim)**118. Boreophilia gelida (J. Sahlberg)**119. Boreophilia herschelensis Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.120. Boreophilia davidgei Klimaszewski & Godin, sp. n.121. Boreostiba LohseBoreostiba frigida (J. Sahlberg)** [= sibirica sensu Lohse in 122. Boreostiba sibirica (Mäklin)**123. Boreostiba parvipennis (Bernhauer)124. Boreostiba lagunae Lohse125. (Casey)http://species-id.net/wiki/Calodera_parvicepsFenyeshttp://species-id.net/wiki/Gnathusa_evaFenyeshttp://species-id.net/wiki/Gnathusa_tenuicornisKlimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CAF7FE71-43FD-4C09-9B9C-FE58D3D72F29http://species-id.net/wiki/Ocyusa_yukonensis. Canada, Yukon, EMAN Plot , mature white spruce and feathermoss forest, 60.5963, -134.9522, 8.VII.2003, 738 m, yellow pitfall trap (LMKM31Y), (LFC).Yukon, EMAN Plot, 60.5963, -134.9522, 24.VII.2003, 738 m, black pitfall trap (LMKM31B), (ECW) 1 male.Yukonensis - a Latin adjective derived from the Yukon Territory, Canada.Body small, subparallel, robust, uniformly dark brown, almost black; length 2.8–3.0 mm; head round in outline and almost as wide as pronotum; antennae with article 4 subquadrate, 5–10 moderately transverse, increasingly wider apicad; pronotum transverse, angular posteriad and slightly narrower than maximum width of elytra; abdomen subparallel, at base as wide as elytra . MALE: mThis native Nearctic species is known only from the type locality in the Yukon.Two adults were collected in July.Klimaszewskihttp://species-id.net/wiki/Oxypoda_canadensisSjöberg* or **http://species-id.net/wiki/Oxypoda_operta(Casey)http://species-id.net/wiki/Brachyusa_helenaeCaseyhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Gyrophaena_criddleiGyrophaena criddlei but a male is needed for positive confirmation of this species in the Yukon Territory.The two females are tentatively identified as Klimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D5CA8598-36E8-40B4-AEAD-20D013A6964Ehttp://species-id.net/wiki/Acrotona_horwoodae. Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Paddy’s Pond, 60.7067, -135.0917, 27.V.2008, 649 m, litter sifting, mixed aspen and white spruce forest, B. Godin (LFC).. Same data as the holotype (ECW).This species name is dedicated to Denise Horwood, wife of the second author, who assisted him in numerous aleocharine sample collections.Body narrowly oval, moderately convex, uniformly black, punctation on forebody fine, dense and not asperate, microsculpture fine but not pronounced; length 2.4 mm; head narrower than pronotum, ratio of maximum width of head to maximum width of pronotum 0.7; antennal articles 7–10 slightly transverse; pronotum moderately transverse, ratio of maximum width to length 1.4, about as wide as elytra; elytra at suture about as long as pronotum; abdomen slightly narrowed posteriad . MALE: tBionomics. The specimens were found by sifting forest litter in May.Comments. The shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus and the spermatheca of Acrotona horwoodae are different from all recorded species of Nearctic Acrotona, and they are generally similar to those of the Palaearctic species Acrotona aterrima Gravenhorst, which is brown and has a much broader body.(Erichson)http://species-id.net/wiki/Strigota_ambigua(Casey)http://species-id.net/wiki/Amischa_praelongaAmischa morphotypes were recognized in the Yukon material on the basis of external body characters and the shape of the spermatheca. They are not included in this account because they are difficult to associate with any of the recorded species. The first morphospecies is represented by three narrowly elongate bicoloured specimens with the head and 4–5 basal abdominal tergites almost black, with the pronotum brown and the appendages and posterior of the elytra light brown, and with the spermathecal capsule moderately elongate with a moderately long apical invagination. The second morphospecies is represented by three specimens, which are broader, with the body uniformly dark brown to almost black, and the spermathecal capsule broader and shorter apically and with a longer apical invagination. Both groups have the apex of tergite 8 deeply notched. We need more specimens and representatives of both sexes to establish the status of these morphotypes.Two additional Klimaszewski & Langorhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Atheta_terranovaeCaseyhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Atheta_fanaticaKlimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9ACD0F86-341A-4855-925A-51104BB8C8F4http://species-id.net/wiki/Atheta_whitehorsensisCanada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Granger, 60.7078, -135.0971, 25.VIII.2007, 657 m, soil sifting, black spruce stand, AWT, B. Godin (LFC).Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Granger, 60.7078, -135.0971, 5.VIII.2007, 657 m, soil sifting, black spruce stand, AWT, B. Godin (ECW) 1 female.The specific name derives from the name of the type locality, which is Whitehorse, Yukon.Body narrowly oval, dark brown to black, with bases of antennae and legs rust-brown, surface matte, with asperate dense punctation on forebody and strong meshed microsculpture ; length Atheta (Dimetrota) hampshirensis Bernhauer and Atheta (Datomicra) dadopora Thomson but differs in the shape of the spermatheca and median lobe of the aedeagus, and has a broader body than the latter species.This species is similar externally to This native Nearctic species is known only from the type locality in the Yukon Territory.Adults were captured by sifting soil in a black spruce stand.Brundin**http://species-id.net/wiki/Atheta_platonoffi(Mäklin)http://species-id.net/wiki/Atheta_pratensisKlimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A75DCD78-E696-4AE7-8E8C-ACAF8F3B3F7Ehttp://species-id.net/wiki/Atheta_microelytrata. Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Takhini, hotsprings, 60.8769, -135.3596, 30.IV.2009, 716 m, aspen litter – soil sifting, B. Godin (LFC).. Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Takhini, hotsprings, 60.8769, -135.3596, 19.IX.2009, 716 m, alder/willow litter, soil sifting, B. Godin (ECW) 2 males; same data except: 3.V.2009  2 females.The specific name derives from the word micro, meaning small, and elytra,in allusion to the small and short elytra of this species.Body narrowly subparallel; dark brown, with bases of antennae and legs rust-brown; strongly glossy, with fine and moderately dense punctation on forebody and strong, meshed microsculpture ; head asGeostiba and Emmelostiba but has typical Atheta-like genitalia.This species bears some superficial external similarity to This native Nearctic species is known only from the type locality in the Yukon Territory.Adults were found in aspen, alder and willow litter in March, May and September.Klimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BC82DFB4-F60B-4758-9860-BC23B2F3D6DChttp://species-id.net/wiki/Atheta_riparia. Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Paddy’s Pond, 60.7067, -135.0917, 16.IX.2007, 649 m, litter sifting, mixed aspen and white spruce forest, B. Godin (LFC).Same data as the holotype (ECW) 1 male.Canada, Yukon, Watson Lake, Watson Creek, 60.12723, -128.8053, 16.VIII.2007, 697 m, mushrooms, B. Godin (LFC) 1 female.riparius, -a, -um,in allusion to the wet litter where the types were found.The name of this species derives from the Latin adjective Body small and narrow, subparallel; black, with tarsi reddish-brown; moderately glossy, with fine, dense punctation and meshed microsculpture on forebody ; head apMicrodota by the combination of body shape, strongly punctate surface and the shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus and spermatheca.This species differs from other Nearctic Distribution. This native Nearctic species is known only from the Yukon Territory but it is probably more widely distributed in northern Canada.Bionomics. The two males were captured in September in wet, organic litter and the female was found in mushrooms in mid-August.*http://species-id.net/wiki/Dinaraea_angustulaHoebekehttp://species-id.net/wiki/Lypoglossa_franclemontiKlimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:64A996FC-47AE-453A-A112-B57D0C0D950Fhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Philhygra_pseudolarsoniCanada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Paddy’s Pond, 60.7067, -135.0917, 26.V.2007, 649 m, litter sifting, mixed aspen and white spruce forest, B. Godin (LFC).same label data as the holotype (ECW) 1 male; Watson Lake, Watson Creek, 60.1272, -128.8053, 4.VI.2007,697 m, deciduous forest soil sifting, B. Godin (ECW) 1 male, 1 female.larsoni (Philhygra larsoni Klimaszewski and Langor), and the prefix pseudo  in relation to the similarity of the two species in external and, to a lesser degree, genitalic morphology.This species name derives from the specific name Body narrowly subparallel, uniformly black or black with legs and sutural part of elytra reddish-brown ; moderatFemale. tergite 8 truncate apically ; sternitThis species is known only from Whitehorse and Watson Lake in the Yukon Territory.. This species was collected in May and June from ground litter.Philhygra pseudolarsoni is similar in both external morphology and genitalia to Philhygra larsoni Klimaszewski and Langor. However, it may be distinguished from Philhygra larsoni by the smaller and darker body, quadrate or transverse antennal articles 4–10 and by the median lobe of the aedeagus with a more elongate apical part of the tubus in lateral view.Klimaszewski & Langorhttp://species-id.net/wiki/Philhygra_sinuipennisLohsehttp://species-id.net/wiki/Philhygra_leechiKlimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:246EBFF8-C0AE-43D6-98D9-C99289EE7B47http://species-id.net/wiki/Philhygra_terrestris. Canada, Yukon, Whitehorse, Paddy’s Pond, 60.7067, -135.0917, 26.V.2007, 649 m, litter sifting, mixed forest (aspen and white spruce), B. Godin (LFC).Etymology. This species name is an adjective that derives from the Latin word terra .Diagnosis. Body narrowly subparallel, head and abdomen black, pronotum and elytra brown, basal article of antenna and legs yellowish  – alluvial fan, D.G. Reid (LFC).Labeled as the holotype except: 1–3.VI.2007 (ECW) 1 male; 7.VI.2007 (ECW) 2 males; 10.VI.2007 (CNC) 1 male; 15.VI.2007 (ECW) 1 female; 17.VI.2007 (ECW) 1 male, 1 female; 19.VI.2007 (ECW) 1 female; 16.VII.2007 (LFC) 1 male, 1 female; 21.VII.2007 (ECW) 2 females; 31.VII.2007 (LFC) 1 male; 7.VI.2008 (ECW) 2 females; 7.VII.2008 (ECW) 2 females; 15.VII.2008 (ECW) 1 female; 11.VIII.2008 (ECW) 1 female.Named for the type locality, Herschel Island.Body narrow, subparallel, head and pronotum about the same width, elytra and abdomen slightly wider, uniformly black ; surfaceThe following combination of characters distinguishes this species from other congeners: narrow, subparallel and uniformly black body, integument of forebody matte and with dense microsculpture, median lobe of aedeagus narrow apically and spermatheca S-shaped.This Nearctic species is known only from the type locality on Herschel Island, Yukon.Adults were collected in June and July on an alluvial fan.Boreophilia nomensis Casey (=Boreophilia caseyiana Lohse) but differs by its uniformly black body and aedeagus with evenly narrow apical part of median lobe in lateral view.This species is superficially similar to Klimaszewski & Godinsp. n.urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6561B1F8-3DFD-4745-B5F3-7A3131152979http://species-id.net/wiki/Boreophilia_davidgei. Canada, Yukon, EMAN Plot, Cadet Camp, 60.5951, -134.9499, 20.IX.2006, 760 m, pitfall trap, mature white spruce and feathermoss forest, coll. EP Yukon, AJK (LFC).PageBreakkon, AHW (ECW) 1 female; same data except: 15.V.2002, JF (ECW) 1 female; 12.VI.2002, EV (ECW) 1 female; 18.X.2002, FD (CNC) 2 females; 8.VII.2003, LMK31Y. LJ (ECW) 1 female; Fireweed Dr., 60.6014, -134.9387, 23.IX.2000, 772 m, pitfall trap, mixed pine and willow forest, EP Yukon (ECW) 1 female; Whitehorse, Granger, 60.7078, -135.0971, 5.VIII.2007, 657 m, soil sifting, black spruce stand, B. Godin  2 females; same data except: 25.VIII.2007 (LFC) 1 female; Whitehorse, Paddy’s Pond, 60.7067, -135.0917, 16.IX.2007, 649 m, litter sifting, mixed aspen and white spruce forest, B. Godin (ECW) 1 female; Upper Liard, Albert Creek, 60.0522, -128.928, 8.VII.2000, 699 m, deciduous litter sifting, B. Godin  2 females.Canada, Yukon, EMAN Plot, Cadet Camp, 60.5951, -134.9499, 29.V.2006, 760 m, pitfall trap, mature white spruce and feathermoss forest, EP YuNamed for Douglas Davidge, biological technician (ECW), who supported the second author in his work for 20 years.Body narrow, subparallel, head narrower than pronotum, elytra and abdomen slightly wider, uniformly brown with appendages yellowish-brown and antennae yellow, or with head and abdomen dark brown and rest of body light brown ; surfaceThe following combination of characters distinguishes this species from other congeners: body narrow, subparallel and brown, with pronotum, elytra and legs lighter, antennae yellowish, surface of forebody moderately glossy and with dense microsculpture, and spermatheca short and S-shaped.This Nearctic species is known only from the type localities in the Yukon Territory.Adults were collected from May to September from soil and organic litter.This species may be easily distinguished by the unique shape of the spermatheca.


