Total of publications on Ichneumonidae: 176

Journal articles: 124
Papers in proceedings and memoirs: 8
Chapters in books: 26
Abstracts: 16

Other publications: 29

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ORCID: 0000-0003-1802-2649

Annotated list of publications on Ichneumonidae:

Gurkin A.V., Khalaim A.I. 1999. Entomophagous insects of the hibernating pine-tip moth (Evetria buoliana Schiff.) in the National Park “Courish Spit” (Kaliningrad region). Biodiversity of terrestrial and soil invertebrates on the North (Syktyvkar, 1999). Abstracts. 59–61. (In Russian and English).
Khalaim A.I. 2002. A review of the subgenera Nanodiaparsis, Ischnobatis and Lanugoparsis subgen. n., genus Diaparsis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with descriptions of new species. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 81(2): 386–393. (In Russian). PDF. Translated to English: Entomological Review, 82(1): 76–82. PDF

ABSTRACT: The subgenera Ischnobatis, Nanodiaparsis and Lanugoparsis subgen. n. of the genus Diaparsis are reviewed, and four new species of this genus are described. D. (N.) ussuriensis sp. n. (southern Primorskii Territory) is very similar to D. (N.) frontella, but differs in the short basal area of the propodeum and complete longitudinal carinae of the apical area. D. (N.) manukyani sp. n. (Kunashir, Kurile Islands) differs from the European D. (N.) aperta in the smooth and punctate mesopleuron, shorter ovipositor sheath, and apex of the ovipositor with subapical dorsal notch wider and apical ventral teeth distinct. D. (N.) clypeata sp. n. (vicinity of St. Petersburg) is easily distinguished from other species by the following characters: head long and weakly narrowed behind eyes, mandible large, clypeus about four times as wide as long, and ovipositor with a distinct tooth before subapical dorsal notch. Lanugoparsis subgen. n. containing the only D. (L.) clavata sp. n. (East Europe, Middle Asia) is easily recognized by its short antennae with 16–18 segments and large ultimate antennal segment, densely velvety-pubescent propodeum, and thin ovipositor, nearly as long as body. A key to all five Palaearctic species of the subgenus Nanodiaparsis is given. New data on the distribution of D. (N.) aperta, D. (N.) frontella and D. (Ischnobatis) stramineipes are presented.
Khalaim A.I. 2002. A new species of the genus Phradis Förster, 1869 from the USA (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 11(2): 221–222. [18 Oct. 2002] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new species, Phradis kasparyani sp. n., from USA, California, is described. This is the first species of Phradis Förster described from the Nearctic region.
Khalaim A.I. 2002. Host-parasitoid relationships of the Ichneumonid wasps of the subfam. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera). XII Congress of the Russian Entomological Society (St. Petersburg, Russia, 19–24 August 2002). Abstracts. 363–364. (In Russian).

Khalaim A.I. 2002. Two new species of the genus Barycnemis Förster from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 11(1): 167–169. PDF

ABSTRACT: Barycnemis tlaxcala sp. n. and B. tamaulipeca sp. n. from northern Mexico are described. A key to Nearctic species of the species group “harpura” is given.
Khalaim A.I. 2002. A review of the species of the genus Gelanes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) of the Palaearctic Region. Vestnik Zoologii, 36(6): 3–12. (In Russian, English abstract). PDF

ABSTRACT: Six new species of the Palearctic genus Gelanes Horstmann are described: G. belokobylskii sp. n., G. tootsae sp. n., G. bidentatus sp. n. and G. cuspidatus sp. n. from the south of the Russian Far East, G. turkmenicus sp. n. from Turkmenia and G. gubarevae sp. n. from the west of Ukraine. The new data on the distribution of G. fusculus (Holmgren) and G. simillimus Horstmann are represented. A key to all 10 species of the genus is given.
Khalaim A.I. 2003. Review of the Palaearctic subgenus Rugodiaparsis Horstmann, 1971 of the genus Probles Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 12(1): 75–78. [15 September 2003] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two new species are described: Probles (Rugodiaparsis) kotenkoi sp. n. from Transcaucasus and P. (R.) kunashiricus sp. n. from the South of the Russian Far East. New data on the distribution of P. (R.) crassipes (Thomson, 1889) and P. (R.) ruficornis (Szépligeti, 1899) are presented. A key to all four species of the subgenus is given.
Khalaim A.I. 2004. A review of the Palaearctic species of the genera Barycnemis Först., Epistathmus Först. and Spinolochus Horstm. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 75(1): 46–63. [July 2014] PDF

ABSTRACT: Six new species of the genus Barycnemis are described: B. asiatica sp. n. (Eastern Kazakhstan, Russian Altai and Mongolia), B. suspecta sp. n. (Georgia), B. tarsator sp. n. (Kyrghyzstan), B. terminator sp. n. (Kyrghyzstan), B. tibetica sp. n. (Tibet) and B. tobiasi sp. n. (Buryatia and south of the Russian Far East). New data on distribution of the Palaearctic species of the genera Barycnemis Först., Epistathmus Först. and Spinolochus Horstm. are provided. A key to Palaearctic species of the genus Barycnemis is given.
Khalaim A.I. 2004. A new species of the genus Phradis Förster with 10–11-segmented antenna from the Ukraine (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 12(2), 2003: 243–244. PDF

ABSTRACT: A new species, Phradis decameron sp. n., with 10–11-segmented antenna is described from the Ukraine. This is the minimum number of antennal segments known in the family Ichneumonidae.
Khalaim A.I. 2004. A review of the genera Aneuclis Förster and Sathropterus Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 83(3): 664–678. (In Russian). PDF. Translated to English: Entomological Review, 84(8): 922–934. PDF

ABSTRACT: The genera Aneuclis Förster and Sathropterus Förster are reviewed. Ten new Palaearctic species of the genus Aneuclis are described: A. aciculifera sp. n. (Southern Siberia), A. atra sp. n. (Carpathians, Crimea and Caucasus), A. horstmanni sp. n. (Southern Siberia), A. luteola sp. n. (Russian Far East), A. mongolica sp. n. (Mongolia), A. semeonovnae sp. n. (Mongolia), A. stepposa sp. n. (Mongolia), A. stigmata sp. n. (Middle Asia), A. tarbagataica sp. n. (Kazakhstan) and A. unica sp. n. (Southern Siberia and Mongolia). A key to Palaearctic species of the genus Aneuclis is given. New data on distribution of Sathropterus pumilus (Holmg.) and species of the genus Aneuclis are presented.
Khalaim A.I. 2004. New tersilochines from Australia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 13(1): 43–45. PDF

ABSTRACT: Australochus clypeator gen. et sp. n. from Australia and Zealochus supergranulatus gen. et sp. n. from New Zealand are described.
Khalaim A.I. 2005. A review of the subgenera Diaparsis s. str. and Pectinoparsis subgen. n. of the genus Diaparsis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 84(2): 407–426. (In Russian). PDF. Translated to English: Entomological Review, 85(5): 538–554. PDF

ABSTRACT: The subgenus Pectinoparsis subgen. n. with single species D. (P.) improvisator sp. n. is described. The subgenus Diaparsis Förster is reviewed, and 14 new species of this subgenus are described: D. baikovae sp. n., D. convexa sp. n., D. denticauda sp n., D. ecarinata sp. n., D. egregia sp. n., D. flaventis sp. n., D. mendeleevi sp. n., D. metacarpator sp. n., D. minutissima sp. n., D. neoplicator sp. n., D. parabasalis sp. n., D. platyura sp. n., D. ultimator sp. n. and D. valvator sp. n. The subgenus Pseudaneuclis Horstmann, syn. n. established as synonym of the subgenus Diaparsis. New data on distribution of Palaearctic species of the subgenus Diaparsis are presented. A keys to subgenera of the genus Diaparsis, and to Palaearctic species of the subgenus Diaparsis are given.
Khalaim A.I. 2006. New tersilochines from the collection of Natural History Museum, London (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 14(2), 2005: 269–273. PDF
ABSTRACT: Palpator sicilicus gen. et sp. n. from Italy and P. turpilucricupidus sp. n. from Tunisia, Tersilochus abyssinicus sp. n. and T. rusticulus sp. n. from Ethiopia, Zealochus gauldi sp. n. and Z. postfurcalis sp. n. from New Zealand are described. New data on the distribution of Z. supergranulatus Khalaim are presented. Keys to species of Palpator gen. n. and Zealochus Khalaim are given.
Khalaim A.I. 2006. Fossil ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Isle of Wight. Symposium of CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States) on Hymenoptera (Moscow, 26–29 September 2006). Abstracts. 88. (In Russian).

Khalaim A.I. 2007. Fossil ichneumonids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of Cenozoic. Summary scientific session on the work results in 2006 (St. Petersburg, Zoological Institute RAS, 11–13 April 2007). Abstracts. 42–44. (In Russian).

Khalaim A.I. 2007. Fossil Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) of Cenozoic. IV International Congress of Palaeoentomology, III World Congress of the Amber Inclusions, III International Meeting on Continental Palaeoarthropology – FossilsX3 (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 4–9 May 2007). Abstracts. 98, 100. PDF
Khalaim A.I. 2007. Comparison of Cenozoic assembladges of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). XIII Congress of the Russian Entomological Society (Krasnodar, Russia, 9–15 September 2007). Abstracts. 382–383. (In Russian).

Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 1. Subfamily Pimplinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 279–333. (In Russian). PDF

ABSTRACT: Eight new species and subspecies, Clistopyga incitator mongolicus Kasparyan, ssp. n., Cnastis tinctor Kasparyan et Khalaim, sp. n., Epirhyssa atrata Kasparyan, sp. n., E. kurilensis Kasparyan, sp. n., Eugalta propodeator Kasparyan et Khalaim, sp. n., Gregopimpla ussuriensis Kasparyan, sp. n., Piogaster ussuriensis Kasparyan et Khalaim, sp. n. and Triancyra macula Kasparyan, sp. n., are described.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 2. Subfamily Tryphoninae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 333–404. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 3. Subfamily Eucerotinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 405–409. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 4. Subfamily Labeninae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 409–410. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 6. Subfamily Xoridinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 418–421. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 7. Subfamily Agriotypinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 421–423. (In Russian). PDF
Khalaim A.I. & Kasparyan D.R. 2007. 8. Subfamily Cryptinae (Gelinae). In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 423–427. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 9. Subfamily Lycorininae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 428–430. (In Russian). PDF

ABSTRACT: The new species, Lycorina ruficornis Kasparyan, sp. n., is described.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 10. Subfamily Neorhacodinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 430. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 14. Subfamily Ctenopelmatinae (Scolobatinae). In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 474–559. (In Russian). PDF

ABSTRACT: 18 new species, Anisotacrus albinotatus Kasparyan, sp. n., A. konishii Kasparyan, sp. n., A. kurilensis Kasparyan, sp. n., Hodostates kotenkoi Kasparyan, sp. n., Hypamblys auberti Kasparyan, sp. n., H. muli Kasparyan, sp. n., H. selkup Kasparyan, sp. n., Hyperallus buriaticus Kasparyan, sp. n., Phobetes daurica Kasparyan, sp. n., Ph. khualaza Kasparyan, sp. n., Ph. petiolator Kasparyan, sp. n., Ph. platycampi Kasparyan, sp. n., Saotis albionis Kasparyan, sp. n., S. albiventris Kasparyan, sp. n., Syntactus leleji Kasparyan, sp. n., Zaplethocornia baikal Kasparyan, sp. n., Z. caucasica Kasparyan, sp. n. and Z. robustor Kasparyan, sp. n., are described.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 16. Subfamily Phrudinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 562–565. (In Russian). PDF
Khalaim A.I. 2007. 17. Subfamily Tersilochinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 566–597. (In Russian). PDF

ABSTRACT: 32 new species are described: Allophroides acutatus sp. n., Phradis arivienae sp. n., Ph. brachyarthrus sp. n., Ph. brevitemporalis sp. n., Ph. caudator sp. n., Ph. denticulatus sp. n., Ph. flavoclypeatus sp. n., Ph. kharimkotanicus sp. n., Ph. kyushuensis sp. n., Ph. longibasalis sp. n., Ph. mesopleurator sp. n., Ph. molestus sp. n., Ph. nikishenae sp. n., Ph. ovipositor sp. n., Ph. pesenkoi sp. n., Ph. pseudominutus sp. n., Ph. punctus sp. n., Ph. pusillus sp. n., Ph. vespertinus sp. n., Ph. vinosus sp. n., Probles (Euporizon) sibiricus sp. n., P. (Microdiaparsis) carpathicus sp. n., P. (M.) caudiculatus sp. n., P. (M.) kasparyator sp. n., P. (M.) temulentus sp. n., Tersilochus (Pectinolochus) acutangulus sp. n., T. (P.) apicator sp. n., T. (P.) bulyuki sp. n., T. (P.) griseolus sp. n., T. (P.) junius sp. n., T. (P.) kerzhneri sp. n. and T. (P.) rubrigaster sp. n.
Khalaim A.I. & Kasparyan D.R. 2007. 19. Subfamily Campopleginae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 597–632. (In Russian). PDF

ABSTRACT: The new species, Alcima dbari Khalaim, sp. n., is described.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 20. Subfamily Ophioninae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 632–637. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 23. Subfamily Acaenitinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 667–676. (In Russian). PDF

ABSTRACT: Two new species, Phaenolobus amurensis sp. n. and Ph. antennator sp. n., are described.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 24. Subfamily Collyriinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 676–677. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 25. Subfamily Mesochorinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 677–679. (In Russian). PDF
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2007. 26. Subfamily Orthopelmatinae. In book: "Key to the insects of Russian Far East". Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 5. Vladivostok. 679–680. (In Russian). PDF
Khalaim A.I. 2007. First records of Meggoleus, Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region, with description of four new species. African Invertebrates, 48(2): 101–110. PDF

ABSTRACT: The genera Meggoleus Townes, Heterocola Förster and Phradis Förster are recorded from the Afrotropical region for the first time. Four new species are described: Meggoleus townesi sp. n., Heterocola africana sp. n., Phradis modestus sp. n. and P. wolfgator sp. n. A key to the nine Afrotropical genera including Allophrys Förster, Aneuclis Förster, Diaparsis Förster, Probles Förster, Sathropterus Förster, and Tersilochus Holmgren is provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2007. A new species of the genus Xorides from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 16(2): 269–270. [30 December 2007] PDF

ABSTRACT: Xorides rubrator sp. n. is described from northern Mexico.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2008. El género Exetastes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) en México. 20 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas, México, 22–23 May 2008). Abstracts. 27.

Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2008. A new species of Alloplasta from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 17(1): 81–82. [23 November 2008] PDF

ABSTRACT: Alloplasta coahuila sp. n. is described from nothern Mexico.
Khalaim A.I. 2008. A new species of the genus Diaparsis Förster from Australia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 17(1): 83–84. [23 November 2008] PDF

ABSTRACT: Diaparsis proterva sp. n. is described from Australia.
Khalaim A.I. 2008. Two new species of the genus Diaparsis Förster from southern China (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 17(1): 89–92. [23 Novembe 2008] PDF

ABSTRACT: Diaparsis isfirae sp. n. and D. saeva sp. n. are described from southern China.
Khalaim A.I. 2008. Fossil ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Biamo (Russia), Oligocene. Alavesia, 2: 101–112. PDF

ABSTRACT: Almost 100 fossils of ichneumon wasps from Oligocene Biamo (Russian Far East) from the collection of the Palaeontological Institute RAS (Moscow) were studied. Two new genera and six new species are described in this paper: Biamosa barachek gen. et sp. nov., Xanthopimpla biamosa sp. nov., Pimpla (?) bibosa sp. nov., Zabrachypus tumidus sp. nov., Metopiosa fossiliata gen. et sp. nov., and Triclistus ventrator sp. nov. The subfamilies Cryptinae and Mesochorinae are registered. The Biamo assemblage can be possibly closest to the Florissant as both include only recent subfamilies, including Pimplinae and Mesochorinae, and lack any fossil ones. Presence of Xanthopimpla indicates warm-temperate or subtropical forests. Types of the new species are deposited in the collection of the Palaeontological Institute RAS in Moscow.
Khalaim A.I. & Hernández S.A. 2009. Review of the genus Clistopyga Grav., 1829 of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 17(3), 2008: 311–315. [6 April 2009] PDF

ABSTRACT: Mexican species of the genus Clistopyga Grav., 1829 are reviewed. Three new species from Mexico, C. covarrubiasi sp.n., C. californica sp.n. and C. serricauda sp.n., are described and illustrated. A key to Mexican species of Clistopyga is provided.
Khalaim A.I., Bordera S. & Rodríguez-Berrío A. 2009. A review of the European species of Phradis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae), with description of a new species from Spain. European Journal of Entomology, 106(1): 107–118. doi:10.14411/eje.2009.015 [10 March 2009] PDF

ABSTRACT: European species of the genus Phradis Förster, 1869 are reviewed. A new species from Spain, Phradis mediterraneus sp. n., is described and illustrated. A key to all 24 European species and data on distribution and biology of these species are provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2009. Mexican species of Labena Cresson (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with description of a new species. ZooKeys, 5: 65–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.5.62 [16 February 2009] PDF

ABSTRACT: Nine species of the genus Labena Cresson are recorded from México. One species, Labena acerba sp. n., is described as new. Two species, L. eremica Gauld and L. marginata Szépl., are recorded from México for the fi rst time. New data on distribution of Labena in México are provided. A key to Mexican species of Labena is given.
Khalaim A.I. 2009. South African species of Aneuclis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). African Invertebrates, 50(1): 123–136. PDF

ABSTRACT: Six new species of the ichneumonid genus Aneuclis are described from South Africa: A. laminosa sp. n., A. lanternaria sp. n., A. larga sp. n., A. lasciva sp. n., A. lugubris sp. n., and A. vannoorti sp. n. A key to known Afrotropical species of Aneuclis is provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Sheng M.-L. 2009. Review of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of China, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys, 14: 67–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.14.141 [10 July 2007] PDF

ABSTRACT: General data on distribution and available host records are provided for the seventeen known Chinese species of Tersilochinae, distributed in five genera. Four species, Diaparsis (Diaparsis) nitidulentis sp. n., Probles (Euporizon) vulnificus sp. n., Tersilochus (Tersilochus) ningxiator sp. n. and T. (T.) runatus sp. n., are described from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Diaparsis rara Horstmann and the subgenus Rugodiaparsis Horstmann of the genus Probles Förster are recorded from China for the first time.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Kasparyan D.R. 2009. Status del estudio de los Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) de México. 21 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, 28–29 May 2009). Abstracts. 28.

Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2009. El género Exetastes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) en México. Memorias 20 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas, México, 22–23 May 2008). 83–86.

Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M. & Khalaim A.I., Gaona-García G. 2009. Registro de la avispa acuatica Tanychela pilosa Dasch (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) para el Estado de Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana (Universidad de Guadalajara, México), 16(1): 41.

Ruíz-Cancino E., Toledo-Hernández V.H., Corona-López A.M., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Sánchez E.T. 2009. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en selvas y bosques del estado de Morelos, México. XV Simposio Nacional de Parasitología Forestal (Jardín Etnobotánico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México, 18–20 November 2009). Abstracts. 28.

Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Coronado-Blanco J.M. & Thompson-Farfán R.M. 2009. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en un huizachal urbano de Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. Entomología Mexicana, 8 (Memorias de XLIV Congreso Nacional de Entomología): 893–896. [ISBN: 968-839-559-2]

Zetina D.A.H., Llanderal-Cázares C., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Khalaim A.I. 2009. Registro para México de Lissonota fascipennis Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) como parasitoide del gusano rojo del maguey. Acta Zoológica Mexicana, 25(3): 655–657. [December 2009]

ABSTRACT: The agave red worm, Comadia redtenbacheri Hamm. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae), is an edible insect in several states of Mexico. Its larval development is affected by the parasitic species Lissonota fascipennis Townes, which constitutes a new host record for Mexico. Furthermore, this ichneumonid species is a new record for the country.

Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2010. Hallazgo de Banchopsis caudatus Kasparyan & Ruíz (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) en el estado de Hidalgo, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana, 26(1): 245–247. [April 2010]

Khalaim A.I. 2010. To the study of Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Costa Rica. Russian Entomological Journal, 18(3), 2009: 209–210. [5 April 2010] PDF

ABSTRACT: Scambus zunigai sp.n. is described from Costa Rica. Tromatobia notator (F.) is recorded from this country for the first time.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2010. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en México. II Taller Internacional de Recursos Naturales, Memoria (Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, 1–3 March 2010). 51–56.

Khalaim A.I. 2010. To the study of Afrotropical species of the genus Aneuclis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 19(1): 120–123. doi:10.31610/zsr/2010.19.1.120 [15 July 2010] PDF

ABSTRACT: Aneuclis rhodesiana sp. nov. is described from Zimbabwe, Cameroon and South Africa from the material of the Natural History Museum, London. New faunistic records of six species of the genus Aneuclis are given for Afrotropical region.
Khalaim A.I. 2010. Morphological parallelisms of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Holarctic Region and New Zealand. II Symposium of CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States) on Hymenoptera (St. Petersburg, 13–17 September 2010). Abstracts. 141. (In Russian).

Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Humala A.E., Rodrígues-Berrío A.R. & Sääksjärvi I. 2010. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) de localidades de Santiago, Nuevo León, México. Entomología Mexicana, 9 (Memorias de XLV Congreso Nacional de Entomología): 912–915. [ISBN: 978-607-7533-61-0]

Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2010. First record of the genus Odontocolon Cushman, 1942 from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 19(2): 354–356. doi:10.31610/zsr/2010.19.2.354 [30 December 2010] PDF

ABSTRACT: Odontocolon niger sp. nov. is described from northern Mexico. This is the first record of the genus Odontocolon Cushman, 1942 from this country.
Lozan A.I., Spitzer K., Jaros J., Khalaim A.I., Rizzo M.C., Guerrieri E. & Bezdek A. 2011. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of leaf-spinning moths (Lepidoptera) feeding on Vaccinium uliginosum L. along an ecological gradient of central European peat bogs. Entomologica Fennica, 21(4), 2010: 243–253. Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Parasitoids of leaf-spinning Lepidoptera associated with two isolated central European peat bogs were investigated. Five families of parasitoid Hymenoptera (Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae and Encyrtidae) were recorded. Three categories were recognised: (1) primary parasitoids, (2) facultative hyperparasitoids and (3) obligatory hyperparasitoids. Ten species of Braconidae, five species and seven marked morphospecies among Ichneumonidae, and three species of Chalcidoidea were identified. Despite of some niche-specific (but less host-specific) parasitoids, all these hymenopterans are likely to be generalists and none of them were confirmed to be habitat and/or host specialists. Unlike their eurytopic (opportunistic tyrphoneutral) parasitoids, the Lepidoptera hosts associated with peat bogs are partially highly stenotopic (tyrphobionts and tyrphophiles). The occurrence of parasitoids compared to their potential hosts was structured along an ecological (mesoclimatic) gradient, so most parasitoids were recorded from margins while stenotopic (narrow habitat adaptation) moths were mostly distributed near the centre of the bog habitat.

Khalaim A.I. & Yurtcan M. 2011. A survey on Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) species of Turkey, with a key to European genera. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 35(3): 381–394. doi:10.3906/zoo-0904-11 [5 May 2011] PDF

ABSTRACT: Thirty-five species from 7 genera of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) occur in Turkey. Of these, 20 species are new records for Turkish fauna. The general distribution and data on the biology of Turkish species are provided. Keys to all European genera and subgenera are given, with a short annotation on the taxonomy, distribution and biology of each genus.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2011. North and Central American species of the genus Flacopimpla Gauld (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), with description of a new species from Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 315(1): 70–74. [30 March 2011] PDF

ABSTRACT: Five species of the genus Flacopimpla Gauld occur in North and Central America. Two species are known from the USA and Canada, F. kasparyani sp. nov. is described from north-eastern Mexico in this paper, and two species occur in Costa Rica. A key to the five species of Flacopimpla of North and Central America is provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2011. Mexican species of Colpotrochia Holmgren, 1856 and Cubus Townes & Townes, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 20(1): 71–73. [25 April 2011] PDF

ABSTRACT: Seven species of Colpotrochia and one species of Cubus occur in Mexico. Five of them, Colpotrochia catania, C. diabella, C. feroza, C. texana and C. watanka, are recorded for the first time from this country. The northern points of distribution of Colpotrochia concinna and Cubus validus are reported. Key to seven Mexican species of Colpotrochia is provided.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Kasparyan D.R., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Toledo-Hernández V.H. 2011. El género Baryceros (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) en México. 23 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Altamira, Tamaulipas, México, 26–27 May 2011). Abstracts. 16.

Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2011. Status del estudio de los Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) de México. Memorias 21 y 22 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Tampico, Tamaulipas, México, April 2011). 201–206.

