Three new genera are described: Michener (Proteropinae), Bioalfa (Rogadinae), and
Hermosomastax (Rogadinae). Keys are given for the New World genera of the following …

Highlights•Parasitic wasp polydnaviruses are gene transfer agents encoding virulence
factors.•V. canescens Virus-Like-Particles are viral liposomes delivering virulence proteins.• …

Virus-host associations are usually viewed as parasitic, but several studies in recent years
have reported examples of viruses that benefit host organisms. The Polydnaviridae are of …

Beetles occur in most terrestrial and freshwater habitats and a few occupy marine
environments. The most common life‐cycle type in beetles is holometaboly. More …

A checklist of world species of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
is provided. A total of 81 genera and 2,999 extant species are recognized as valid, including …

The most widely recognized hymenopterans–ants, bees, and wasps or hornets–have long
been part of art, ritual, and folklore worldwide. Both extant and extinct Hymenoptera were …

The 37-year ongoing inventory of the estimated 15 000 species of Lepidoptera living in the
125 000 terrestrial hectares of Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica …

Here we elucidate and justify a DNA barcode approach to insect species description that
can be applied to name tens of thousands of species of Ichneumonoidea and many other …

Microgastrine wasps are among the most species‐rich and numerous parasitoids of
caterpillars (Lepidoptera). They are often host‐specific and thus are extensively used in …

More than half a million specimens of wild-caught Lepidoptera caterpillars have been reared
for their parasitoids, identified, and DNA barcoded over a period of 34 years (and ongoing) …