Gyranusoidea iranica sp. n. and Microterys iranicus sp. n., are described and diagnostic characters are provided for them.A list of Iranian Encyrtidae  is given for the first time. It includes 93 species representing 32 genera. Host information from Iran and distributional data are also provided. Three genera and 7 species are first recorded from Iran. New host records are provided for three species. Two new species,  The Encyrtidae is the most speciose group of parasitoids attacking scale and psyllid insects. Members of the family are important in biological control. More than 400 encyrtid species have been used or are used today for suppression of various crop pests . There aThe encyrtid fauna in Iran has been a subject of special investigations only in the last few years.The first published records of Iranian Encyrtidae were those by Kiriukhin , who repAlthough many studies have been conducted on the Encyrtidae of Iran, their results were scattered in different publications and have never been summarized. The present list was compiled to provide a reference for future studies on this family in Iran. It includes insect hosts and associated host plants from Iran.Gyranusoidea iranica Japoshvili and Fallahzadeh sp. nov. and Microterys iranicus Japoshvili and Fallahzadeh sp. nov. are described.Ninety three species of Encyrtidae belonging to 32 genera are currently known from Iran. All references about Iranian Encyrtids are summarized and synonyms recorded from Iran are provided, as well as host information and distributional data. Three genera and seven species are first recorded from Iran. Additionally, new hosts are provided for three species. Two new species, Material was collected from 2005 to 2007 in different parts of Iran, and voucher specimens for new records and new species are deposited in the Insect collection of Entomology and Biocontrol Research centre, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. All available literature sources were summarized for the first time as well. Taxonomic concepts mostly follow Trjapitzin , Gibson Anicetus Howard, 1896, Gyranusoidea Compere, 1947 and ParanathrixGyranusoidea iranica and Microterys iranicus are described. The complete list of Encyrtid wasps of Iran follows. Iran is a large country incorporating various geographical regions and climates and we expect that many species remain to be discovered. More studies should be conducted on this important insect group in Iran.The list of Iranian Encyrtidae now contains 93 species belonging to 32 genera. Three genera not previously recorded from Iran are: Encyrtus fuscicollis Dalman, 1820 , H. padellus [Y. padella (L.)] on fruit tree (Rosaceae), H. rolellus [Y. rorrella (Hübner)] on Salix   (Haeselbarth 1983).Host: icaceae) , Y. maliIranian records: Azerbaijan, Hamadan, Kurdestan, Markazi, Zanjan, Tehran, Qazvin provinces , Iran T.Ageniaspis (Holcothorax) testaceipes (Ratzeburg 1848) (Synonym in Iranian literature: rg 1848) .Lithocolletis platani [Phyllonorycter platani (Staudinger)] (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Platanus orientalis L. (Platanaceae) (Host: anaceae) .Iranian records: Tehran province , Iran T.Anagyrus indicus Shafee, Alam and Agarwal, 1975 .Synonym in Iranian literature: Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Citrus (Rutaceae) and Morus alba L. (Moraceae) (Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on M. alba L. (Moraceae) (Hosts: oraceae) , Maconeloraceae) .Iranian records: Khuzestan province , Tehran Anagyrus diversicornis Mercet, 1921  (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Citrus (Rutaceae) and M. alba L. (Moraceae) (Host: oraceae) , 2005.Iranian records: Khuzestan province , Tehran N. viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Citrus (Rutaceae) and Morus alba L. (Moraceae) (Planococcus citri (Rissio) on Citrus (M. hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on M. alba L. (Moraceae) (Hosts: oraceae) , Planocon Citrus ; M. hirsoraceae) .Iranian records: Khuzestan province , Tehran M. hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on M. alba L. (Moraceae) (Host: oraceae) .Iranian record: Fars province .Anagyrus orbitalis (Ruschka 1923) (Synonym in Iranian literature: ka 1923) .Peliococcus kimmericus (Kiritshenko) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Lactuca serriola L. (Asteraceae) (Host: eraceae) .Iranianeraceae) .N. viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Citrus (Rutaceae) (M. hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on M. alba L. (Moraceae) (Host: utaceae) , M. hirsoraceae) .Iranian records: Khuzestan province , Fars prP. citri (Risso) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Ficus carica L. (Moraceae) (P. citi (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and Marietta picta (Andre) on Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae)  (Pseudococcus filamentosus [Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead)]  on Citrus , Planococcus vovae (Nasonov) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae)  (N. viridis on Citrus (Rutaceae) (M. hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on M. alba L. (Moraceae) (Hosts: oraceae) , 1989, Plinidae) , Pseudococcidae) ; N. viriutaceae) , 2005 M.oraceae) .Iranian records: Tehran province  Fars proEulecanium coryli [Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus)] and Pulvinaria betulae [Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus)] (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on rosaceous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (P. vitis (Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Hosts: osaceae) ; P. vitiP. vitis , Phenacooccidae) , 1989. Ioccidae) , Caspianoccidae) .Ceroplastes rusci L. (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Ficus carica L. (Moraceae), 28.IX.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 4♀, 2♂, Estahban, Fars province, ex Diaspidiotus prunorum (Laing) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) and E. coryli [Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus)] (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on rosaceous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Hosts: osaceae) .Iranian records: Isfahan province .Sphaerolecanium prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe), Eulecanium coryli [E. tiliae (Linnaeus)], E. tiliae (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on rosaceous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Anapulvinaria pistaciae (Bodenheimer) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Pistacia vera L. (Anacardiaceae) ; E. coryli [E. tiliae] on cherry tree, apple tree, plum tree, apricot tree (Rosaceae) S. prunastri on plum tree (Rosaceae) (Hosts: osaceae) ; Anapulvdiaceae) , E. tiliosaceae) .Iranian records: Isfahan, Tehran and Markazi provinces  Kerman pE. coryli [E. tiliae (Linnaeus)] (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on quince tree (Rosaceae) (Host: osaceae) .Iranian record: Chaharmahal-Bakhtiyari province .Eulecanium sp. (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Ficus carica L. (Moraceae) (Host: oraceae) Iranian record: Fars province .Host: Unknown from Iran.Iranian record: Iran .Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Citrus (Rutaceae)  (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Hosts: occidae) .Iranian records: Kerman province  (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae) (Hosts: ssaceae) .Iranian records: Fars province .S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Cocidae) on prunaceous trees (Host: us trees .Iranian records: Khorasan-e-Razavi province .S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Prunus scoparia (Spach) (Rosaceae), 5.VI.