Ruíz-Cancino E., Toledo-Hernández V.H., Corona-López A.M., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Tovar-Sánches E. 2011. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en selvas y bosques del estado de Morelos, México. Memoria del XV Simposio Nacional de Parasitología Forestal (Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México, 18–20 November 2009). 95–100.
Khalaim A.I. & Blank S.M. 2011. Review of the European species of the genus Gelanes Horstmann (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae), parasitoids of xyelid sawflies (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 315(2): 154–166. [25 June 2011] PDF

ABSTRACT: Twelve species of the genus Gelanes occur in Europe. Six of them are described in this paper: G. altenhoferi sp. nov., G. alternus sp. nov., G. carinatus sp. nov., G. clavulatus sp. nov., G. flagellatus sp. nov., and G. graecus sp. nov. Gelanes cuspidatus Khalaim is recorded from Europe for the first time. New data on distribution of other species in Europe are provided. A key to the twelve European species of Gelanes is given. New host records and plant associations are ascertained for ten species of Gelanes; all these species are parasitoids of Xyela larvae developing in staminate pine cones.
Khalaim A.I. 2011. Tersilochinae of South, Southeast and East Asia, excluding Mongolia and Japan (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 20(1): 96–148. doi:10.31610/zsr/2011.20.1.96 [28 July 2011] PDF

ABSTRACT: Tersilochines of South, Southeast and East Asia (excluding Mongolia and Japan) have been studied. Eight genera and 60 species are recorded in the region: Allophrys (2 species), Barycnemis (5 species), Diaparsis (29 species), Phradis (2 species, including 1 unidentified species), Probles (12 species, including 1 unidentified and 6 undescribed species), Sathropterus (2 species), Slonopotamus gen. nov. (2 species) and Tersilochus (6 species, including one species of the obscure status). One genus and 26 species are described as new: Allophrys bruneiensis sp. nov. (Brunei), A. occipitata sp. nov. (Vietnam, India), Diaparsis absista sp. nov. (Brunei), D. bannapeana sp. nov. (Laos), D. bolikhamsaica sp. nov. (Laos, Thailand), D. brunnea sp. nov. (Brunei), D. crenulator sp. nov. (Brunei), D. dediticia sp. nov. (Vietnam, Brunei), D. hilaris sp. nov. (Vietnam), D. karnatakana sp. nov. (India), D. labiensis sp. nov. (Brunei), D. mandibulator sp. nov. (Laos), D. minuta sp. nov. (Vietnam), D. monstrosa sp. nov. (Brunei), D. morleyi sp. nov. (Sri Lanka), D. propodeator sp. nov. (Brunei, Sarawak State of Malaysia, southern Indonesia, Laos), D. pulchra sp. nov. (South Korea), D. sarawakiensis sp. nov. (Sarawak and Pahang states of Malaysia), D. viela sp. nov. (Vietnam, Laos), D. vietnamica sp. nov. (Vietnam), D. zispina sp. nov. (Vietnam), Probles vietnamica sp. nov. (Vietnam, probably East China and south of Far East of Russia), Sathropterus secundus sp. nov. (Vietnam), Slonopotamus elephantoides sp. nov. (Laos), S. indianus sp. nov. (India) and Tersilochus granulatus sp. nov. (South Korea). Generic assignment of two species are changed: Barycnemis sanctijohanni (Rao & Kurian, 1951), new combination, and Probles (Microdiaparsis) caudata (Morley, 1913), new combination. Barycnemis dissimilis and B. tobiasi from Nepal, Diaparsis convexa from Vietnam, D. niphadoctona from Laos, and Sathropterus pumilus from India and Nepal are newly recorded from the countries. The genus Diaparsis comprises almost half of species of the tersilochine fauna of the studied region (29 species, 48%), and is a dominant genus in the Oriental Region. Keys to genera and species of Tersilochinae of South, Southeast and East Asia (excluding Mongolia and Japan) are provided.
Khalaim A.I. 2011. First record of the subfamilies Banchinae and Stilbopinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Late Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). Russian Entomological Journal, 20(3): 295–298. [27 September 2011] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new ichneumonid genus Rovenosa gen. n., with type species Rovenosa rasnitsyni sp. n. (Stilbopinae), and Lissonota perkovskyi sp. n. (Banchinae) are described from the Late Eocene Rovno amber from Ukraine. These taxa are the first records of the subfamilies Banchinae and Stilbopinae in Rovno amber and the earliest records of the fossil representatives from these subfamilies.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Hernanádez-Aguilar S.G., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Kasparyan D.R. 2011. Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) en el museo de insectos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México. Entomología Mexicana, 10 (Memorias de XLVI Congreso Nacional de Entomología): 714–718.

Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2011. La diversidad de avispas parasitoides en Tamaulipas: Familia Ichneumonidae. Ciencia UAT, 21(3): 14–17.

Khalaim A.I. & Broad G.R. 2012. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Costa Rica, part 1. Genera Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster and Meggoleus Townes. Zootaxa, 3185: 36–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3693.2.8 [17 February 2012] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: The Costa Rican fauna of three tersilochine genera, Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster and Meggoleus Townes, is revised. Seven species, A. barycnemica sp. nov., A. bribria sp. nov., A. compressor sp. nov., A. hansoni sp. nov., A. megafrons sp. nov., A. noyesi sp. nov. and B. costaricensis sp. nov., are described as new. Allophrys divaricata Horstmann, M. spirator Townes and two groups of undescribed species of Allophrys are newly recorded from Costa Rica. A key to the Costa Rican species of Allophrys is provided. Finger-shaped sensory flagellar structures, previously known in two European species of Phradis Förster, are registered in all Costa Rican species of Allophrys, Barycnemis and Meggoleus.
Khalaim A.I. & Bordera S. 2012. First record of the genus Phradis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from the Neotropical Region. ZooKeys, 169: 31–38. doi:10.3897/zookeys.169.2333 [10 February 2012] PDF

ABSTRACT: One new species of the genus Phradis, P. peruvianus sp. n., from the mountainous part of Peruvian Amazonia, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus from South America and the Neotropical region.
López-Ortega M. & Khalaim A.I. 2012. First record of Calliephialtes sittenfeldae associated with the tephritid fruit fly Anastrepha spatulata in Mexico. Journal of Insect Science, 12(34): 1–8. doi:10.1673/031.012.3401 [March 2012] PDF

ABSTRACT: This paper reports for the first time an ichneumonid parasitoid Calliephialtes sittenfeldae Gauld Ugalde-Gómez et Hanson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) associated with a dipteran host Anastrepha spatulata Stone (Diptera: Tephritidae), recovered from fruit of Schoepfia schreberi (Santalales: Olacaceae) in central Veracruz, Mexico. Large numbers of this parasitoid were collected and reared from its fruit fly host in three localities of Veracruz, Mexico. Some observations of its biology are also reported. This is a first record of C. sittenfeldae from Mexico, and the first record of this parasitoid species, its insect host, and the host plant. The male of this species is described and illustrated for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2012. Mexican species of Exetastes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae), with description of three new species. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 83(2): 370–379. doi:10.7550/rmb.32295 [June 2012] PDF

ABSTRACT: Twenty one species and subspecies of Exetastes Grav. are recorded from Mexico. Exetastes arteagus sp. nov., E. gauldi sp. nov. and E. lascivus sp. nov. are described as new. Exetastes pasculus Gauld et Ugalde is recorded for the first time for Mexico. New data on distribution in Mexico and a key to the Mexican species of Exetastes are provided. The known Mexican fauna of Exetastes is closer to the Nearctic fauna than to the Costa Rican fauna: 13 of 21 Mexican species and subspecies (62%) also occur in the USA and Canada, 4 species (19%) also occur in Costa Rica, and 3 species and 1 subspecies (19%) are known from Mexico only. The most abundant species of the genus in Mexico is E. tarsalis.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2012. A new genus and species of Metopiinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Mexico. ZooKeys, 207: 1–10. doi:10.3897/zookeys.207.3339 [11 July 2012] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new genus of Metopiinae, Ojuelos Khalaim, gen. n., with a single species, Ojuelos juachicus Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. n., is described from Jalisco Province in central Mexico. Ojuelos belongs to the group of three genera (Cubus Townes & Townes, Colpotrochia Holmgren and Triclistus Förster) having a high lamella separating the antennal sockets and reaching the median ocellus (this lamella possesses a dorsal groove in it, just below the median ocellus), but differs from these genera primarily by 1) face and clypeus not convex in lateral view, 2) face separated from clypeus by a shallow transverse impression, 3) mandible with lower tooth very strongly reduced, 4) flagellomeres of antenna strongly transverse, and 5) dorsal carinae of propodeum reduced. A portion of the key to the genera of Metopiinae is provided to distinguish the new genus.
Kasparyan D.R., Khalaim A.I., Tereshkin A.M., Humala A.E. & Proshchalykin M.Yu. 2012. 47. Fam. Ichneumonidae – ichneumonid wasps. In book: Lelej A.S. (ed.) Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume I. Hymenoptera. Vladivostok: Dalnauka. 635 p. 210–299. [ISBN: 978-5-8044-1295-2] PDF
Khalaim A.I. 2012. Results of study of the World fauna of the subfamily Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). XIV Congress of the Russian Entomological Society (St. Petersburg, Russia, 27 August – 1 September 2012). Abstracts. 448. (In Russian).

Coruh S. & Khalaim A.I. 2012. New and little known species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Turkey. Türkiye entomoloji bülteni, 2(2): 61–65.

ABSTRACT: The present study is based on material of Ichneumonidae collected from north-eastern Turkey. A total of 11 species of Tersilochinae have been determined. Among them, Diaparsis multiplicator Aubert and Probles caudiculatus Khalaim are new records from Turkey. New data on distribution of previously known 9 species are given.

Coruh S. & Khalaim A.I. 2012. New and little known some Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) species from Turkey. Vegetable Growing Ornamental, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants at the 47th Croatian and 7th International Symposium on Agriculture (Opatija, Croatia, 13–17 February 2012). Abstracts. 4.

Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Kasparyan D.R. & Humala A.E. 2012. Nuevas especies y registros de algunas subfamilias de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en México. In book: Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M. (Eds), "Recursos Naturales". UAT, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas. 232–243. PDF
Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I., Toledo-Hernández V.H., Flores-Palacios A., Tovar-Sánchez E. & García-Jiménez J. 2012. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en el control natural y biológico de insectos en México. In book: Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M. (Eds), "Recursos Naturales". UAT, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas. 244–252. PDF
Khalaim A.I. 2012. Towards the study of the genus Tersilochus Holmgren, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) of the Russian Far East and Japan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 316(4): 344–360. [25 December 2012] PDF

ABSTRACT: Seven species of the subgenus Tersilochus, genus Tersilochus, are described from the Russian Far East and Japan in this paper: T. grandiculus sp. nov., T. hokkaidoensis sp. nov., T. impunctator sp. nov., T. juxtus sp. nov., T. konishii sp. nov., T. offrenatus sp. nov. and T. spasskensis sp. nov. Two species, T. curvator Horstmann and T. liopleuris (Thomson), are recorded from the Russian Far East for the first time. A preliminary key to nine species of the subgenus Tersilochus, occurring in the Russian Far East and Japan, is given.
Balueva E.N., Khalaim A.I., Kim K.-B. & Lee L.-W. 2013. Taxonomic review of genus Diaparsis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from South Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 16(2): 165–172. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2012.12.002 PDF

ABSTRACT: Eleven species of the genus Diaparsis, including two unidentified species, are recorded from South Korea. One new species, D. koreana Khalaim, et al., sp. nov., is described, and six species, D. carinifer (Thomson), D. convexa Khalaim, D. egregia Khalaim, D. hyperae Kusigemati, D. jucunda (Holmgren) and D. neoplicator Khalaim, are recorded from this country for the first time. Diaparsis hyperae and D. pulchra are the most abundant species of the genus in the Korean fauna. A key to eleven species of Diaparsis occurring in South Korea is provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2013. A new species of Megarhyssa Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae) from tropical Mexico with a key to Mexican species. Zootaxa, 3619(2): 195–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3619.2.7 [27 Febuary 2013] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: A new species of ichneumon wasp, Megarhyssa gratiosa sp. nov., is described from Chiapas province in the tropical part of Mexico. This is a southern most record of the genus in the New World. The new species is one of the largest and most spectacular ichneumonid species in the Mexican fauna. Megarhyssa gratiosa sp. nov. differs from its North American congeners primarily by the conspicuous colour pattern of the metasoma which is yellow with broad dorsal black stripe extending along its entire length, and the longer ovipositor. A key to three Mexican species of Megarhyssa is also provided.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I. 2013. A new species of the genus Phytodietus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 317(1): 110–114. [29 March 2013] PDF

ABSTRACT: In the subfamily Tryphoninae, a new species Phytodietus (Neuchorus) enriquei sp. nov. is described from Tamaulipas Province of Mexico. The new species differs from all other Neotropic and Nearctic species of the genus by the combination of white postmedian ring on antennae and pale fulvous metasoma.
Khalaim A.I. 2013. Afrotropical species of Diaparsis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). African Invertebrates, 54(1): 127–159. PDF

