Lifecycle of <i>Dryocosmus kuriphilus</i> Yasumatsu and Diversity and Importance of the Native Parasitoid Community Recruited in the Northern Region of Portugal by Ana Lobo Santos, Sonia Alexandra Paiva Santos, Pedro António Casquero, Albino Bento

“…In the three municipalities under study, 11 species were identified (<i>Eupelmus azureus</i> Ratzeburg, <i>Eupelmus urozonus</i> Dalman, <i>Eurytoma brunniventris</i> Ratzeburg, <i>Megastigmus dorsalis</i> (Fabricius), <i>Ormyrus pomaceus</i> (Geoffroy), <i>Sycophila iracemae</i> Nieves Aldrey, <i>Sycophila variegata</i> (Curtis), <i>Sycophila biguttata</i> (Swederus), <i>Torymus flavipes</i> (Walker), <i>Torymus auratus</i> (Mueller), and <i>Torymus notatus</i> (Walker)). …”
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First report of the genus Conostigmus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) from India with description of a new species by C Bijoy, K Rajmohana, Ramesh Kumar

“…An intermixing of character states of genera Conostigmus as well as Dendrocerus Ratzeburg is observed.…”
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The first report of Agrypon canaliculatum (Hym.: Ichneumonidae) as parasitoid of Yponomeuta evonymella (Lep.: Yponomeutidae) from Iran by M. Nikdel, E. Diller

“…The specimens were reared in the laboratory, where parasitoid wasps of the family Ichneumonidae emerged and later identified as Agrypon canaliculatum (Ratzeburg, 1844). The identification was confirmed by the second author. …”
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The Chinese species of the genus Ontsira Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) by Sergey Belokobylskij, Pu Tang, Xue-xin Chen

“…Two species, O.ignea (Ratzeburg) and O. neantica Belokobylskij et Maet&ocirc;, are recorded in China for the first time. …”
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The first record of the genus Anaprostocetus Graham, 1987 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) from Transcaucasia (Georgia) by V.V. Kostjukov, O.V. Kosheleva, G. Japoshvili

“…European species of the genus Anaprostocetus Graham, 1987 – A. acuminatus (Ratzeburg, 1848) is reported as a new record for Transcaucasia (Georgia).…”
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Braconid imagobionts from the tribe Cosmophorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) in the fauna of South Korea by Sergey A. Belokobylskij, Deokseo Ku

“…Two euphorine taxa from the tribe Cosmophorini, the genus Cryptoxilos Viereck, 1911 and the subgenus Eucosmophorus Belokobylskij, 2000 (genus Cosmophorus Ratzeburg, 1848) are recorded for the first time for the Korean Peninsula. …”
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Report of four hymenopteran species of Eulophidae, parasitoids of Liriomyza trifolii (Dip.:Agromyzidae) in Shiraz, Iran by A. F. Dousti, K. Kamali, G. Nouri-Ganbalani, H. Ostovan

“…Baryscapus impeditus Nees*, Closterocerus formosus Westwood, Diaulinopsis arenaria Erdos*, Diglyphus crassinervis Erdos, Diglyphus isaea Walker, Diglyphus pulchripes Crawford*, Hemiptarsenus zilahisebessi Eros and Ratzeburgiola cristatus Ratzeburg* were collected, of which the four species marked with an asterisk are new records for Iran.…”
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Chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with different parasitism types infesting caterpillars and pupae of Phyllonorycter roboris (Zeller, 1839) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)... by A.V. Mishchenko

“…Parasitic wasps Sympiesis sericeicornis (Nees, 1834) (Eulophidae) and Ageniaspis testaceipes (Ratzeburg, 1848) (Encyrtidae) are considered as an example of ecto- and endoparasitism on leaf-mining moth.…”
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Effects of Physical Activity in the High School Curriculum on Cardiovascular Health, Cognitive and Physical Performance by Tobias Jagomast, Theresa Mohr, Paul Niklas Axt, Kai Mortensen, Folke Brinkmann, Markus Weckmann, Gordon Ring, Michael Reppel, Daniel Drömann, Klaas F. Franzen

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Two new records of encyrtids as parasitoid of Sphaerolecanium prunastri (Hem.: Coccidae) in Iran by S. Goldasteh, E. Rakhshani, F. Hasanpour, A. A. Talebi, A. Stojanovic

“…هشت گونه زنبور پارازیتویید در این مناطق شناسایی شد که دو گونه‌ی Cheiloneurus claviger ThomsonوDiscodes coccophagus (Ratzeburg) از خانواده‌ی Encyrtidae برای اولین‌بار از ایران گزارش می‌شوند.…”
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New braconid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on bark beetles in Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mountain, Bulgaria by Sevdalin Belilov, Georgi Georgiev