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 1♀, Mian-Jangle, Fasa, Fars province, 22°12′N, 53°23′E, 1680m, ex P. kimmericus (Kiritshenko) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Lactuca serriola L. (Asteraceae) (Host: eraceae) .Iranian records: Fars province .P. kimmericus (Kiritshenko) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on L. serriola L. (Asteraceae) (Host: eraceae) . Iranianeraceae) .Kermania pistaciella (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), via Chelonus kermakiae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiacea)  .Iranian records: Kerman province .Host: Unknown from Iran.Iranian records: Iran , 1989.P. vovae (Nasonov) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae) (Host: ssaceae) .Iranian record: Tehran province .A. orientalis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Citrus (Rutaceae) (Host: utaceae) .Iranian records: Hormozgan province .A. orientalis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Citrus (Rutaceae) (Host: utaceae) .Iranian records: Fars province ; Iran P.Recurvaria pistacinella Danilevsky (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) (Host: diaceae) .Iranian records: Iran .Encyrtus varicornis Nees, 1834, Paralitomastix varicornis (Nees 1834) (Synonyms in Iranian literature: es 1834) .Anarsia lineatella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on Roseous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Host: osaceae) .Iranian records: Azerbaijan, Markazi, Tehran provinces , Iran O.S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Cocidae) on prunaceous trees (Host: us trees .Iranian records: Khorasan-e-Razavi province .S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Prunus scoparia (Spach) (Rosaceae), 5.VI.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 6♀, 2♂, Mian-Jangle, Fasa, Fars province, 22°12′N, 53°23′E, 1680m, ex P. vovae (Nasonov) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae) (Host: ssaceae) .Iranian records: Fars province .Encyrtus lecaniorum   .E. coryli [E. tiliae (Linnaeus)] (E. tiliae (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on elm tree (Ulmaceae), E. coryli [E. tiliae] on apple tree (Rosaceae), Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Robinia (Papilionaceae); Morus (Moraceae), Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae), S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) on prune tree (Rosaceae) (S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) on Amygdalus (Rosaceae) Hosts: nnaeus)] , E. tiliosaceae) , S. prunIranian records: Gilan, Mazandaran provinces , Gilan aEncyrtus scutellatus   .S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) on Amygdalus (Rosaceae) (Host: osaceae) .Iranian record: Chaharmahal-Bakhtiyari province .Host: Unknown from Iran.Iranian records: Iran .Anabrolepis zetterstedtii   .P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae)  on prune tree, Soft scale on diaceae) .Iranian records: Tehran province  Kerman pP. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) (Host: Chrysopidae (Neuroptera) on diaceae) .Iranian record: Kerman province .M. hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on M. alba L. (Moraceae), 22.VII.2005, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 3♀, 1♂, Jahrom, Fars province, ex Female: Length (0.9–1.1 mm).1- 1.75x, F2 - 1.65x, F3 - 1.67x, F4 - 1.67x, F5 - 1.64x , F6 - 1.63x, Clava - 4.8x as long as wide, respectively. Eye 1.76x as long as malar space. Relative measurements (holotype): HW 341.5; HH 295.8; FV 152.5; POL 51.5; OOL 23; OCL 15.3; AOL 45.8; OD 32.6 EL 187.5; EW 105; MS 122.4.Female holotype: Length 1.013 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen and legs all yellow, except mesoscutum and scutellum with hardly noticeable narrow perpendicular brown band. Head more or less regularly reticulate on frontovertex. Scape little more than 4.7x as long as wide, in the middle with brown band which is 4.43x as wide as scape length. Ocelli forming obtuse angle. Pedicel 2.35x, FMesoscutum and scutellum somewhat irregularly, not polygonally reticulate. Mesoscutum almost 2x as wide as long. Scutellum 1.37 as wide as long. Thorax 0.6x as long as gaster. Postmarginal: marginal:stigmal veins as 1.5:6:8.2.Female paratype (slide-mounted). Relative measurement: SL 28.5; SW 6; FWL 139.3; FWW 55.4; MF 2.5; OL 44; GL 10.7.Chorizococcus sp. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on grape, September 2005, M. Fallahzadeh. Paratypes: 11♀, 2♂ same data as holotype. Holotype and paratypes in EBRC.Male: Color as in female, only antennae and genitalia different.Material examined: Holotype: ♀, Iran, Fars province, Beyza, ex G. iranica is similar to flava but they can be separated using the characters given in Comments: Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) (Host: diaceae) .Iranian record: Kerman province .Parlatoria oleae (Colvée) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Rosaceous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Host: osaceae) .Iranian records: Tehran, Markazi provinces .D. prunorum (Laing) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) and E. coryli [E. tiliae (Linnaeus)] (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Rosaceous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Hosts: osaceae) .Iranian records: Isfahan province , Iran F.Citrus (Rutaceae) and Morus (Moraceae) (N. viridis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).Host: Lady beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on oraceae)  associatIranian record: Khuzestan province .Exochomus quadripustulatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) cypress tree (Cupressaceae) associated with P. vovae (Nasonov)  (Host: occidae) .Iranian records: Fars province Host: Lady beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).Iranian record: Karaj, Khuzestan province .Nephus bipunctatus (Kugelann) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on Lactuca serriola L. (Asteraceae) associated with P. kimmericus (Kiritshenko) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Host: occidae) .Iranian records: Fars province .Scymnus sp. (Coloptera: Coccinellidae) associated with Aphis gossypii (Glover) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Host: hididae) .Iranian record: Ardabil province .Nephus includens Kirsch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) associated with N. viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Scymnus subvillosus (Goeze) on Citrus associated with P. citri (Risso) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Hosts: occidae) , Scymnusoccidae) .Iranian records: Iran , KhuzestN. bipunctatus (Kugelann) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on L. serriola L. (Asteraceae) associated with P. kimmericus (Kiritshenko) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Exochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze) and E. quadripustulatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae) associated with P. vovae (Nasonov) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Hosts: occidae) , Exochomoccidae) .Iranian records: Fars province .Host: Unknown from Iran.Iranian record: Iran .E. quadripustulatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on grape, 2. V. 2007, M. Fallahzadeh.Material examined: 1♀, 2♂, Jahrom, Fars province, 28°31′N, 53°34′E, 1280m, ex **N. bipunctatus Kugelann (Coloeptera: Coccinellidae) on grape, 5.VI.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 1♀, 2♂, Jahrom, Fars province, 28°31′N, 53°34′E, 1280m, ex **C. carnea Stephens and S. fedtchenkoi (McLachlan) (Neuroptera: Chrysopiodae) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae) associated with P. vovae (Nasonov) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Hosts: occidae) .Iranian records: Fars province .C. carnea Stephens and S. fedtchenkoi (McLachlan) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae) associated with P. vovae (Nasonov) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Hosts: occidae) .Iranian records: Fars province .Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on grape, 26. VI. 2005, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 2♂, 2♀, Meymand, Fars province, ex N. viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Citrus sinensis (L.), C. aurantium (L.) (Rutaceae) and Althaea sp. , P. vovae (Nasonov) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Cupressus sp. (Cupressaceae) (Hosts: ssaceae) .Iranian record: Fars province .Leptomastix flavus Mercet, 1921  (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (P. aceris (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Roseous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Eulecanium rugulosum (Archangelskaya) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiceae) (Hosts: occidae)  P. aceriosaceae) , Eulecanrdiceae) .Iranian records: Iran , IsfahanP. ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudociccidae) on grape, 15.V.2007, M. Fallahzadeh.Material examined: 1♀, 1♂, Jahrom, Fars province, 28°31′N, 53°34′E, 1280m, ex P. ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on grape, 13.VI.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 2♀, 1♂, Jahrom, Fars province, 28°31′N, 53°34′E, 1280m, ex P. kimmericus (Kiritshenko) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on L. serriola L. (Asteraceae) (Host: eraceae) .Iranian record: Fars province .C. hesperidum Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Robinia (Papilionaceae), Morus (Moraceae), Ailanthus (Simaroubaceae), Diospyros (Ebenaceae) (Host: enaceae) ,c; 2004dIranian records: Tehran province .Host: Unknown from Iran.Iranian record: Iran .C. hesperidum Linneaus (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Citrus (Rutaceae) and apple tree (Rosaceae) (Host: osaceae) , b.Iranian records: Fars province , b.C. hesperidum Linneaus (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Host: occidae) .Iranian records: Iran .Saissetia oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Host: occidae) .Iranian records: Caspian sea area , Iran P.Stotzia ephedrae (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Ephedra procera Fisch. Et Mey (Ephedraceae) (Host: draceae) .Iranian record: Fars province .S. oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Host: occidae) .Iranian records: Caspian sea area , Iran N.Didesmococcus unifasciatus (Archangelskeya) on Amygdalus (Rosaceae) (Host: osaceae) .Iranian record: East Azerbaijan .E. coryli [E. tiliae (Linnaeus)] (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on quince tree (Rosaceae) (S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Amygdalus (Rosaceae) (Hosts: osaceae) , S. prunosaceae) .Iranian records: Iran , ChaharmS. oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Host: occidae) .Iranian records: Caspian sea area .Parthenolecanium sp. (Hemiptera: Coccidae).Host: Iranian record: Iran .S. prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on plum tree (Rosaceae), D. unifasciatus (Archangelskaya) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Amygdalus (Rosaceae), E. coryli [E. tiliae (Linnaeus)] (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on plum tree (Rosaceae) (Hosts: osaceae) , 2004d.Iranian records: East Azerbaijan and Tehran provinces ; 2004d.4–6 white, clava brown. Pronotum, mesopleuron, and axilla yellow, only area where axillae join brown. Mesoscutum with green-silver and scutellum with violet-silver, almost black, metallic reflection. Propodeum, metanotum, and abdomen brown, with some violetsilver metallic reflections. Legs yellow, hind coxa brown.Female holotype. Length 2.3 mm. Head yellow, except brown band across vertex back margin behind posterior ocelli. Eyes violet. Scape, pedicel, and flagellar segments 1–3 yellow, F1 0.57x as long as pedicel and 1.2x as long as wide. F2 1.24x as long as F1. F2 - 1.44x, F3 - 1.15x, F4 -1.07x, F5 - 1, F6 - 0.9x as long as wide respectively. The longest segment is F2 and shortest F1. Toruli separated from each other by 1.56x and from clypeal margin 1.17x their maximum diameter. Upper margin of toruli in same line as lowest eye margin. Relative measurement (holotype): HW 399.8; FV 107.5; OD 24; POL 8.1; OOL 52.5; OCL 26.4; AOL 45; MS 136.4; EL 213.7; 135.7. Mesoscutum and scutellum flat, of equal length, scutellum as long as wide, mesoscutum 1.35x as wide as long. Fore wing 2.3x as long as wide. Submarginal vein with 17 setae. Submarginal, marginal, postmarginal and stigmal veins as 9.6:1.34:1:1.4. Band on the forewing not clear, wings infuscate on basal 0.64x, hyaline apical part 0.36x as long as wing. Midtibial spur 0.84x as long as basitarsus. Female paratype (slide-mounted). Relative measurements: SL 42; SW 15.3; FWL 295.5; FWW 132.6; OL 80.5; GL 17.8; OPL 60.5; OPW 17.2.Head about 1.4x as wide as high and about 3.67x as wide as FV; FV in dorsal view almost 2x as long as wide. OOL almost 2.3x shorter then OCL and POD. Ocelli forming equilateral triangle. Scape about 3x as long as wide. Pedicel 1.8x as long as wide; FSphaerolecanium prunastri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), on Prunus scoparia, 2.VII.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Paratypes: 2♀, 1♂ same data as holotype. Holotype and paratypes in EBRC.Male: Head, mesoscutum, scutellum black with green-golden metallic reflection. Antenna yellow, pedicel brown dorsally. Tegula and mesopleuron yellow. Pedicel more then 3 times shorter that of F1. Abdomen, metanotum and propodeum brown with green-violet metallic reflection. Material examined: Holotype: ♀, Iran, Fars province, Mian-Jangle, Fasa, 22°12'N, 53°23'E, 1680m, ex Microterys iranicus is most to close to M. darevskii Trjapitzin, 1968 but they can be separated using the characters given in Comments: E. coryli [Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus)] (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Malus (Rosaceae) (Host: osaceae) .Iranian records: Fars province , Iran O.Parthenolecanium sp. (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Host: occidae) .Iranian record: Iran .C. hesperidum L. (Hemiptera: Coccidae) (Host: occidae) .Iranian records: Mazandaran province , Tehran Parthenolecanium corni (Bouche) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Morus (Moraceae) (Host: oraceae) , 2004a.Iranian records: East Azerbaijan and Tehran provinces , 2004a.Bucculatrix ulmella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) on elm tree (Ulmaceae) (Host: lmaceae) .Iranian record: Tehran province .C. carnea Stephens and S. fedtchenkoi (McLachlan) (Neuroptera: Chrysopiodae) on cypress tree (Cupressaceae) (Hosts: ssaceae) .Iranian records: Fars province .Ocneria terebinthina Stgr. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) on wild pistachio trees (Anacardiaceae) (Host: diaceae) .Ooencyrtus cf masii  (Host: leridae) .Iranian records: Tehran, Hamadan, Lorestan, Markazi provinces .Aelia sp. (Hemiptera: Pentatomodae), Eurygaster sp. (Scutelleridae) on Triticum aestivum L. (Gramineae) , Carpocoris fuscipinus (Boheman) and Macrocerus marginatus (Hemeiptera: Pentatomidae) on cereal fields (Gramineae) (E. integriceps (Acrosternum spp. and Brachynema spp. on P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) .Hosts: amineae) , E. inteamineae) , E. inteegriceps , Acrostediaceae) , E. inteIranian records: Tehran, Hamadan, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Markazi provinces ; East AzFerrisia virgata (Ceckerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Althea 9.X.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 6♀, 1♂, Minab, Hormozgan province, ex **Host: Unknown from Iran.Iranian records: Iran .A. pistaciae (Burckhardt and Lauterer) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) (Host: diaceae) ; 2004.Prionomitus near mitratus  (Anagyrus spp. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) (M. hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on M. alba L. (Moraceae) (Hosts: yrtidae) , Parasityrtidae) , Hyperpaoraceae) .Iranian records: Iran , Fars prP. ficus  (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on grape, 19.VII.2007, M. Fallahzadeh. Voucher specimens housed in EBRC.Material examined: 2♀, Jahrom, Fars province, 28°31′N, 53°34′E, 1280m, ex N. viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (Citrus (Rutaceae) and M. alba L. (Moraceae).Host: Hyperparasitoid occidae)  on CitruIranian record: Khuzestan province .Pseudococcus on Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) (Host: icaceae) .Iranian record: Khuzestan province .Psyllopsis repens Loginova (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on Fraxinus (Oleaceae)  (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) (Host: diaceae) , 2007.Iranian records: Iran , Kerman Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptra: Psyllidae) on Citrus (Rutaceae).Host: Iranian record: Hormozghan province .Euphyllura pakistanica Loginova, 1973 (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on Oleae europea L. (Oleaceae) (Host: leaceae) .Iranian record: Fars province .Sphaerophoria spp., Eopodes corollae (Fab.) and Episyrphus balteatus (DeGeer) (Diptera: Syrphidae) (Hosts: rphidae) .Iranian records: East Azerbaijan Province .Agonoscena pistaciae (Burckhardt and Lauterer) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) , (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Alhagi camlorum Fisch. and Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Papilionaceae) in pistachio orchards (Chromaphis juglandicola (Hemiptera: Aphididae) (Pauesia antennata (Mukerji) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) (Hosts: Hyperparasitoid of diaceae) , Hyperpaorchards , Hyperpahididae)  Hyperparidiinae) .Iranian records: Kerman province ; Tehran Psylla pyricola [Cacopsylla pyricola (Foerster)] (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) (Host: yllidae) Iranian record: Tehran province .Apterencyrtus microphagus (Mayr 1876), Chiloneurus microphagus Mayr, 1876, Chiloneurinus microphagus (Mayr 1876) (Synonyms in ranian literatures: yr 1876) .Lepidosaphes malicola Borchsenius (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Roseous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Tecaspis asiatica [Chlidaspis asiatica (Archangelskaya)] (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Roseous fruit trees (Rosaceae) (Lepidosaphes pistaciae Archangelskaya (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on P. vera L. (Anacardiaceae) (Hosts: osaceae) , Tecaspiosaceae) ; Lepidosdiaceae) .Iranian records: Tehran province , Chahar


AbstractAcaenitinae Förster, 1869 are reviewed for the first time from the Ukrainian Carpathians. Two species, Coleocentrusexareolatus Kriechbaumer, 1894 and Coleocentrusheteropus Thomson, 1894 are new records for Ukraine. Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894 is considered to be a junior synonym of Arotesalbicinctus Gravenhorst, 1829 (syn. nov.). A key to species of Coleocentrus of the Carpathians is provided.Ichneumonid wasps of the subfamily  Acaenitinae Förster, 1869 worldwide includes about 344 species placed in 27 genera, 8 genera and 42 species of which are found in the Western Palaearctic  develops as a koinobiont endoparasitoid of an endophytic curculionid. The female wasp oviposits into first and second instar host larvae and parasitization appeared to retard host development. Three ichneumonid larval instars were discerned and the final instar apparently killed its host about the time unparasitized weevil larvae were pupating. The acaenitine larva then spun a tough parchment-like cylindrical cocon within the host’s pupation chamber , beech forest zone (400–1300 m a.s.l.), coniferous boreal forest zone (900–1600 m a.s.l.), subalpine and alpine zone (1400–2061 m a.s.l.) can be recognised.Acaenitinae fauna of Ukraine is poorly studied. Up to now, there are only 10 recorded species , which is the length of the ovipositor projecting beyond the apex of the metasoma divided by the length of the hind tibia, is used. Terminology was This study is mainly based on specimens collected by standard sweep netting in various locations in the Ukrainian Carpathians in 2009-2013. The material deposited in the collection of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk was also studied. The HNHM: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary;ZMLU: Lunds Universitet, Zoologiska Institutionen, Sweden;ZIN: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.Gravenhorst, 1829ArotesArotesalbicinctusThis genus is characterized by the combination of the following characters: clypeus transverse and basally flat, with transverse ridge, supra-antennal area with crest between antennal sockets, propodeum with well definded carinae, claws of all tarsi with appressed acute tooth, fore wing with areolet absent, intercubitus distal to vein 2m-cu, first metasomal tergite with white long setae on lateral and ventral parts.Gravenhorst, 1829Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894, syn. nov.Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; individualCount: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Transcarpathian Region, Rakhiv District; verbatimLocality: 4 km NE of Kvasy; verbatimElevation: 1000 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 10' 19.08" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 18' 09.16" E; Event: eventDate: 15 June 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 1 male, 2 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Transcarpathian Region, Rakhiv District; verbatimLocality: 4 km NE of Kvasy; verbatimElevation: 1000 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 10' 19.08" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 18' 09.16" E; Event: eventDate: 24 June 2013Fore wing 13 mm long. Nervellus broken near the middle. Mandible with lower tooth longer than upper tooth. Flagellum with 37 segments. Head polished, face and partly clypeus with median longitudinal wrinkles. In dorsal view temples parallel behind eyes. Notauli strong. Mesopleuron, metapleuron, scutellum, mid and hind coxa and hind femur densely and clearly punctate. Metasoma polished, without well defined punctation. OTI 2.3. Hind femur robust.Female. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Coloration of first and second tergites varies (see "Taxon discussion")  Fig. a, b, c. Male. Coloration as in female, but differs by face, tegula entirely andpedicel partly yellow. Flagellum yellow ventrally, without white ring. First and second tergites with wide apical light stripes .gionotus , Plagionarcuatus   and in the possession of a fuscous spot on the apex of the fore wing.The another European species, Arotesalbicinctus Gravenhorst, 1829 and Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894, given by various authors are the coloration of the first and second tergites of metasoma, which are entirely black in Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894 and light-coloured posteriorly in Arotesalbicinctus Gravenhorst, 1829, and pterostigma, which is reddish centrally in Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894 and entirely fuscous in Arotesalbicinctus Gravenhorst, 1829. Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894 and as long as the body in Arotesalbicinctus Gravenhorst, 1829.The main distinguishing characters, between Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894, which is deposited at HNHM, demonstrated that the first and the second tergites have light-coloured (though very weak) posterior margins. The three of metioned above females  have first and second tergites varies from entirely black to white-striped. The coloration of the pterostigma is also varies in the studied specimens: from yellowish-brown centrally with fuscous margins to entirely fuscous. The ovipositorial sheaths are as long as the body in the specimens with black tergites, so no evident differences between the two species, Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894 and Arotesalbicinctus Gravenhorst, 1829, may be found. Arotesannulicornis Kriechbaumer, 1894 is therefore a junior synonym (syn. nov.).My examination of the holotype of Gravenhorst, 1829ColeocentrusIchneumonexcitatorColeocentrusexareolatus Kriechbaumer, 1894), then intercubitus basal to vein 2m-cu, tergites 2–3 of metasoma with basolateral grooves, male parameres with ventral emargination.This genus is characterized by the combination of the following characters: clypeus transverse and basally flat, apex with median tubercle, supra-antennal area without crest between antennal sockets, epicnemial carina absent, propodeum with carinae varying from complete to absent , claws of fore and mid tarsi simple, fore wing with areolet present (petiolate triangular) or absent; if absent  and 12-14 mm long , areolet absent. Nervellus broken at upper 0.25. Mandible with equal teeth or lower tooth slighty longer than upper tooth. Flagellum with 37-38 segments. Head polished. In dorsal view temples parallel to narrowed behind eyes. Propodeum with weak apical carina. Metasoma matt, without well defined punctation. OTI 2.7.Female. Head and mesosoma black. Clypeus basally black, apically brownish. Mandibles black. Flagellum brownish. Pterostigma yellowish. Tegula yellow. Legs generally red, fore and mid tibia and tarsus yellowish-red, hind tibia and tarsus fuscous. Metasoma black with narrow apical white bands on tergites.Male. Head and mesosoma black. Face and clypeus black. Mandibles black. Flagellum black. Scape and pedicel yellow dorsally. Pterostigma yellowish. Tegula yellow. Legs: hind coxa red, fore and mid coxae, trochanters and trochantelli, tibiae and fore tarsus yellow, fore and mid femora, hind trochanter and trochantellus yellowish-red, hind tibia and tarsus fuscous. Metasoma black with narrow apical white bands on tergites.Unknown.Belarus , BulgariColeocentrussoldanskii Bischoff, 1915, has black coxae and two yellow spots on the lower part of face.The female of another European species with fore wing without areolet, Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: male; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 5 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: male; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany,; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 6 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 2 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 12 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 19 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 1 male, 3 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50 '51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 29 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 30 May 2011Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 6 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 31 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 4 June 2011Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 5 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mochary; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 10 June 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Mocharyorodchany, 5 May 2012; verbatimLocality: 5 km NE of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 300-350 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 50' 51.17" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 35' 26.91" E; Event: eventDate: 25 June 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 2 males, 1 female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Zhbyr; verbatimLocality: 7-8 km SW of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 400 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 47' 4.92" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 28' 46.45" E; Event: eventDate: 23 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: male; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Zhbyr; verbatimLocality: 7-8 km SW of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 400 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 47' 4.92" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 28' 46.45" E; Event: eventDate: 26 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Zhbyr; verbatimLocality: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Zhbyr; verbatimElevation: 400 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 47' 4.92" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 28' 46.45" E; Event: eventDate: 24 June 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 2 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Dibrova.28"E, 310 m, oak forest, 5 km SW of Bogorodchany, 14 June 2012; verbatimLocality: 5 km SW of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 310 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 46' 10.35" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 30' 20.28" E; Event: eventDate: 14 June 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 2 males, 2 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Gorgany; verbatimLocality: 5 km SW of Stara Guta; verbatimElevation: 1200 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 36' 42.77" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 09' 10.69" E; Event: eventDate: 8-9 June 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 2 males; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Gorgany; verbatimLocality: 5 km SW of Stara Guta; verbatimElevation: 1200 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 36' 42.77" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 09' 10.69" E; Event: eventDate: 14 June 2011Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sirenko; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Nadvirna District, Gorgany, Elmy; verbatimLocality: 15 km SW of Yaremche; verbatimElevation: 800-900 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 24’ 39.50” N; Event: eventDate: 9 July 2005Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sirenko; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Nadvirna District, Gorgany, Elmy; verbatimLocality: 15 km SW of Yaremche; verbatimElevation: 800-900 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 24’ 39.50” N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 24’ 50.28” E; Event: eventDate: 17 July 2009Type status:Other material. Occurrence: sex: female; Record Level: institutionCode: ZINFore wing 18-20 mm long  and 13-14 mm long , areolet present. Nervellus broken at upper 0.25. Mandible with equal teeth or lower tooth slightly longer than upper tooth. Flagellum with 39-40 segments  and 40-44 segments . Head polished, sparsely punctate. In dorsal view temples slighty narrowed to slighty widened behind eyes. Mesopleuron densely rugulo-punctate  or with unclear punctation . Propodeum with weak longitudinal carinae over about 0.6-0.7 of its length  or only with weak traces of dorsal longitudinal carinae . Metasoma polished, without well defined punctation. OTI 2.6–2.8.Female. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Face black with two yellow spots. Clypeus basally black, apically sometimes dark-brownish. Mandibles black. Flagellum black. Scape and pedicel reddish dorsally. Pterostigma yellow. Tegula yellow. Legs: hind coxa black, fore and mid coxae black with red apex, all trochanters and trochantelli yellowish-red, all femora, fore and mid tibiae and tarsi red, hind tibia fuscous, tarsomere 1 of hind tarsus partly, tarsomeres 2-5 entirely white. Metasoma black with narrow apical white bands on tergites.Male. Head and mesosoma black. Face yellow with black central vertical stripe. Clypeus basally black, apically brown. Mandibles black. Flagellum dark-brownish. Scape and pedicel yellow dorsally. Pterostigma yellow. Tegula yellow. Legs: hind coxa black, sometimes reddish in apical 0.2, fore and mid coxae yellowish-red with black base, fore and mid femora, hind trochanter and trochantellus yellowish-red, hind femur and tibia red, fore and mid trochanters and trochantelli, tibiae and fore tarsus, tarsomere 1 of hind tarsus partly, tarsomeres 2-5 entirely white. Metasoma black basally and apically, red medially.Acaloleptaluxuriosus , Ergatesfaber , Monochamusgrandis  (Cerambycidae) (bycidae) .Trans-Palaearctic species: Belarus , BelgiumColeocentruscroceicornis  is similar to this species, but has yellow flagellum with black base and entirely