ABSTRACT: Thirteen Afrotropical species of the ichneumonid genus Diaparsis are recognised (including one species from Seychelles and one species from Reunion). Eleven new species are described from Gabon, Tanzania, South Africa and Uganda: D. abstata sp. n., D. aneucliformis sp. n., D. interstitialis sp. n., D. inusitata sp. n., D. kolyadai sp. n., D. minuscula sp. n., D. mostovskii sp. n., D. probleformis sp. n., D. robusta sp. n., D. voluptuosa sp. n. and D. vulgaris sp. n. Two previously known species, D. evanescens (Morley, 1912) and D. moesta (Holmgren, 1868), are re-described following re-examination of their types. The latter species is found to belong to the genus Tersilochus Holmgren, 1859 (subgenus Tersilochus s. str.), in which it was originally described. An identification key to 13 Afrotropical species of Diaparsis is provided.
Balueva E.N., Kim K.-B., Khalaim A.I. & Lee J.-W. 2013. Study on two unrecorded genera, Barycnemis Förster and Phradis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae), from South Korea. Entomological Research, 43(3): 151–161. doi:10.1111/1748-5967.12018 [22 May 2013] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Six genera of the subfamily Tersilochinae (Barycnemis, Diaparsis, Gelanes, Phradis, Probles and Tersilochus) are recognized in South Korea. Two genera, Diaparsis and Tersilochus, were previously recognized from South Korea, whereas the other four genera are recorded from this country for the first time. All genera found in South Korea, except the almost cosmopolitan Diaparsis, are entirely or predominantly Holarctic. A key to the six genera of Tersilochine occurring in South Korea is provided. Two genera of Korean Tersilochinae (Barycnemis and Phradis) are reviewed here, and a key to the other four species (B. bellator, B. dissimilis, P. kyushuensis and P. nikishenae) is provided in this paper.
Khalaim A.I. & Broad G.R. 2013. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Costa Rica, part 2. Genera Megalochus gen. nov. and Stethantyx Townes. Zootaxa, 3693(2): 221–266. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3693.2.8 [29 July 2013] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Two Costa Rican genera, Megalochus gen. nov. and Stethantyx Townes, are revised. These genera comprise a distinctive generic group that we refer to as the Stethantyx genus-group, vein 2rs-m and abscissa of M between 2rs-m and 2m-cu not or very weakly thickened, hind wing with vein cu1&cu-a (nervellus) more or less vertical, and prepectal carina with upper end not reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron, continuing above and backwards to the subtegular ridge. Both genera include medium sized to large species with body length 4.0 to 15.0 mm.
Megalochus comprises only the type species, M. grandis sp. nov., occurring in Costa Rica, Ecuador and southern Brazil. It is the largest representative of the subfamily, with a body length of 10.5 to 15.0 mm. Megalochus differs from Stethantyx, besides the larger body size, by the slenderer first metasomal segment, which is round in cross-section and lacking glymmae, propodeum and metapleuron with coarse rugae, and shortened antennae with strongly transverse flagellomeres.
Stethantyx is the dominant, most species-rich genus in the Costa Rican tersilochine fauna and probably in the Neotropical region. Twenty two species of this genus were discovered in Costa Rica, all are new: S. alajuela sp. nov., S. altamira sp. nov., S. aprica sp. nov., S. cacaoensis sp. nov., S. cartagoa sp. nov., S. cecilia sp. nov., S. curvator sp. nov., S. guanacasteca sp. nov., S. heredia sp. nov., S. limona sp. nov., S. mesoscutator sp. nov., S. niger sp. nov., S. nigrofemorata sp. nov., S. notaulator sp. nov., S. orosia sp. nov., S. osa sp. nov., S. propodeator sp. nov., S. pseudoorosia sp. nov., S. pseudoosa sp. nov., S. puntarenasa sp. nov., S. sanjosea sp. nov. and S. tenoriosa sp. nov. A key for distinguishing the genera Megalochus and Stethantyx, and a key to 22 Costa Rican species of Stethantyx are provided.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2013. New records of two rare species of the genus Phytodietus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from Mexico. Russian Entomological Journal, 22(2): 137–139. [25 July 2013] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two rare alpine Costa Rican species of the genus Phytodietus, Ph. (Neuchorus) maximoi Gauld and Ph. (Ph.) segurai Gauld, are recorded from Mexico for the first time. Both species were collected from mountainous areas in the southern State of Chiapas, at altitude between 1800 and 2750 m. Colour photos of these two species are given for the first time.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Kasparyan D.R., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I., Treviño-Carreón J. & Toledo-Hernández V.H. 2013. Nuevas especies de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) descritas de bosques de México 2000–2011. Memoria del XVI Simposio Nacional de Parasitología Forestal (Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, 26–28 October 2011). 93–103.

Khalaim A.I. 2013. Discovery of the South African fauna of Allophrys Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersicochinae). Zootaxa, 3701(3): 329–343. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.3 [20 August 2013] PDF Ask me for PDF if need. Erratum.

ABSTRACT: Eight species of the genus Allophrys Förster are found to occur in South Africa: A. astafurovae sp. nov., A. broadi sp. nov., A. calculator sp. nov., A. dictator sp. nov., A. excavator sp. nov., A. granulata sp. nov., A. scitula sp. nov. and A. tractor sp. nov. All these species have body length 2.5-3.4 mm and fore wing length 1.7-2.3 mm, and along with members of the genus Aneuclis Förster are the smallest Afrotropical tersilochines. An identification key to eight South African species of Allophrys is provided.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Kasparyan D.R., González-Moreno A., Khalaim A.I. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2013. Biodiversidad de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 85, Suppl. (2014): 385–391. doi:10.7550/rmb.32448 [Published online: 17 September 2013] PDF

ABSTRACT: Ichneumonids form the family with more diversity of species in the Order Hymenoptera and one of the more diverse families in the Class Insecta. For Mexico, 1 291 species (5.3% of the world's total) from 300 genera and 28 subfamilies are recorded; from 43 genera the species have not been identifies, for a total of 343 genera. Between 3 215 and 4 534 species are estimated for the country, considering the necessity of consistent studies in the north, central, western and southeastern regions. Fifty nine percent (760) of the species are Neotropical, 29% (371) are Neotropical and Nearctic, 10% (127) are Nearctic, and the remaining 2% (33) have other affinities. At the moment, 45% (580) of the species are considered endemics but this is because of the recent description of many new species and the necessity of more studies in Central America (except Costa Rica).
Kim K.-B., Balueva E.N., Khalaim A.I. & Lee J.-W. 2013. The genus Gelanes Horstmann (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from South Korea, with description of four new species. Zootaxa, 3716(3): 417–430. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3716.3.5 [24 September 2013] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: The genus Gelanes Horstmann is recorded from South Korea for the first time. Eight species of the genus are found to occur in this country. Four species, G. dentator sp. nov., G. protritus sp. nov., G. provectus sp. nov. and G. verendus sp. nov., are described as new, three species, G. belokobylskii, G. cuspidatus and G. simillimus, also occur in the Russian Far East, and G. gubarevae was previously known only from Europe. A key to the South Korean species of Gelanes is provided.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Cambero-Campos J. 2013. Conocimiento actual de los Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) de los estados de Nayarit y Sinaloa, México. Entomología Mexicana, 12(2): 1420–1425. [ISBN: 978-607-715-109-8]

Khalaim A.I., Balueva E.N., Kim K.-B. & Lee J.-W. 2013. Three new species of the genus Probles Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from South Korea. ZooKeys, 348: 77–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.348.6177 [8 November 2013] PDF

ABSTRACT: Three closely related species of the genus Probles Förster, P. fulgida sp. n., P. korusa sp. n. and P. rukora sp.n., belong to the subgenus Euporizon Horstmann and differ from other Palearctic species of the genus by a combination of long and apically weakly sinuate ovipositor and short temple. These three species are assigned to a newly designated fulgida species-group, and a portion of the key for identification of this species-group is provided. Based on the shape of the ovipositor apex, the fulgida species-group resemble members of the subgenus Microdiaparsis Horstmann but are distinct in having a much shorter temple.
Khalaim A.I., Sääksjärvi I.E. & Bordera S. 2013. Tersilochinae of Western Amazonia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Genus Stethantyx Townes, part 1. Zootaxa, 3741(3): 301–326. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3741.3.1 [28 November 2013] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Sixteen species of the genus Stethantyx Townes having first and second sections of radius meeting at obtuse angle are recorded from Peru and Ecuador in Western Amazonia. Ten species, S. amazonica Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. aurantia Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. juninensis Khalaim & Bordera, sp. nov., S. loretosa Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. neopropodeator Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. orellana Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. sinuata Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. tiputinia Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. trepida Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov. and S. voluptaria Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., are described as new. Six species, previously known only from Costa Rica, S. alajuela Khalaim & Broad, S. heredia Khalaim & Broad, S. orosia Khalaim & Broad, S. propodeator Khalaim & Broad, S. puntarenasa Khalaim & Broad and S. sanjosea Khalaim & Broad, are recorded from South America for the first time. A partial key to Western Amazonian species of Stethantyx is given.
Khalaim A.I. 2013. New data on the Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 84(2): 129–136. [16 December 2013] PDF

ABSTRACT: Three new species belonging to subfamily Tersilochinae are described from the Afrotropical Region: Allophrys budongoana sp. n., Diaparsis (Diaparsis) nebulosa sp. n. and Probles (Euporizon) kipyatkovi sp. n. New data on distribution of Diaparsis (Diaparsis) interstitialis Khalaim, D. (D.) inusitata Khalaim, D. (D.) mostovskii Khalaim, D. (D.) probleformis Khalaim and D. (D.) voluptuosa Khalaim are provided. Male of D. (D.) inusitata is recorded for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2013. Mexican species of the genus Stethantyx Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). ZooKeys, 360: 83–94. doi:10.3897/zookeys.360.6362 [6 December 2013] PDF

ABSTRACT: Six species of the genus Stethantyx Townes are found to occur in Mexico. One species, S. mexicana sp. n., is described as new, and four recently described Neotropical species, S. alajuela Khalaim & Broad, S. heredia Khalaim & Broad, S. osa Khalaim & Broad and S. sanjosea Khalaim & Broad, are new records from Mexico. A key to species of Stethantyx occurring in Mexico is provided.
Khalaim A.I., Figueroa de la Rosa J.I., Martínez-Castillo A.M., Pineda-Guillermo S. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2013. Contribution to the study of Mexican species of Oedemopsis Tschek, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae). Russian Entomological Journal, 22(4): 297–300. [6 December 2013] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two tryphonine species of the tribe Oedemopsini, Oedemopsis dentipara Gauld and O. riyitoi Gauld, are reported from the State of Michoacán in central Mexico. Oedemopsis riyitoi is recorded from Mexico for the first time. Both species were reared from vegetative buds of blackberry plants containing two leafroller species, Argyrotaenia sp. and Amorbia sp. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Colour photos of these two species of Oedemopsis are given for the first time.
Bordera S., González-Moreno A., Khalaim A.I. & Sääksjärvi I.E. 2014. Revision of North American species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae). The Canadian Entomologist, 146(4): 355–414. doi:10.4039/tce.2013.74 [10 January 2014] PDF

ABSTRACT: Based on a large number of specimens deposited in many collections, and on material collected in a sampling program in Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, 19 North American species of Clistopyga Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are reported. Five species, C. aenigmatica, C. arizonica, C. juliana, C. maya, and C. oaxacana, are described as new. Clistopyga covarrubiasi Khalaim and Hernández, 2008 is synonymysed with C. recurva (Say, 1835) and C. sauberi Brauns, 1898 is once again re-synonymysed with C. canadensis Provancher, 1880. Data on diagnosis, variation, distribution, and hosts of all species are provided. All previously known species are re-described. The present revision extends the distributional range of the Neotropical species C. calixtoi Gauld, 1991, C. fernandezi Gauld, 1991, and C. henryi Gauld, Ugalde, and Hanson, 1998 to the southern part of the Nearctic Region (northern Mexico), and the area of the Nearctic species C. manni Cushman, 1922 to the northern part of the Neotropical region (southern Mexico). An illustrated identification key to all North American Clistopyga species is provided.
Khalaim A.I., Balueva E.N., Kim K.-B. & Lee J.-W. 2014. Review of the genus Tersilochus Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from South Korea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 36: 27–51. doi:10.3897/JHR.36.6548 [14 February 2014] PDF

ABSTRACT: Ten species of the genus Tersilochus are found to occur in South Korea. Eight species belonging to the subgenus Tersilochus are described as new: T. fidicinus sp. n., T. gangwonus sp. n., T. iracundus sp. n., T. nigellus sp. n., T. obstinatus sp. n., T. punctator sp. n., T. serratus sp. n., and T. uncinatus sp. n. One abundant and widely distributed Palaearctic species, T. (Gonolochus) caudatus Holmgren, is recorded from South Korea for the first time. A key to 10 South Korean species of the genus Tersilochus is provided. Recently discovered finger-shaped flagellar structures are found and described in all Korean species of Tersilochus.
Khalaim A.I., Sääksjärvi I.E. & Roininen H. 2014. Three new Afrotropical species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Kibale National Park, Uganda. Zootaxa, 3794(4): 536–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3794.4.4 [8 May 2014] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Seven species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) have been found from Uganda in Equatorial Africa: Allophrys budongoana Khalaim, Diaparsis interstitialis Khalaim, D. kanyawara sp. nov., D. mostovskii Khalaim, D. sinuator sp. nov., D. umbrosa sp. nov. and Tersilochus moestus Holmgren. Two species of Diaparsis, described in this paper, possess a white banded flagellum, and a key to the group of four Afrotropical species having a white-banded flagellum is provided. Tersilochus moestus Holmgren, previously known only from a single female from South Africa, is recorded from the Kibale National Park, Uganda. Antennae and ovipositor of this species, broken in the type specimen, are described for the first time.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Myartseva S.N. 2014. Contribution of D.R. Kasparyan to the knowledge of Mexican Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 85(1): 7–18. doi:10.47640/1605-7678_2014_85_1_7 [4 June 2014] PDF

ABSTRACT: Dmitri R. Kasparyan started his extensive study of Mexican Icheumonidae in 1998 as a professor of the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas in Cd. Victoria, Mexico. From 2000 to 2013, he has published two monographs and 38 journal articles on Mexican Ichneumonidae, where he described 7 new genera and 168 species and subspecies belonging to 10 subfamilies of Ichneumonidae, and provided a large number of new faunistic and host records. All new genera and 83 % of described species and subspecies belong to the Cryptinae, one of the most difficult, in terms of identification, and poorly known ichneumonid subfamilies. At the present day, as a result of work by D.R. Kasparyan and collaborators, over 1300 species and 343 genera belonging to 28 ichneumonid subfamilies are known from Mexico. Here we provide a complete list of new taxa described by D.R. Kasparyan from Mexico, all his monographs and journal articles on Mexican Icheumonidae, and the most important publications in memoirs and collections of papers.
Khalaim A.I. 2014. Three new species of the genus Probles Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from the Russian Far East. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 85(1): 103–113. doi:10.47640/1605-7678_2014_85_1_103 [4 June 2014] PDF