“…(State Forestry Enterprise Elin Pelin), and Dendrosoter middendorffi (Ratzeburg) &amp;ndash; by Ips acuminatus, Pityophthorus pityographus and Pityogenes bistridentatus in the region of Krushovitsa vill. and Golema Rakovitsa vill. …”
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First record of Coccobius pistacicolus (Yasnosh, 1968) (Hym.: Aphelinidae) from Iran by Nasrin Shahbazvar, Reza Hosseini, Shahab Manzari, George Japoshvili

“…In the present study, which is based on the material collected from Southern part of Caspian Sea, Iran during 2013- 2016, one parasitoid species of the genus Coccobius Ratzeburg was identified as Coccobius pistacicolus (Yasnosh, 1968) (Hym: Aphelinidae). …”
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Checklist of the subfamily Orthocentrinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with seven unrecorded species from Korea by Andrei E. Humala, Jong-Wook Lee, Jin-Kyung Choi

“…Three genera of Darwin wasps, Entypoma Förster, 1869, Hemiphanes Förster, 1869, and Neurateles Ratzeburg, 1848 are reported for the first time from South Korea. …”
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Parasitoides de Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blattaria: Blattidae) em zona urbana de Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil by Adriane G. M. Lima, Alexsandra C. Nascimento, Daniell R. R. Fernandes

“…Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratzeburg, 1852) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) are parasitoid species that are natural enemies of Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blattaria: Blattidae) and can be adopted in biological control. …”
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BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOME HERBIVOROUS INSECTS by Seda Emel Tek, Zühal Okyar

“….: Pieridae), Periclistus brandtii (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus) (Lep.: Erebidae) and Mustha spinosula (Lefèbvre) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) obtained from Thrace Region during field studies in the period of 2013-2016 were monitored in laboratory conditions and the observations were evaluated. …”
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Notes on jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Türkiye by Vladimir Sakalian, Vítězslav Kubáň, Toshko Ljubomirov, Georgi Georgiev, Adil Tonğa

“…Some distinguishing characters of Agrilus (Quercuagrilus) graminis Kiesenwetter, 1857 and A. (Q.) hastulifer (Ratzeburg, 1837) allowing their better identification are given as well.…”
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Adventive insect species of the Sayram-Ugam National Natural Park, Kazakhstan by I. I. Temreshev

“…We identified 11 species, namely: Acanthocinus griseus (Fabricius, 1793), Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758), Rhagium inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cerambycidae) Acanthoscelides pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1874) (Chrysomelidae), Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus, 1758), Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, 1855 (Dryophtoridae), Dryocoetes autographus (Ratzeburg, 1837), Hylurgops palliatus (Gyllenhall, 1813), Ips sexdentatus (Boerner, 1776) (Curculionidae); Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Formicidae), Dasineura gleditchiae (Osten Sacken, 1866) (Cecidomyiidae). …”
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Узкокрылые огневки рода Dioryctria Z. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Phycitinae) фауны Беларуси by Евгений Александрович Держинский, Сергей Юрьевич Синёв, Александр Николаевич Стрельцов, Евгений Владимирович Татун, Кристина Дмитриевна Мурашкевич

“…Впервые для фауны республики указаны 3 вида: Dioryctria sylvestrella (Ratzeburg, 1840), Dioryctria schuetzeella Fuchs, 1899 и Dioryctria simplicella Heinemann, 1863. …”
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Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) fauna of Mazandaran province of Iran by H. Barimani Varandi, M.Yu. Kalashian, H. Barari

“…Of these 3 species (Anthaxia sponsa Kiesenwetter, 1857, Agrilus derasofasciatus Lacordaire, 1835, Agrilus obscuricollis Kiesenwetter, 1857) are new for Iranian fauna, and 14 species (Acmaeoderella mimonti (Boieldieu, 1865), Acmaeoderella gibbulosa (Ménétriés, 1832), Lamprodila tuerki (Ganglbauer, 1882), Sphenoptera cauta cauta Jakovlev, 1904, Sphenoptera simplex Jakovlev, 1893, Sphenoptera tappesi Marseul, 1865, Anthaxia passerini (Pecchioli, 1837), Anthaxia hungarica sitta (Küster, 1852), Agrilus graminis Kiesenwette, 1857, Agrilus pratensis Ratzeburg, 1837, Agrilus hyperici (Creutzer, 1799), Coraebus elatus (Fabricius, 1787), Trachys minutus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Trachys phlyctaenoides Kolenati, 1846) are new for Mazandaran province…”
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Application of piezoactuators in the technology of low-temperature preservation of fish reproductive cells by Ponomareva Elena, Firsova Angelina, Kovalenko Matvey, Polovinkina Mariya, Kuzov Anton, Alexandrova Uliyana, Pakhomov Victor

“…The sperm of Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt et Ratzeburg, 1833) was the research object. Acoustic-mechanical influence on sturgeon semen improves fish-biological and reproductive indices of the seminal fluid. …”
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