Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 30/09/2026The effects of prescribed burning on tiny parasitic wasps in European grasslands have been investigated, revealing that whilst recent fires significantly reduce these populations, sites recovering for a year after burning show temporary abundance increases: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.99.205327 111
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026🧬 A comprehensive DNA barcoding study of Chinese parasitoid wasps has revealed diversity among encyrtid species that attack psyllids, with molecular analysis identifying 32 distinct species previously difficult to distinguish through morphology alone. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.99.202665 012
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026🥑 A gall midge species, Bruggmanniella perseae, has been identified as the cause of fruit deformation in avocado crops in Mexico, with six parasitoid species discovered that naturally control this damaging insect pest: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.99.200280 0308
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 01/09/2026🐝 New study on Brachycyrtus #wasps expands distribution records across the Neotropics & Afrotropics, describes 2 new species, reports previously unknown males for 2 others, and synonymises B. zani with B. xorix, plus updated ID keys for all known #species. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 021
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026🐝Great talk from Alexandra Viertler at #BioSyst2026: "When models meet megadiversity." Using 203 extant & 86 fossil Darwin wasps, she tested Fossilized Birth-Death models to estimate K-Pg extinction impact - revealing key limits for hyperdiverse #insect groups. #paleontology 130
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 30/07/2026Study on Pemphredon lethifer, an aphid-hunting digger wasp with biocontrol potential: nesting preferences depend on twig pith diameter. Wasps favoured larger diameters (6.5-8.5mm ideal for female offspring). Findings could help design better nest boxes to support this species doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 010
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026Check out the three newly described species of the genus Aspilota from Korea: A. angusticarinata, A. ocellocarinata, and A. laticlypeata. Full descriptions and illustrations available here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #hymenoptera 011
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 28/07/2026A review of the Palaearctic species of the genus Syntomopus reveals a new species - Syntomopus dzhanokmenia, described from Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and China. 👉Full study here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 032
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 14/07/2026A review of Thai Pristaulacus #wasps recognizes 17 species, including new species P. chiangmaiensis sp. nov. and a new record, P. vilhelmseni. Includes an ID key, DNA barcoding-based phylogeny, distribution map, and updated Oriental region checklist, available here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 021
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 02/07/2026🐝 What a pleasure it was to welcome Editor-in-Chief of our journal, Tamara Spasojevic, to @pensoft.net's stand at #ECE2026Tours! 🕷️ We also had the chance to attend her fascinating talk - "Two evolutionary pathways to koinobiont ectoparasitoids of spiders in Darwin wasps". @irbi-tours.bsky.social 030
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 02/06/2026🐝Researchers documented the nesting and foraging #biology of Andrew's Plasterer #Bee (Colletes andrewsi), a rare specialised species. See what the researchers found in our open-access article: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 052
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 18/05/2026New comprehensive study on the revision of the #bee genus Andrena in the southern Balkans, which covers a total of 273 species (28 of which are #endemic to the region) and includes a complete identification key to facilitate further research: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy 083
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 13/05/2026Check out the world revision of #Piogaster - parasitoid wasps that hunt jumping spiders 🕷️. It includes a new species from Alberta, new records across Europe & North America, and the first confirmed male-female match in a species: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #Entomology #Taxonomy #Parasitoids 085
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 29/04/2026🐝The invasive yellow-legged #hornet has spread rapidly across Asia and Europe, but a new review confirms it has more #predators than previously thought, from #badgers to #woodpeckers. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #trophicinteractions #invasivespecies 031
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 16/04/2026Does Canadian goldenrod invasion really threaten ant communities? A new study from central Romanian ##meadows challenges previous assumptions - and points to an unexpected factor shaping the results. | See what the #researchers found here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #hymenoptera 031
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 15/04/2026A new study expands the documented #species #diversity of potter #wasps (Symmorphus) in Vietnam and provides taxonomic notes on their distribution, as well as photographs and illustrations: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 021
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 16/03/2026A second species of the rare ant genus Ishakidris in Peninsular Malaysia has been discovered, providing new data on a group previously known from just one specimen. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.99.166509 @mfnberlin.bsky.social #newspecies #ants 163
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 06/03/2026𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢 is a new gall #wasp found in the galls of a live #oak Quercus oleoides in Mexico. The research increases the systematic knowledge of poorly known species in the genus Cynipini in the Neotropics: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 094
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 12/01/2026A new species is described in the Darwin wasp subgenus Paropheltes. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #waps #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy 031
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 19/12/2025Newly designed PCR multiplex can help recognize and amplify #DNA specific to four #parasitoid #wasp species that attack the #invasive Roseau cane scale (𝘕𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) in the Mississippi River Delta. See the full article here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 031
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 18/11/2025All known species of the diapriid genus Lepidopria are revised, keyed and illustrated, and one species is described as new to science: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #newspecies #taxonomy 031
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 18/11/2025The first investigation of vibroacoustic signals in ants from Malta provides a comparative analysis of signals in workers of Messor ibericus across diffferent geographical populations: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #biogeography #ants #vibroacoustics 010
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 14/11/2025A new potter wasp species is described from Anhui, China. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #newspecies #taxonomy 021