ABSTRACT: Three species of the genus Probles Förster belonging to the subgenus Euporizon Horstmann are described from the Russian Far East: P. carinator sp. n., P. dmitrii sp. n. and P. hankaensis sp. n. A partial identification key to Far Eastern species of Euporizon is provided.
Antropov A.V., Belokobylskij S.A., Compton S.G., Dlussky G.M., Khalaim A.I., Kolyada V.A., Kozlov M.A., Perfilieva K.S. & Rasnitsyn A.P. 2014. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the insect limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 104(3–4): 335–446. [Family Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802: pages 344–360.] doi:10.1017/S1755691014000103 [30 May 2014] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: The types and undescribed material of the hymenopteran fossils of the Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls from the Isle of Wight (UK) are critically revised and studied. A total of 1460 fossils are recorded and attributed to 20 families: Gasteruptiidae s.l. (1); Proctotrupidae (3); Diapriidae (24); Cynipidae (7); Figitidae (6); Pteromalidae (1); Agaonidae (3); Scelionidae (12); Platygastridae (2); Ichneumonidae (32); Braconidae (75); Bethylidae (3); Crabronidae (2); Sphecidae (1); Apidae (2); Scoliidae (1); Tiphiidae (2); Vespidae (4); and Formicidae (1220). Described as new are 51 species, 13 genera, two tribes and two subfamilies. Minimum number of species recorded (either as described species or representing higher taxa with no described species in the assemblage) is 118. The composition of the hymenopteran assemblage is most similar to that of Baltic amber and indicative of a well forested territory, as well as of a humid, equable (aseasonal but not very hot) climate, more typically equable than in the Baltic amber source area, judging from the absence of Aphidiinae and scarcity of aphids.
Balueva E.N., Khalaim A.I., Lee J.-W. & Kim K.-B. 2014. A new species of the genus Probles Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from South Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 17(3): 613–616. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2014.06.003 [19 June 2014] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: The new species Probles (Euporizon) leei Khalaim, Balueva & Kim sp. nov., is described from South Korea. The new species is characterized by a reduction of the groove between glymma and the ventral part of postpetiole, whereas other species of Probles typically have a well-developed groove. This is the most abundant species of Probles in South Korea, where it accounts for over half of all collected specimens of the genus.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Toledo-Hernández V.H. & Corona-López A.M. 2014. Registro de Diradops bionica Ugalde y Gauld, 2002 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) para México y de otras dos especies para Oaxaca. Acta Zoológica Mexicana, 30(2): 428–430. PDF

ABSTRACT: Diradops is an endemic genus of the family Ichneumonidae in the American Continent; the majority of its species in the Neotropical Region. Seven species are present in Mexico, including a new record for Mexico, D. bionica Ugalde & Gauld, 2002 (previously recorded only from Costa Rica); D. hyphantriae Kasparyan & Pinson, 2007 and D. pulcher Kasparyan, 2007 are new records for the State of Oaxaca.
Castillo-Flores P.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Myartseva S.N. 2014. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) en un bosque de Quercus de Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana, 21(2): 161–174. [30 December 2014]

Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2015. First record of Sathropterus pumilus (Holmgren) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana, 31(1): 138–139. [March 2015] PDF
Khalaim A.I. 2015. A new species of Barycnemis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from the Russian Far East. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 319(1): 132–136. [25 March 2015] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new species of the subfamily Tersilochinae, Barycnemis sugonyaevi sp. nov., is described from the Russian Far East. This species is readily distinguished from other species in this genus by its extremely short antennal flagellomeres, short basal area of the propodeum and short hind basitarsus. It resembles the genus Tersilochus as it has a short and weak foveate groove of the mesopleuron, short basal area of the propodeum and short thyridial depression, but other important features, such as a globose head, laterally compressed mesosoma, thickened femora, apically curved hind tibial spurs, and a short and robust ovipositor, indicate that this species belongs in Barycnemis.
Khalaim A.I. 2015. To the study of Australian Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Russian Entomological Journal, 24(1): 77–83. [28 April 2015] PDF

ABSTRACT: Holarctic genus Barycnemis with a new species B. australica sp.n. is recorded from Australia and Southern Hemisphere for the first time. New material on two species, Australochus clypeator and Diaparsis proterva, is provided, and colour photographs of these species are given for the first time. Taxonomic status of the genus Australochus is discussed.
Khalaim A.I. 2015. A review of the Japanese species of Barycnemis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zootaxa, 3963(3): 425–433. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3963.3.6 [27 May 2015] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Four species of the genus Barycnemis Förster are found to occur in Japan: B. dissimilis (Gravenhorst), B. harpura (Schrank), B. naganoensis sp. nov. and B. tobiasi Khalaim. These are the first records of Barycnemis from this country. All recognized Japanese species belong to the harpura species group. An identification key to four species of Barycnemis occurring in Japan is provided. Barycnemis funiuensis Sheng, 2002 from East China is synonymised with the widely distributed Holarctic species Porizon dissimilis Gravenhorst, 1829 (syn. nov.).
Khalaim A.I., Sääksjärvi I.E. & Bordera S. 2015. Tersilochinae of Western Amazonia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Genus Stethantyx Townes, part 2. Zootaxa, 3981(1): 95–106. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.4 [2 July 2015] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: In this paper we describe four new species of Stethantyx Townes (Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from Ecuador and Peru characterized by the fore wing with first and second abscissae of radius meeting at right angle: S. erwini Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. radiata Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov., S. rufispa Khalaim & Bordera, sp. nov. and S. undulata Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, sp. nov. Second part of the key to species of Stethantyx occurring in Western Amazonia is given. Additionally, S. altamira Khalaim & Broad and S. aprica Khalaim & Broad are recorded from South America for the first time, and new data on distribution of S. alajuela Khalaim & Broad, S. amazonica Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, S. heredia Khalaim & Broad, S. orellana Khalaim & Sääksjärvi, S. sinuata Khalaim & Sääksjärvi and S. trepida Khalaim & Sääksjärvi in South America are provided. Male of S. orellana is recorded for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. 2015. A new species of Phradis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from Japan. Zoosystematica Rossica, 24(1): 108–112. doi:10.31610/zsr/2015.24.1.108 [25 June 2015] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new species, Phradis hikosanus sp. nov. from South Japan is described and illustrated. It differs from other species of the genus in its disproportionately small globose head and strongly compressed laterally mesosoma (lateral sides of mesosoma are almost flat). A key to three species of Phradis occurring in Japan is provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Sheng M.-L. 2015. Contribution to the study of Chinese Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zootaxa, 4013(2): 280–286. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.8 [8 September 2015] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: New data on Chinese Tersilochinae are provided: one species, Tersilochus scutatus sp. n., is described from Liaoning province of China and the Russian Far East, and two species, Barycnemis bellator (Müller) and Tersilochus curvator Horstmann, are new records from China. Thus, this work raises the total number of known Chinese species to 31. Two close species, Diaparsis pulchra Khalaim and D. rara (Horstmann), are compared; specimens previously treated as D. rara, var. from the Russian Far East are found to belong to D. pulchra. Tersilochine faunas of China, South Korea and Primorskiy region of Russia are discussed. The fauna of Palaearctic China is still poorly known, being represented by an equal number of genera and somewhat fewer species than the fauna of South Korea, and it is half the size of the fauna of Primorskiy Region of Russia; the Oriental fauna of China, with only four described species, is virtually unknown.
Khalaim A.I. 2015. Finger-shaped microstructures on antennae of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Eurasian Symposium on Hymenoptera (III Symposium of CIS [the Commonwealth of Independent States]) (Nizhni Novgorod, 6–12 September 2015). Abstracts. 202–203. (In Russian).

Ruíz-Cancino E. & Khalaim A.I. 2015. Mexican species of the genus Exenterus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) reared from diprionid hosts. Zootaxa, 4048(1): 140–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.9 [24 November 2015] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Two new species of the tryphonine genus Exenterus from Mexico, E. durangensis Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. nov. and E. sehuerachicus Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. nov., are described. Both species belong to the group of Exenterus species characterized by the unusually short, depressed tarsi. Exenterus durangensis was reared from the sawfly Zadiprion falsus Smith and E. sehuerachicus from Neodiprion autumnalis Smith (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae). This is the first record of the genus Exenterus as a parasitoid of these hosts. An identification key to separate the two Mexican species of Exenterus is provided.
Rodríguez-Mota A.J., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Treviño-Carreón J. 2015. Diversidad de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en un bosque de Pinus spp. y Juniperus flaccida en Jaumave, Tamaulipas, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 86(4): 972–980. doi:10.1016/j.rmb.2015.08.003 [December 2015] PDF

ABSTRACT: Ichneumonids are parasitoid wasps with importance in the biological control of insect pests and constitute one of the most diverse families of Hymenoptera. The objective of this research was to know the diversity of Ichneumonidae and its relationship with temperature and rainfall in one locality of Jaumave, Tamaulipas, Mexico, during one year. One Malaise tramp was operated at 1,450 m in a dry forest with Pinus nelsonii, P. cembroides and Juniperus flaccida, with a small source of water near it. The number of ichneumonids collected was 1,115. Cryptinae was the subfamily best represented in number of genera and species, Pimpla the genus more abundant and Pachysomoides stupidus the species with more individuals. High diversity of this family was found in the studied locality. High correlation was found between Ichneumonidae and temperature, and a moderate correlation with rainfall. Three species are new records for Mexico and 5 for Tamaulipas, therefore 1,298 species are known in the country. This research contributes to the knowledge of Ichneumonidae in dry areas from Mexico.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Kasparyan D.R., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Toledo-Hernández V.H., Flores-Palacios A., Peña-Chora G., Guevara-Guerrero G. & García-Jiménez J. 2015. Avances en el estudio de Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) del Estado de Morelos, México. In book: Retos y herramientas para el estudio de la biodiversidad. Cuernavaca, Mexico. 25–35.

Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2015. Métodos básicos en entomología: etiquetas entomológicas. In book: Retos y herramientas para el estudio de la biodiversidad. Cuernavaca, Mexico. 48–56. PDF
Khalaim A.I., Balueva E.N. & Lee J.-W. 2016. Two new species of the genus Probles Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from South Korea and Russian Far East. Entomological Research, 47(1): 48–54. doi:10.1111/1748-5967.12186 [3 August 2016] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Two species of the genus Probles Förster, P. interruptor sp. nov. and P. segaza sp. nov., from South Korea and Russian Far East, are described. Probles interruptor differs from its congeners by occipital carina mediodorsally narrowly interrupted and polished occipital surface extending partly on the vertex. Probles segaza differs from other species of Euporizon by its robust ovipositor with a deep and narrow dorsal subapical notch.
Khalaim A.I. 2016. A new species of Stethantyx Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersiochinae) from Argentina. Euroasian Entomological Journal, 15, Suppl. 1: 167–170. [August 2016] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new species of the genus Stethantyx, S. leleji sp.n., is described from east and northeast Argentina. The new species is distinct in having a very short and robust ovipositor, head tapered behind eyes in dorsal view, slender flagellum, reddish brown pronotum, lateral lobes of mesoscutum and upper part of mesopleuron, ovipositor apex slender and with shallow dorsal depression.
Khalaim A.I. 2016. Faunistic records of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the West Palaearctic region. Zoosystematica Rossica, 25(2): 255–272. doi:10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.255 [27 December 2016] PDF

ABSTRACT: Based on a large examined material from several world collections, faunistic records of 87 tersilochine species (including one unidentified species of Palpator Khalaim) belonging to 13 genera from Europe (except Russia), North Africa, Caucasus and Middle East are provided. Palpator turpilucricupidus from Europe, Heterocola linguaria from North Africa and subfamily Tersilochinae from Jordan and Syria are recorded for the first time. First colour photographs of the genus Palpator are given.
Khalaim A.I. 2017. A review of Japanese species of Allophrys Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zootaxa, 4221(3): 386–392. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.7 [18 January 2017] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Three species of the genus Allophrys Förster are found to occur in Japan: A. matsumurai sp. nov., A. takemotoi sp. nov. and a third morphospecies known only from males. This is the first description of Allophrys species from Japan, as well as from the entire Palaearctic region. An identification key to Japanese species of Allophrys is provided.
Khalaim A.I., Humala A.E., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Figueroa de la Rosa J.I. 2017. Mexican species of Cylloceria Schiodte (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cylloceriinae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 321(1): 65–71. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2017.321.1.65 [24 March 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: Seven species of the genus Cylloceria are found to occur in Mexico. Of them, C. morelia Humala et Khalaim sp. nov. is described as new, and two species, C. alvaradoi Gauld and C. rubrica Dasch, are recorded from Mexico for the first time. New data on distribution of four other species in Mexico are provided. Cylloceria alvaradoi is also recorded for the first time from Panama. An identification key to seven Mexican species of Cylloceria is given.
Khalaim A.I. 2017. Japanese species of Gelanes Horstmann, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 26(1): 45–48. [30 March 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: Five species of the genus Gelanes Horstmann, 1981 are found to occur in Japan: G. clypeatus (Horstmann, 1971), G. cuspidatus Khalaim, 2002, G. gubarevae Khalaim, 2002, G. protritus Kim et Lee, 2013 and G. verendus Kim et Lee, 2013. This is the first record of Gelanes from Japan. An identification key to five species occurring in Japan is provided. New data on distribution of Gelanes in South Korea and remarks on type material are given. Colour photographs of G. clypeatus are presented for the first time.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2017. Labilochus brevipalpis, a new genus and species with extremely long mouthparts (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from Mexico. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 55: 121–127. doi:10.3897/jhr.55.11452 [28 April 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: Labilochus brevipalpis gen. & sp. n. from northeast Mexico is described and illustrated. The new genus is distinguished from all other Tersilochinae taxa by its extremely long glossa and galeae in combination with short maxillary and labial palps, and both palps with reduced number of palpomeres. The genus also possesses a remarkable head, which is almost straight behind the eyes in dorsal view and with the occipital carina lacking laterally.
Khalaim A.I. 2017. Contribution to the study of the genus Stethantyx Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae), with the description of a new species from Brazil. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 55: 129–138. doi:10.3897/jhr.55.5322 [28 April 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new species, Stethantyx durrelli sp. n. from Brazil, is described and illustrated. The recently described genus Megalochus Khalaim & Broad is synonymized with Stethantyx. The new species is very similar to S. grandis (Khalaim & Broad), comb. n. but differs by the frst metasomal segment being trapeziform in cross-section, the presence of a distinct glymma, and the metapleuron and dorsolateral area of the propodeum being densely punctate, without coarse irregular rugae. These two species are the largest and most conspicuous representatives of the subfamily Tersilochinae. A partial key to species of Stethantyx is provided. Taxonomy and generic limits of Stethantyx are discussed.
Khalaim A.I. & Belokobylskij S.A. 2017. Remarks on Oriental species of Allophrys Förster described by A. Reshchikov (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zootaxa, 4294(1): 126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4294.1.7 [17 July 2017] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Two species of the genus Allophrys Förster were recently described from Oriental region by A. Reshchikov with co-authors (Yue et al. 2017). According to its original description and photographs, A. falcatus Reshchikov from the Philippines actually is a distinct member of the family Braconidae, and we transfer this species preliminarily to the genus Microctonus Wesmael (comb. nov.) of the subfamily Euphorinae. Another species, A. cantonensis Reshchikov & Yue from South China, was described on basis of a single male, and its further identification is expected to be problematic until its female discovered and described.
Khalaim A.I. 2017. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) of Mexico – 15 years of investigation. XV Congress of the Russian Entomological Society (Novosibirsk, Russia, 31 July – 7 August 2017). Abstracts. 510–511. (In Russian.)

Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2017. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) associated with xyelid sawflies (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) in Mexico. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 58: 17–27. doi:10.3897/jhr.58.12919 [31 August 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two species of ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae), Gelanes horstmanni Khalaim, sp. n. (Tersilochinae) and Idiogramma elbakyanae Khalaim sp. n. (Tryphoninae), are described from the pine forest at 2800–2900 m from the State of Tlaxcala in Central Mexico; a third species, I. comstockii (Ashmead), is found to occur in the State of Nuevo Leon in Northeast Mexico. The genera Gelanes Horstmann and Idiogramma Forster are associated with xyelid sawflies (Xyelidae), and both, as well as the tryphonine tribe Idiogrammatini, are recorded from Mexico for the first time. An identification key to the two Idiogramma species occurring in Mexico is provided.
Álvarez-Cabrera G.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Treviño-Carreón J. & Khalaim A.I. 2017. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en diferentes tipos de vegetación del Estado de Tamaulipas, México. Folia entomológica Mexicana (n.s.), 3(2): 42–53.

Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I., Treviño-Carreón J. & Robles-Bermúdez A. 2017. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en el Ejido Llano de Azúa, Palmillas, Tamaulipas, México. Entomología Mexicana, 4: 765–769.

Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2017. Contribution of S.N. Myartseva to the knowledge of Mexican Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Zoosystematica Rossica, 26(2): 406–431. doi:10.31610/zsr/2017.26.2.406 [25 December 2017] PDF
Khalaim A.I. 2017. A new species of Allophrys Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) with large propodeal spiracles from Indonesia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 321(4): 365–370. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2017.321.4.365 [25 December 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new species of the genus Allophrys Förster, A. meggoleuca sp. nov. from Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, is described. It differs from other Oriental species of the genus by its large propodeal spiracles, similar to those in the genus Meggoleus Townes. Allophrys meggoleuca sp. nov. is similar to the Afrotropical A. townesi (Khalaim, 2007), which also possesses enlarged propodeal spiracles, but differs from this species by its slender antennal flagellum (robust with shortened flagellomeres in A. townesi), propodeum with basal area (basal keel in A. townesi) and longer metacarpus in the fore wing (short and not reaching tip of the wing in A. townesi). Additionally, propodeal spiracles in A. townesi are much larger than those in A. meggoleuca. The Afrotropical species Meggoleus townesi Khalaim, 2007 is transferred to the genus Allophrys (comb. nov.). Colour illustrations of this species are provided for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. 2017. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Vietnam, part 2: genus Barychemis Förster, 1869. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 321(4): 371–376. doi:10.31610/trudyzin/2017.321.4.371 [25 December 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two species of the genus Barycnemis Förster, B. dissimilis (Gravenhorst) and B. liliputana sp. nov., are found to occur in Vietnam. Barycnemis liliputana sp. nov., with body length 1.6 mm and fore wing length 1.4 mm, is the smallest known tersilochine species. Barycnemis dissimilis is also recorded from Taiwan and North India. The genus Barycnemis is recorded from Vietnam and Taiwan for the first time. An identification key to the two Barycnemis species occurring in Vietnam is provided.
Khalaim A.I. 2017. New species of the genera Australochus Khalaim and Phradis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from Australia. Russian Entomological Journal, 26(4): 327–331. [27 December 2017] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two new species, Australochus darreni sp.n. and Phradis tselikhae sp.n., are described and illustrated from Australia.
Khalaim A.I. & Várkonyi G. 2018. A review of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Finland. Part 1: taxonomy. Zootaxa, 4369(2): 151–185. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4369.2.1 [4 January 2018] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: The Tersilochinae fauna of Finland is critically revised (except subgenera Tersilochus Holmgren and Euporizon Horstmann). Tersilochinae in two principal Finnish ichneumonid collections, the Finnish Natural History Museum LUOMUS (University of Helsinki) and the private collection of R. Jussila (Turku), have been examined. Thirteen genera and 61 species are found to occur in Finland, including one new species, Barycnemis finnora Khalaim, sp. nov. The Nearctic genus Ctenophion Horstmann is recorded from Finland, as well as from the Palaearctic region, for the first time. Nineteen species are newly recorded from Finland and four species are excluded from the Finnish fauna. Barycnemis agilis (Holmgren) is transferred to the genus Spinolochus Horstmann (comb. nov.). Tersilochus sulcatus Hellén, 1958, a junior homonym of T. sulcatus Smith van Burgst, 1913, is synonymised with Phradis brevicornis Horstmann (syn. nov.). New data on distribution of 25 species in northwestern parts of Russia are also provided.
Khalaim A.I. 2018. The genera Allophrys Förster and Aneuclis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) of Vietnam. Zootaxa, 4378(3): 414–428. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.9 [9 February 2018] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Four species of the genus Allophrys Förster, A. daklaka sp. nov., A. davichia sp. nov., A. occipitata Khalaim and A. tonkina sp. nov., and three species of Aneuclis Förster, A. achterbergi sp. nov., A. devriesi sp. nov. and A. secunda (Khalaim), comb. nov., are found to occur in Vietnam. Allophrys daklaka is also recorded from Indonesia. Male of A. secunda is recorded for the first time. This is the first record of the genus Aneuclis from Vietnam and Oriental region. Identification keys to Vietnamese species of Allophrys and Aneuclis are provided. The genus Sathropterus Förster is synonymized with Aneuclis Förster (syn. nov.), and its two species are transferred to the genus Aneuclis: A. pumilus (Holmgren), comb. nov. and A. secunda (Khalaim), comb. nov.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2018. First record of the genera Diaparsis Förster and Phradis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from Mexico. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 63: 61–72. doi:10.3897/jhr.63.24491 [30 April 2018] PDF

ABSTRACT: In this paper, one species of Diaparsis Förster (D. splendens Horstmann) is recorded and two species of Phradis Förster (P. bufalosus sp. n. and P. nanacamilpus sp. n.) are described from Mexico. Both genera are extremely rare in the Mexican fauna, being represented by single specimens from a large amount of ichneumonids examined in many Mexican and USA collections. A partial identification key to North American species of Phradis is given. Colour photographs and morphological remarks on D. splendens are provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Ward D.F. 2018. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand. Part 1. Generic key and three new genera. Zootaxa, 4425(1): 41–77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.3 [29 May 2018] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: The Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand are revised in part, with three new endemic genera and seventeen new species described: Aotearoazeus gen. nov., A. bullivantus sp. nov., A. coronetus sp. nov., A. probles sp. nov., Barycnellus gen. nov., B. aucklandellus sp. nov., B. conlisus sp. nov., B. cuvierensis sp. nov., B. globosus sp. nov., B. robustus sp. nov., Diaparsis zealandica sp. nov., Gauldiana gen. nov., G. arantia sp. nov., G. aspiringa sp. nov., G. dubia sp. nov., G. kaweka sp. nov., G. minuta sp. nov., G. nigra sp. nov., G. rotoitia sp. nov., and G. triangulata sp. nov. Zealochus postfurcalis is transferred to the genus Gauldiana (comb. nov.). The genus Diaparsis is recorded from New Zealand for the first time. Keys to genera and species of Tersilochinae occurring in New Zealand are provided.
Khalaim A.I. 2018. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Israel. Part 1. Israel Journal of Entomology, 48(2): 113–121. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1302891 [2 July 2018] PDF

ABSTRACT: The Tersilochinae fauna of Israel is reviewed. Five genera with nine species are found to occur in Israel: Aneuclis brevicauda (Thomson), A. incidens (Thomson), Diaparsis gerlingi n. sp., D. nitida Horstmann, D. frontella (Holmgren), Gelanes clavulatus Khalaim & Blank, G. simillimus Horstmann, Palpator turpilucricupidus Khalaim and Phradis interstitialis (Thomson). Two more genera, Probles Förster and Tersilochus Holmgren, are formally recorded here from Israel but excluded from the present paper and will be treated separately.
Khalaim A.I. & Tereshkin A.M. 2018. A review of the subfamily Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Belarus. Zoosystematica Rossica, 27(1): 157–168. doi:10.31610/zsr/2018.27.1.157 [25 June 2018] PDF

ABSTRACT: Fauna of the ichneumonid subfamily Tersilochinae of Belarus is reviewed. Eleven genera comprising 55 species have been recognized: Allophroides Horstmann (2 species), Aneuclis Förster (5), Barycnemis Förster (10), Diaparsis Förster (6), Epistathmus Förster (1), Gelanes Horstmann (3), Heterocola Förster (1), Phradis Förster (5), Probles Förster (8), Spinolochus Horstmann (2) and Tersilochus Holmgren (12). One species, Probles dronkia Khalaim sp. nov., is described as new to science, and 42 species are recorded from Belarus for the first time increasing Belarus fauna of Tersilochinae almost 4.6 times.
Khalaim A.I., Kasparyan D.R. & López-Ortega M. 2018. New records and descriptions of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) from Mexico. Zootaxa, 4486(1): 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4486.1.1 [26 September 2018] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Based on a large quantity ichneumonid material collected mainly from the Mexican states of Veracruz and Quintana Roo, faunistic records of 79 species belonging to subfamilies Acaenitinae, Banchinae, Cryptinae, Cylloceriinae, Labeninae, Lycorininae, Microleptinae, Pimplinae, Tersilochinae, and Tryphoninae are provided. Three species are described as new to science: Latosculum ortegai Kasparyan & Khalaim, sp. nov. (Cryptinae), Eusterinx madorae Khalaim & Kasparyan, sp. nov. (Microleptinae) and Neotheronia veracruzana Khalaim, sp. nov. (Pimplinae). Two genera, Nipponaetes Uchida (Cryptinae) and Meggoleus Townes (Tersilochinae), and six species, Nipponaetes hansoni (Gauld) (Cryptinae), Lycorina moralesi Gauld (Lycorininae), Neotheronia murilloi Gauld (Pimplinae), Meggoleus pampahermosensis Alvarado (Tersilochinae), Phytodietus moragai Gauld, and Zagryphys zulaya Gauld (Tryphoninae), are first records from Mexico. Females of three species, Cestrus tenuiventris (Cresson), Mallochia macula Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino (Cryptinae), and Phytodietus moragai Gauld (Tryphoninae), are recorded and described for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. 2018. A new remarkable species of Probles with clavate antennae from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 27(2): 234–238. doi:10.31610/zsr/2018.27.2.234 [3 December 2018] PDF

ABSTRACT: Probles (Euporizon) chernetsovi Khalaim sp. nov. characterised by strongly clavate antennae with unusual sensillar areas, is described as new to science from Central Vietnam.
Khalaim A.I. & Tereshkin A.M. 2018. Palaearctic species of the genus Heterocola (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 27(2): 239–258. doi:10.31610/zsr/2018.27.2.239 [3 December 2018] PDF

ABSTRACT: Palaearctic material of the genus Heterocola Förster was studied, the holotypes of four species were examined and re-described. Heterocola concava (Uchida) from Japan is transferred to Phradis Förster (comb. nov.), and the genus Heterocola is excluded from the fauna of Japan. Specimens of H. proboscidalis (Thomson) and H. rufiventris Horstmann deposited in the Zoological Institute RAS (St Petersburg) and briefly mentioned from the former USSR by K. Horstmann in his revision (1981) are found and re-examined, and their complete label data are provided. Extensive faunistic records of the Palaearctic species of Heterocola primarily based on the Zoological Institute RAS collection are provided. Colour photographs of six species are given for the first time. An identification key to six species of Heterocola occurring in the Palaearctic region is provided; taxonomic status of the seventh species, H. pappi Kolarov, is not clear.
Khalaim A.I. 2018. Diaparsis jenningsi, a new species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Australia. Russian Entomological Journal, 27(4): 399–402. doi:10.15298/rusentj.27.4.07 [21 December 2018] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new tersilochine species, Diaparsis (Diaparsis) jenningsi sp.n., is described and illustrated from South Australia.
Castillo-Flores P.M., Sánchez-Ramos G., Gaona-García G., Varela-Fuentes S.E., Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2018. Nuevo registro de Enicospilus laurenae para México. Southwestern Entomologist, 43(4): 1055–1057. doi:10.3958/059.043.0424 [December 2018]

