In this paper we aim to provide an additional list of wasp species of the family Braconidae from Vietnam that were reported in the period 2004-2014. There are 18 species listed with information about their hosts, being agricultural pests controlled to some degree by these parasitoids. | CHI SINH HOC 2014, 36(4): 397-415 The familyTAP Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Vietnam DOI: DOI: AN ADDITIONAL LIST WITH NEW RECORDS OF BRACONID WASPS OF THE FAMILY Braconidae (Hymenoptera) FROM VIETNAM Khuat Dang Long1*, Cornelis van Achterberg2,3 1 2 Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), VAST, *khuatdanglong@ Department of Terrestrial Zoology (RMNH), Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands 3 College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China ABSTRACT: Braconidae (Hymenoptera) is one of two most diverse families of Hymenoptera and both belong to the superfamily Ichneumonoidea, most braconid wasps are known as parasitoids of other insects damaging agricultural crops, many members of the parasitic braconid wasps are the important agents for biological control of insect pests. This paper presented the list of 210 braconid wasps of the family Braconidae from Vietnam with the information of the museums where the types are deposited, the published papers of the first record of braconid species in Vietnam, hosts and distribution of braconid species. Sixty two species recorded for the first time from Vietnam, which is of the 492 braconid species belonging to 24 subfamilies now known from Vietnam. Additionally, there are 18 species listed with information about their hosts, being agricultural pests controlled to some degree by these parasitoids. Keywords: Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae, checklist, distribution, diversity, new record, parasitoids, types, Vietnam. INTRODUCTION The family Braconidae is the second-most species-rich group of the Hymenoptera and its members of this family occur world-wide. Braconid wasps are either ectoparasitoids or entoparasitoids of other insects. Braconids are essential to maintain an ecological balance in ecosystems because of their ability to respond in a density-dependent manner to the population size of their hosts. .
