Biological control is widely successful at controlling pests, but effective biocontrol agents are
now more difficult to import from countries of origin due to more restrictive international trade …

Highlights•Hyper-diverse Hymenoptera order includes parasitic and social
insects.•Economically impactful for biological control and pollination.•Though second most …

Parasitoids are ubiquitous in natural ecosystems. Parasitic strategies are highly diverse
among parasitoid species, yet their underlying genetic bases are poorly understood. Here …

We report an update of the Hymenoptera Genome Database (HGD; http://
HymenopteraGenome. org), a genomic database of hymenopteran insect species. The …

Intraspecific competition is a major force in mediating population dynamics, fuelling
adaptation, and potentially leading to evolutionary diversification. Among the evolutionary …

As important pollinators, bees play a critical role in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem
and improving the yield and quality of crops. However, in recent years, the bee population …

Viral genome integration provides a complex route to biological innovation that has rarely
but repeatedly occurred in one of the most diverse lineages of organisms on the planet …

Abstract The Ichneumonoidea (Ichneumonidae and Braconidae) is an incredibly diverse
superfamily of parasitoid wasps that includes species that produce virus-like entities in their …

Infestation of fruits by native and invasive fruit flies causes significant economic losses. In
most cases, incidence of 'regulated'dangerous fruit flies in orchards results in restrictions on …

Abstract Microplitis demolitor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a parasitoid used as a
biological control agent to control larval-stage Lepidoptera and serves as a model for …