Khalaim A.I. & Villemant C. 2019. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Papua New Guinea: genera Allophrys Förster and Probles Förster. Zootaxa, 4544(2): 235–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4544.2.5 [11 January 2019] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Seven species of the genus Allophrys Förster, A. cracentis sp. nov., A. daklaka Khalaim, A. madanga sp. nov., A. miklouhomaclayi sp. nov., A. occipitata Khalaim, A. parvidentata sp. nov. and A. valorosa sp. nov., and one species of Probles Förster, P. (Euporizon) papuaensis sp. nov., have been discovered from Papua New Guinea. This is the first record of these genera, as well as the subfamily Tersilochinae, from this country. An identification key to seven species of Allophrys occurring in Papua New Guinea is provided.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2019. Aneuclis aenigmatica, a new remarkable species from Southwestern Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 28(1): 66–68. doi:10.15298/rusentj.28.1.10 [30 March 2019] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new tersilochine species, Aneuclis aenigmatica Khalaim et Ruíz-Cancino, sp.n., is described from the State of Jalisco in Southwestern Mexico. In spite of the fact that the species is represented by a single poorly preserved male without antennae, it is immediately distinguished from all North American congeners by the head lacking occipital carina dorsally, infumate with brown wings and very short metacarpus.
Khalaim A.I. & Ward D.F. 2019. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand. Part 2. Review of genera Kiwi gen. nov. and Zealochus Khalaim. Zootaxa, 4613(3): 521–545. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.6 [6 June 2019] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: In the second paper on New Zealand Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) we review two endemic New Zealand genera, Kiwi gen. nov. (eight species) and Zealochus Khalaim (three species). Nine species are described as new to science: Kiwi barrattae sp. nov., K. canterberus sp. nov., K. earlyi sp. nov., K. gronous sp. nov., K. oreteus sp. nov., K. ruzelus sp. nov., K. waitakerus sp. nov., Zealochus abominosus sp. nov. and Z. stepheni sp. nov. Zealochus gauldi Khalaim is transferred to Kiwi (comb. nov.). Identification keys to species of Kiwi and Zealochus occurring in New Zealand are provided.
Khalaim A.I. 2019. Four new species of the genus Probles Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from Vietnam. Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(1): 120–131. doi:10.31610/zsr/2019.28.1.120 [7 June 2019] PDF

ABSTRACT: Four remarkable new species of the genus Probles Förster are described from Vietnam: P. (Euporizon) barycnemiformis sp. nov., P. (E.) diaparsiformis sp. nov., P. (E.) proshchalykini sp. nov. and P. (E.) protoversuta sp. nov.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2019. Mexican species of the genus Probles Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Zootaxa, 4619(2): 201–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4619.2.1 [19 June 2019] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Mexican species of the genus Probles Förster are reviewed. Twelve species have been discovered from Mexico, all belong to the subgenus Euporizon Horstmann and are new to science: P. alejandroi Khalaim, sp. nov., P. belokobylskii Khalaim, sp. nov., P. clypeola Khalaim, sp. nov., P. contrerasi Khalaim, sp. nov., P. juanitae Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. nov., P. lunai Khalaim, sp. nov., P. megasoma Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. nov., P. miquihuana Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. nov., P. picus Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. nov., P. spectabilis Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, sp. nov., P. xalapana Khalaim, sp. nov. and P. zacapoaxtlana Khalaim, sp. nov. One species, P. megasoma sp. nov., is also recorded from Costa Rica. An identification key to species of Probles occurring in Mexico is given.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M. & Castañeda-Vildózola Á. 2019. First record of the genus Lamachus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ctenopelmatinae) from Mexico, with description of two new species. Russian Entomological Journal, 28(2): 169–179. doi:10.15298/rusentj.28.2.09 [29 June 2019] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two new species of the genus Lamachus Förster, 1869, L. cushmani Khalaim et Ruíz-Cancino, sp.n. and L. toluca Khalaim et Ruíz-Cancino, sp.n., are described from Central Mexico. The genus Lamachus, as well as the tribe Mesoleiini, is recorded from Mexico for the first time, representing a southern most record of the genus in the New World. A checklist of eleven North American species of Lamachus, including eight native and three introduced species, is provided. An identification keys to species of Lamachus occurring in Mexico is given. Neodiprion omosus Smith (Diprionidae) is reported as a host of Lamachus species for the first time.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Wallace-Jones R. & Khalaim A.I. 2019. Contribución al conocimiento de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) del estado de Querétaro, México. Entomología Mexicana, 6: 591–597.

Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2019. A review of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: at junction of the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. IV Euroasian Symposium on Hymenoptera (Vladivostok, Russia, 9–15 September 2019). Abstracts. 196–197. (In Russian).

Khalaim A.I. 2019. New records of Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(2): 267–276. doi:10.31610/zsr/2019.28.2.267 [10 December 2019] PDF

ABSTRACT: A new data on distribution of 19 species of Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) belonging to the genera Allophrys Förster (four species), Aneuclis Förster (five spp.), Diaparsis Förster (eight spp.) and Tersilochus Holmgren (two spp.) in the Afrotropical region are provided. Tersilochus abyssinicus Khalaim, 2006 syn. nov. is synonymised with T. moestus Holmgren, 1868. The subfamily Tersilochinae is recorded from Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia and Yemen for the first time.
Khalaim A.I., Kasparyan D.R. & Humala A.E. 2019. 56. Family Ichneumonidae. In: Belokobylskij S.A., Samartsev K.G. & Il'inskaya A.S. (Eds). Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume II. Apocrita: Parasitica. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, Supplement 8: 340–443. PDF
Klopfstein S., Santos B.F., Shaw M.R., Alvarado M., Bennett A.M.R., Dal Pos D., Giannotta M., Herrera Florez A.F., Karlsson D., Khalaim A.I., Lima A.R., Mikó I., Sääksjärvi I.E., Shimizu S., Spasojevic T., van Noort S., Vilhelmsen L. & Broad G.R. 2019. Darwin wasps: a new name heralds renewed efforts to unravel the evolutionary history of Ichneumonidae. Entomological Communications, 1: ec01006. doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec01006 PDF
Khalaim A.I. & Tereshkin A.M. 2019. Palaearctic species of the subgenus Gonolochus Foerster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae: Tersilochus Holmgren). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 90: 146–152. doi:10.47640/1605-7678_2019_90_146 [December 2019] PDF

ABSTRACT: Faunistic records of six Palaearctic species of the subgenus Gonolochus Foerster (genus Tersilochus Holmgren) are provided. Many new country records are given, e.g. first findings of four Gonolochus species from Russia. Tersilochus caudatus (Holmgren) is abundant Trans-Palaearctic species, while five other species are mainly occur in Europe. Tersilochus stenocari (Gregor) is recorded as parasitoid of the weevil Phrydiuchus topiarius (Germar) for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. 2019. Illustrated catalogue of North American species of Ctenophion Horstmann and Phradis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 28(4): 400–420. doi:10.15298/rusentj.28.4.09 [24 December 2019] PDF

ABSTRACT: Illustrated catalogue of North American species of genera Ctenophion Horstmann, 2010 (1 species) and Phradis Förster, 1869 (20 species) is provided. Colour photographs of holotypes of 18 species of Phradis are given for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. & Tereshkin A.M. 2019. Faunistic records and description of two new species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Russia and other countries. Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(2): 333–355. doi:10.31610/zsr/2019.28.2.333 [31 December 2019] PDF

ABSTRACT: Based on large examined materials of Tersilochinae from the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg) and other world collections, faunistic records from the Palaearctic Region (mainly from Russia) for 87 tersilochine species belonging to ten genera are provided, including ten species recorded for the first time from Russia. Two new species, Probles smaragdites Khalaim, sp. nov. and Tersilochus turpiculus Khalaim, sp. nov., are described from the Russian Far East. Gelanes tootsae Khalaim, 2002 syn. nov. is synonymised with G. cuspidatus Khalaim, 2002. Tersilochus kerzhneri Khalaim, 2007 is excluded from the fauna of Europe. Male of Tersilochus impunctator Khalaim, 2012 is recorded for the first time. Specimens of Tersilochinae, deposited in the Zoological Institute RAS (St Petersburg) and the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University (Moscow) and briefly mentioned from the former USSR by K. Horstmann in his revisions (1971, 1981) are found, re-examined, and their complete label data are provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2020. Contribution to the taxonomy of Mexican Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with descriptions of five new species. ZooKeys, 974: 1–21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.974.54536 [7 October 2020] PDF and Press release

ABSTRACT: Five new species of Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) are described from Mexico: Meggoleus hidalgoensis sp. nov., M. whartoni Khalaim, sp. nov., Phradis belovi Khalaim, sp. nov., Stethantyx covida sp. nov., and St. oaxacana sp. nov. Meggoleus whartoni Khalaim, sp. nov. is also recorded from Panama, and St. covida sp. nov. from Guatemala. The species recently described from Mexico Probles contrerasi Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino is transferred to the genus Gelanes Horstmann, comb. nov. A partial key to the species of Meggoleus with small propodeal spiracles and a key to Mexican species of Phradis are provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Villemant C. 2020. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Papua New Guinea: nine new species of the genus Diaparsis Förster. In: Insects of mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea, Volume 2. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle): 337–362. ISBN: 978-2-85653-836-4 [December 2020] Ask me for PDF.

ABSTRACT: Among the almost forty Tersilochinae species collected on the slopes of Mt Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea in the course of the "Our Planet Reviewed – Papua New Guinea" expedition, thirty belong to the genus Diaparsis Förster. In this first paper we reviewed eight of these species characterized by the lack of notauli, and one other having nearly impunctate head and mesosoma. Nine species, D. alba sp. nov., D. claviger sp. nov., D. daphnoides sp. nov., D. falcator sp. nov., D. fragilis sp. nov., D. granulator sp. nov., D. levigata sp. nov., D. macilenta sp. nov. and D. nugatoria sp. nov., are described as new, and a provisional key to the species of Diaparsis occurring in Papua New Guinea is provided.

Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2021. Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Neotheronia Krieger, Nomosphecia Gupta and Xanthopimpla Saussure. Zootaxa, 4950(3): 401–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.1 [31 March 2021] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Mexican species of three pimpline genera, Neotheronia Krieger (24 species), Nomosphecia Gupta (two species) and Xanthopimpla Saussure (one species) are reviewed. Five species of Neotheronia are described as new to science: N. altacima sp. nov., N. bonita sp. nov., N. juanitae sp. nov., N. tequila sp. nov. and N. zaldivari sp. nov. Neotheronia septemtrionalis Krieger, 1905 is found to be a junior synonym of N. nigrolineata (Brullé, 1846) (syn. nov.). Seven species of Neotheronia are new records from Mexico: N. bostrandae Gauld, N. charli Gauld, N. donovani Gauld, N. hespenheidei Gauld, N. lizzae Gauld, N. lloydi Gauld and N. matamorosi (Brullé). Moreover, Neotheronia concolor Krieger, N. lineata (Fabricius), N. mellosa (Cresson) and N. nigrolineata (Brullé) are recorded for the first time from Honduras, and N. rosai Gauld is recorder for the first time from Guatemala. South American species Neotheronia cristata Krieger is excluded from the Mexican fauna. Identification keys to species of Neotheronia and Nomosphecia occurring in Mexico are provided.
Khalaim A.I. 2021. Diaparsis phobos sp. nov. and D. deimos sp. nov., two amazing new species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 4985(1): 118–124. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4985.1.8 [11 June 2021] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Two species of the genus Diaparsis Förster, D. phobos sp. nov. and D. deimos sp. nov., are described from Madagascar. The genus Diaparsis, as well as the subfamily Tersilochinae, is recorded from Madagascar for the first time. Both new species possess unuque morphological features previously unknown in the subfamily Tersilochinae: D. deimos sp. nov. has a remarkable slightly decurved ovipositor, and D. phobos sp. nov. possesses deep impressions on outer sides of ocelli.
Khalaim A.I. 2021. Probles mikhailovi, a new enigmatic species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 5006(1): 90–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5006.1.11 [29 July 2021] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: A new species of the genus Probles Förster, P. mikhailovi sp. nov., is described from Central Madagascar. The new species possesses unique venation of the fore wing previously unknown in the subfamily Tersilochinae. The genus Probles is recorded from Madagascar for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. & Villemant C. 2021. Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Papua New Guinea: genus Diaparsis Förster, part 2. Species with notaulus. Zootaxa, 5016(1): 56–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5016.1.2 [4 August 2021] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: This second paper on the species of Diaparsis Förster occurring in Papua New Guinea comprises descriptions of ten new species and the second part of the key to the species. The following species are described as new to science: D. alpha sp. nov., D. beta sp. nov., D. delta sp. nov., D. epsilon sp. nov., D. eta sp. nov., D. gamma sp. nov., D. iota sp. nov., D. kappa sp. nov., D. theta sp. nov. and D. zeta sp. nov., raising the total number of currently known Diaparsis species in Papua New Guinea to nineteen.
Kasparyan D.R. & Khalaim A.I., 2021. New Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae, Tryphoninae) from the Eastern Palaearctic region. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 84: 115–126. doi:10.3897/jhr.84.68719 [24 August 2021] PDF.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we describe two remarkable species, Ctenochira arkadyi Kasparyan, sp. nov. (Tryphoninae) from southern Siberia (Russia), and Probles arkadyi Khalaim, sp. nov. (Tersilochinae) from Japan. These two species are named in honour of our colleague and friend, an expert in Aculeata (Hymenoptera), Russian entomologist, Prof. Arkady Lelej, in honour of his 75th birthday. The recently described European species, Ctenochira magnusi Haraldseide, 2018, is discovered from the Russian Far East; the male of C. magnusi is recorded and described for the first time.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2021. Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: subfamily Rhyssinae. Russian Entomological Journal, 30(3): 305–313. doi:10.15298/rusentj.30.3.08 [30 September 2021] PDF.