reddish hind legs. The male of Coleocentrusexcitator  is similar to the male of Coleocentrussoleatus , but the last one has red with black coloration hind trochanters and trochantelli, entirely yellow face and only tarsomeres 3-5 of hind tarsus entirely white.The female of Thomson, 1894Type status:Holotype. Occurrence: sex: female; Record Level: institutionCode: ZMLUType status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: 2 males, 2 females; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Zhbyr; verbatimLocality: 7-8 km SW of Bogorodchany,; verbatimElevation: 400 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 47' 4.92" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 28' 46.45" E; Event: eventDate: 23 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: male; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Zhbyr; verbatimLocality: 7-8 km SW of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 400 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 47' 4.92" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 28' 46.45" E; Event: eventDate: 26 May 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Zhbyr; verbatimLocality: 7-8 km SW of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 400 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 47' 4.92" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 28' 46.45" E; Event: eventDate: 24 June 2012Type status:Other material. Occurrence: sex: female; Record Level: institutionCode: ZINFore wing 14-15 mm long  and 9-13 mm long , areolet present. Nervellus broken at upper 0.25. Mandible with equal teeth. Flagellum with 33 segments  to 38 segments . Head polished, without well definded punctation. In dorsal view temples parallel to slighty widened behind eyes. Mesopleuron densely rugulo-punctate. Propodeum only with weak traces of area apicalis or without carinae. Metasoma matt, without well defined punctation. OTI 2.5.Female. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Face black with two small yellow spots or almost black. Clypeus from reddish to dark-brownish. Mandible black. Flagellum almost black. Pterostigma brownish with fuscous margins. Tegula red-yellowish. Legs generally red, all coxae from at least black basally (holotype). to black with only red apex, hind tibia and tarsus fuscous.Male. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Face almost yellow. Clypeus red-brownish. Mandibles black. Flagellum black. Scape yellow dorsally. Pterostigma brownish with fuscous margins. Tegula yellow. Legs: all coxae black basally, apically yellowish-red, fore and mid legs except coxae, hind trochanter and trochantellus yellowish-red, hind femur red, hind tibia and tarsus fuscous.Unknown.Finland , HungaryColeocentruscaligatus Gravenhorst, 1829 is similar to this species, but has entirely red hind coxae and more developed carinae of the propodeum. Male of Coleocentrusheteropus Thomson, 1894 is similar to Coleocentruscroceicornis , but the last one has reddish pterostigma and yellow flagellum (with dark base).The female of Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: male; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bogorodchany District, Dibrova; verbatimLocality: 5 km SW of Bogorodchany; verbatimElevation: 310 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 46' 10.35" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 30' 20.28" E; Event: eventDate: 14 May 2011Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Varga; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Transcarpathian Region, Rakhiv District, Lazeschyna; verbatimElevation: 900-950 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 14' 52.47" N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 24' 29.35" E; Event: eventDate: June 2010Type status:Other material. Occurrence: sex: male; Record Level: institutionCode: ZINFore wing 11 mm long  and 12 mm long , areolet present. Nervellus broken at upper 0.25. Mandible with equal teeth. Flagellum with 31 segments  and 33 segments . Head polished, without well definded punctation. In dorsal view temples narrowed behind eyes. Mesopleuron weakly  or densely  rugulo-punctate. Propodeum with very weak longitudinal carinae over its entire length  or only with weak traces of dorsal longitudinal carinae . Metasoma mat  or polished , without well defined punctation. OTI 1.8.Female. Head, mesosoma and metasoma generally black. Face almost black. Clypeus black basally, reddish apically. Mandibles reddish basally. Flagellum almost black. Pterostigma brownish with fuscous margins. Tegula reddish-brown. Legs: mid coxae almost black, fore and hind coxae generally red, fore coxa basally, hind coxa apically (0.2) black, all femora, fore and mid tibiae and tarsi red, hind tibia apically and tarsus entirely fuscous, all trochanters and trochantelli red with black coloration. Lateral parts of apical margins of tergites 2-6 red.Male. Head and mesosoma black. Face almost yellow. Clypeus basally black, apically reddish. Mandibles black. Flagellum reddish-brown. Scape yellowish dorsally. Pterostigma yellowish. Tegula reddish-brown. Legs: hind coxa red with only apical 0.2 black, fore and mid coxae, fore trochanter and trochantellus and all femora red, mid and hind trochanters and trochantelli red with black coloration, fore tibia and tarsus, tarsomere 2 of hind tarsus partly, tarsomeres 3-5 entirely white, mid tibia and tarsus yellowish-red, hind tibia red with fuscous apex. Metasoma black basally and apically, red medially.Unknown.Bulgaria , China , GermanyColeocentrusborcei Constantineanu, 1929 from Romania, wich is very similar to the female of Coleocentrussoleatus , but has a fuscous pterostigma (except base), entirely black trochanters, black clypeus and red lateral parts of apical margins of tergites 3-6.Förster, 1869PhaenolobusIchneumonaratorThis genus is characterized by the combination of the following characters: clypeus transverse and basally flat, apex with median tubercle, supra-antennal area with crest between antennal sockets, notauli strong, hing femora very thick claws of fore and mid tarsi with appressed acute tooth near apex, fore wing with areolet absent, intercubitus basal to vein 2m-cu.Type status:Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Sirenko A.; sex: female; Location: country: Ukraine; stateProvince: Ivano-Frankivsk; verbatimElevation: 250–300 m; verbatimLatitude: 48° 55’ 24.48” N; verbatimLongitude: 24° 42’ 40.02” E; Event: eventDate: May–June 2001Female. Fore wing 8 mm long. Nervellus broken at upper third. Mandible with upper tooth a little longer than lower tooth. Flagellum with 23 segments. Head strongly rugulo-punctate. In dorsal view temples narrowed behind eyes. Malar space with subocular groove. Mesopleuron polished, densely and clearly punctate. Head and mesosoma black. Clypeus and mandibles black. Flagellum red-brown, scape and pedicel black. Pterostigma fuscous. Legs: all coxae black, trochanters red and trochantelli, hind femur and basal half of first tergite black, hind tibia and tarsus fuscous, fore and mid femora, tibiae, tarsi and metasoma red.Phytoeciacephalotes Küster, 1846, Phytoeciacoerulescens  (Cerambycidae) (bycidae) .Albania , AlgeriaPhaenolobusterebrator  with black metasoma and red hind femora, Phaenolobusnigripennis  with only tergites 2-4 partly red, Phaenolobussaltans  which has prepectal carina long, almost reaching subtegular ridge. Phaenolobusareolator  having the entirely black flagellum and ovipositor longer than hind tibia, Phaenolobusatrator , having the black metasoma and Phaenolobusmucronatus  having only tergites 2-4 partly red. But the last two species have also the second metasomal tergite with 2 oblique grooves on each side and that scaracter distinguishes these species from similar Phaenolobusterebrator  and Phaenolobusnigripennis  with the same coloration of metasoma respectively (There are another three species of this genus recorded so far from Ukraine, including ectively .


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