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 12/11/2025An analysis of community-wide relationships between plants and Andrena bees in the Cazorla mountain range, a biodiversity hotspot in southeastern Spain: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... @cmhmaliani.bsky.social @j-valverde.bsky.social @alexnunez23.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social #bees #phylogeny 0166
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 12/11/2025We've been meeting so many cool people at #EntSoc25! Here is our author Alfred Daniel Johnson - he published an article on the parasitoids of Delta dimidiatipenne nests a few years ago available here doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 020
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 31/10/2025Three new wasp species of the genus Psen are described from China. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #taxonomy #wasps #Hymenoptera 001
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 27/10/2025A comprehensive taxonomic revision and identification key for the seven species of Western Palearctic Leptopilina, a genus of parasitic wasps that primarily target Drosophilidae larvae: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #biocontrol #DNAbarcoding #taxonomy 082
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 27/10/2025A new sawfly species is described and illustrated from China's Zhejiang Province. This is the third Platycampus species recorded in China. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #newspecies #Hymenoptera #taxonomy 011
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 24/10/2025Six new wasp species from China are described. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #taxonomy #Hymenoptera 000
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 16/10/2025A revision of the Western Palaearctic species of the Darwin wasp genus Orthocentrus with yellow or ivory marks on the vertex: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #biodiversity #wasps #newspecies 032
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 16/10/2025A study to resolve the nomenclature of Smith’s Bombus flavifrons taxon: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #bees #bumblebees #taxonomy @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social @corysheffield.bsky.social 021
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 02/10/2025Four new species of ichneumonid wasps belonging to the subgenus Ischyracis are described from Uganda - find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #taxonomy #parasitoids 021
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 19/09/2025A new species of mining bee is described and illustrated from northern Sardinia, Italy. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #DNAbarcoding #bees #pollinators 042
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 17/09/2025Meet 𝐻𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑔𝑒𝑜! A newly discovered species of parasitoid wasp published in JHR and named in honour of the National Geographic Society, "whose legacy of exploration, conservation, and storytelling has inspired thousands of people": blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/17/a... 001
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 15/09/2025An investigation into the usurpation behavior of the hornet Vespa basalis in nests of V. velutina: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #hornets #parasitism #wasps 010
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 10/09/2025Three new species of the parasitoid wasp genus Heinrichiellus are described from India and Thailand. See more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #wasps #newspecies #phylogeny @gavinbroad.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social 041
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 09/09/2025The parasitoid wasp genus Lemophagus is reported for the first time from India, along with the description of a new species. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #parasitoids #phylogeny #taxonomy 042
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 27/08/2025A new host association is reported between the families Platygastridae and Cecidomyiidae, with Synopeas ruficoxum as the second reported parasitoid of the soybean gall midge Resseliella maxima. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 011
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 21/08/2025An investigation on the effects on the nesting success of intercalary cells, diameter and vestibular length of nests in the solitary wasp Anterhynchium flavomarginatum: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... @uni-freiburg.de @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @mcorr.bsky.social #wasps #Hymenoptera #insects 063
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 22/07/2025For the first time, the presence of several pollinating and non-pollinating fig wasps is documented on the Iberian Peninsula: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... @ua.es #alienspecies #wasps #pollinators 010
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 21/07/2025А study of the hymenopteran parasitoid complex from the families Braconidae, Eulophidae and Pteromalidae of the pine bark beetle (Cryphalus fulvus) developing on Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora) in South Korea, with the description of one new species: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... 001
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 27/06/2025The Eastern Palaearctic species of the parasitoid wasp genus Tetramopria are reviewed, with new descriptions and records an an updated key: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #parasitoids #wasps #Hymenoptera @davidnotton.bsky.social 051
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 13/06/2025A new ceraphronid wasp species is described in a review of the subgenus Larsoceraphron. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #taxonomy #wasps #Hymenoptera @leibnizlib.bsky.social 0105
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 13/06/2025A study of the nesting habits, colony composition and reproductive status of the plant-ant Cladomyrma sirindhornae in the wet and dry seasons in Thailand: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #ants #Formicidae #insects 021
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 28/05/2025New study confirms that the braconid wasp Doggerella (Lelejobracon) chasanica parasitizes immatures of the longhorn beetle Monochamus alternatus, representing a new host record for D. (L.) chasanica: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #biology #DNAbarcoding #pests #invert 041
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 20/05/2025Happy #WorldBeeDay! On the day to appreciate the critical role of bees and other pollinators in the health of our planet’s ecosystems, we are grateful we are part of the global effort to know and protect these precious buzzers. 011
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 09/05/2025Description of two morphologically unusual new neotropical genera of Miracinae: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #taxonomy #entomology #Hymenoptera 062
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 07/05/2025This new chalcid wasp species represents the first example of a heavily sculptured carapace formed from gastral tergite 5 in the family. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #newspecies #taxonomy #entomology 030
Journal of Hymenoptera Research @jhr.pensoft.net · 02/05/2025One new species of potter wasp is described and illustrated in the genus Euodynerus, subgenus Pareuodynerus. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #newspecies #wasps #entomology #invert 011