ABSTRACT: Mexican species of the subfamily Rhyssinae are reviewed. Two genera, Epirhyssa Cresson with five species and Megarhyssa Ashmead with three species, are recorded from Mexico. Costa Rican species E. corralesi Gauld, 1991 was found to be a junior synonym of the Mexican species E. oaxaca Porter, 1978, syn.n. Epirhyssa frohbergi Gauld and E. theloides Porter are recorded from Mexico for the first time, and E. theloides is also newly recorded from Guatemala. Identification keys to genera and species of Rhyssinae occurring in Mexico are provided.
Khalaim A.I. & Ruíz-Cancino E. 2021. Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Apechthis Förster, Itoplectis Förster and Pimpla Fabricius. Zootaxa, 5071(4): 451–491. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5071.4.1 [25 November 2021] PDF Ask me for PDF if need.

ABSTRACT: Mexican species of three pimpline genera, Apechthis Förster (one species), Itoplectis Förster (six species) and Pimpla Fabricius (20 species, including one unidentified taxon), are reviewed. Four species of Pimpla are described as new to science: P. chamela sp. nov., P. oaxacana sp. nov., P. tequila sp. nov. and P. xalapana sp. nov. Pimpla thoracica Morley, 1914 is found to be a junior synonym of P. ellopiae Harrington, 1892 (syn. nov.). Apechthis zapoteca (Cresson) is recorded for the first time from Venezuela, Pimpla dimidiata (Townes) from Mexico, P. caeruleata Cresson, P. croceiventris (Cresson), P. sanguinipes Cresson and P. sumichrasti Cresson from Honduras, P. ichneumoniformis Cresson and P. viridescens Morley from Guatemala and Honduras, and P. punicipes Cresson from Panama. The South American species Pimpla caerulea Brullé and the Nearctic species P. pedalis Cresson are excluded from the Mexican fauna. Male of Itoplectis mexicana and female of Pimpla dimidiata are recorded for the first time. Identification keys to the species of Itoplectis and Pimpla occurring in Mexico are provided.
Khalaim A.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2021. Darwin wasps of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): the subfamilies Acaenitinae, Poemeniinae and Xoridinae. Zoosystematica Rossica, 30(2): 303–319. doi:10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.303 [11 December 2021] PDF

ABSTRACT: Mexican species of the ichneumonid subfamilies Acaenitinae, Poemeniinae and Xoridinae are reviewed. The following genera are recorded here from Mexico: Arotes Gravenhorst, 1829 (one species) and Coleocentrus Gravenhorst, 1829 (one species) in Acaenitinae; Ganodes Townes, 1957 (one species), Podoschistus Townes, 1957 (one species), Poemenia Holmgren, 1859 (one species) and Rodrigama Gauld, 1991 (one species) in Poemeniinae; and Aplomerus Provancher, 1886 (one species), Odontocolon Cushman, 1942 (one species) and Xorides Latreille, 1809 (five species) in Xoridinae. One species, Coleocentrus clebschi Khalaim, sp. nov., is described as a new to science. The tribes Coleocentrini and Rodrigamini, genera Coleocentrus, Podoschistus, Poemenia and Rodrigama, and species Podoschistus vittifrons (Cresson, 1968), Rodrigama gamezi Gauld, 1991 and Aplomerus buprestivorus Rohwer, 1920 are recorded from Mexico for the first time. The taxonomic status of Ganodes mexicanus Díaz, 2008 is discussed.
Khalaim A.I. 2022. New species of Oriental Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with remarks on sexual dimorphism in the genus Allophrys Förster, 1869. Russian Entomological Journal, 31(1): 53–61. doi:10.15298/rusentj.31.1.10 [29 March 2022] PDF

ABSTRACT: Material of Oriental Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) from the insect collection of the Matsuyama University, Japan, was examined. From this material, two species are described as new to science: Probles (Probles) bengalensis Khalaim, sp.n. from North India and Diaparsis (Diaparsis) lompobattanga Khalaim, sp.n. from Indonesia. Allophrys miklouhomaclayi Khalaim et Villemant, 2019 is newly recorded from Indonesia and its male is described for the first time. Unlike other species of Allophrys Förster whose males have weakly to strongly enlarged compound eyes, the male of A. miklouhomaclayi possesses unspecialized (not enlarged) eyes. Colour photographs of the Oriental species Diaparsis niphadoctona He, 1995 are given for the first time.
Khalaim A.I. 2022. Two new species of Tersilochinae from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). Russian Entomological Journal, 31(2): 163–167. doi:10.15298/rusentj.31.2.12 [27 June 2022] PDF

ABSTRACT: Two species of Tersilochinae are described from Madagascar: Diaparsis demeter sp.n. and D.heterocoloides sp.n. These species are immediately distinguished from their Afrotropical congeners by exceptionally long ovipositor which is longer than the body, very long second tergite (4.0–5.0 times as long as anteriorly broad), and long and strongly compressed laterally metasoma. Diaparsis mostovskii Khalaim, 2013 is recorded from Madagascar for the first time. Partial identification key to the species of Diaparsis occurring in Madagascar is given.

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Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Khalaim A.I. 2009. Macrocentrinae (Braconidae) en el Museo de Insectos de la UAM Agronomía y Ciencias-UAT. 21 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, 28–29 May 2009). Abstracts. 36.
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Khalaim A.I. 2011. Macrocentrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) en el Museo de Insectos de la UAM Agronomía y Ciencias-UAT. Memorias 21 y 22 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Tampico, Tamaulipas, México, April 2011). 181–185.
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Treviño-Carreón J., Mireles-Cepeda S. & Rodríguez-Mota A.J. 2011. Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) del Cañón de la Libertad, Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. XVI Simposio Nacional de Parasitología Forestal (Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, 26–28 October 2011). Abstracts. 12.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Kasparyan D.R., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I., Treviño-Carreón J. & Toledo-Hernández V.H. 2011. Nuevas especies de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) descritas de bosques de México 2000–2011. XVI Simposio Nacional de Parasitología Forestal (Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, 26–28 October 2011). Abstracts. 17.
Mireles-Cepeda S., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Myartseva S.N. & Rodríguez-Mota A.J. 2012. Nuevo registro del genero Minanga (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) en la Sierra Madre Oriental de Tamaulipas, México. 24 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Tampico, Tamaulipas, México, 24–25 May 2012). Abstracts. 13.
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Mireles-Cepeda S., Rodríguez-Mota J. & Castillo-Flores P.M. 2012. Revisión de la clasificación de Braconidae (1990–2012): subfamilias en México. Ciencia UAT, 24(2): 12–19.
Mireles-Cepeda S., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Myartseva S.N. & Rodríguez-Mota A.J. 2013. El género Minanga (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Sigalphinae) en la Sierra Madre Oriental de Tamaulipas, México. Memorias 24 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Tampico, Tamaulipas, México, 24–25 May 2012). 57–61. [ISBN: 948-607-95201-3-7]
Rodríguez-Mota A.J., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I., Treviño-Carreón J. & Mireles-Cepeda S. 2013. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en al Madroño, Tamaulipas, México. Memorias 24 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Tampico, Tamaulipas, México, 24–25 May 2012). 65–70. [ISBN: 948-607-95201-3-7]
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Treviño-Carreón J., Mireles-Cepeda S. & Rodríguez-Mota A.J. 2013. Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) del Cañón de la Libertad, Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. Memoria del XVI Simposio Nacional de Parasitología Forestal (Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, 26–28 October 2011). 61–66.
Rodríguez-Mota A.J., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Treviño-Carreón J. & Khalaim A.I. 2013. El genero Pimpla (Ichneumonidae) en un bosque de Jaumave, Tamaulipas, México. 25 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Altamira, Tamaulipas, México, 23–24 May 2013). Abstracts. 12–13.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Kasparyan D.R. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2013. El género Megarhyssa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae) en México. 25 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Altamira, Tamaulipas, México, 23–24 May 2013). Abstracts. 14–15.
Castillo-Flores P.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Myartseva S.N. 2013. Subfamilias de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en un bosque de Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. 25 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Altamira, Tamaulipas, México, 23–24 May 2013). Abstracts. 30.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2013. El género Megarhyssa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae) en México. Memorias 25 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica del Golfo de México (Tampico, Tamaulipas, México, 23–24 May 2013). 37–40.
Rodríguez-Mota A.J., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Treviño-Carreón J. & Khalaim A.I. 2014. Avispas Ichneumonoideas que atacan al gusano cogollero (Spodoptera frugiperda) en el cultivo de maíz (Zea mays L.) en México. Agroproductividad, 7(1): 28–31.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Kasparyan D.R., Khalaim A.I. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2014. Ophionellus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), el único género de Ichneumonidae con venación muy reducida en México. Simposio de Zoología (Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, 20–24 October 2014). Abstracts. 43–44.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Kasparyan D.R., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I., Treviño-Carreón J. & Horta-Vega J.V. 2014. Capítulo 13. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en el suroeste del Estado de Tamaulipas, México. In book: Correa Sandoval A., Horta Vega J.V., García Jiménez J. & Barrientos Lozano L. (eds.), Biodiversidad Tamaulipeca, Volumen 2, Número 2. Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 179–188. [ISBN: 978-607-00-8398-3]
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Kasparyan D.R., Myartseva S.N., Trjapitzin V.A. & Khalaim A.I. 2014. Capítulo 14. Avispas parasíticas (Insecta: Hymenoptera) muy Tamaulipecas. In book: Correa Sandoval A., Horta Vega J.V., García Jiménez J. & Barrientos Lozano L. (eds.), Biodiversidad Tamaulipeca, Volumen 2, Número 2. Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. 189–198. [ISBN: 978-607-00-8398-3]
Castillo-Flores P.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Khalaim A.I. & Myartseva S.N. 2014. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) en un bosque de Quercus de Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana (Universidad de Guadalajara, México), 21(2): 161–174.
García-Ramírez M.J., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M. & Khalaim A.I. 2016. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) de Escárcega, Campeche, México: nuevos registros de especies. Ciencia UAT, 10(2): 6–12.
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Figueroa de la Rosa J.I., Sarmiento-Monroy C.E., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Khalaim A.I. 2016. Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) de México, incluyendo nuevos registros. Ciencia UAT, 11(1): 6–21.
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., González-Hernández A. & Navarrete-Heredia J.L. 2017. Avispas parasitarias de la familia Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). In book: Cruz Angón A., Ordorica Hermosillo A., Valero Padilla J. & Melgarejo E.D. (eds.), La biodiversidad en Jalisco. Estudio de Estado. II Volumen. 232–235. [ISBN: 978-607-8328-94-9]
Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Kasparyan D.R., Coronado-Blanco J.M., González-Hernández A. & Navarrete-Heredia J.L. 2017. Avispas parasíticas de la familia Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). In book: Cruz Angón A., Ordorica Hermosillo A., Valero Padilla J. & Melgarejo E.D. (eds.), La biodiversidad en Jalisco. Estudio de Estado. II Volumen. 236–239. [ISBN: 978-607-8328-94-9]
Álvarez-Cabrera G.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Treviño-Carreón J. & Khalaim A.I. 2017. Propuesta de ichneumónidos (Hymenoptera) para el control biológico de insectos plaga en México. Agroproductividad, 10(9): 78–83.
Álvarez-Cabrera G.M., Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M., Treviño-Carreón J. & Khalaim A.I. 2018. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) en un bosque de alta montaña en Tamaulipas y nuevos registros de géneros para México. Revista Bio Ciencias, 5(2): e421.
Coronado-Blanco J.M., Ventura-González G.I., Ruíz-Cancino E. & Khalaim A.I. 2018. Conocimiento actual de Braconidae (Hymenoptera) del Estado de Chihuahua, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología (n.s.), 4(3): 63–66.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I., Coronado-Blanco J.M. & Ventura-González G.I. 2019. Avances en el conocimiento de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) del Estado de Chihuahua, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología (n.s.), 5(1): 8–11.
Ruíz-Cancino E., Coronado-Blanco J.M. & Khalaim A.I. 2019. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) prospectos para control biológico de algunos lepidópteros e himenópteros plaga en México. Revista Mexicana de Fitosanidad, 4, Supplement (Primer Congreso Nacional e Internacional y Cuarto Simposio de Investigación Científica en Fitosanidad): 50.
Chaires-Grijalva M.P., Ruíz-Cancino E., Khalaim A.I. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2021. New records of mites associated with Zethus spp. potter wasps at Coahuila and Tamaulipas, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist, 46(3): 731–736. doi:10.3958/059.046.0314 [September 2021] PDF.
Chaires-Grijalva M.P., Ruíz-Cancino E., Serrano-Domínguez A.K., Khalaim A.I. & Coronado-Blanco J.M. 2021. First record of Parancistrocerus fulvipes and its phoretic mites from Tamaulipas, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist, 46(4): 1051–1054. doi:10.3958/059.046.0430 [December 2021] PDF.