The wasps in the family Ichneumonidae are parasites of other insects, like Coleoptera, Diptera, Neuroptera and Lepidoptera, and are present in all land biomasses. Cryptinae is the largest subfamily and includes some of the most named species, very important in the biocontrol of other species that occasionally damage cultivated wood and the control of dangerous insects that attack trees. Two larvae of Taeniotes scalatus Gmelin (Coleoptera. Cerambycidae: Laminae) were collected that showed signs being parasitized by a Cryptanura sp wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae). In a fallen tree, Lacmella panamensis (Apocynaceae) we found larva of Taeniotes scalatus Gmelin that was parasitized by a Cryptanura sp wasp. Biological and ecological data of the parasitoid and the host are mentioned in this work.

Ten nests of Sceliphron fistularium were obtained in two sites: Panama Oeste province, shores of Gatun Lake, Jungle Land Panama, and the province of Panama in the building of the School of Biology, University of Panama, Central Campus. The complete nests consisted of 3 to 14 cells, making a total of approximately 79 cells among the 10 nests. The nests were tubular in shape with the upper end oval and the basal end with a slight decrease in acute form, arranged side by side along a horizontal axis, and were found attached to different artifacts: a telephone wire (Campus Central University of Panama, n = 2); in three plastic chairs and two in wooden ceiling beams, installations of a floating boat (Gatun Lake, Jungle Land Panama, chairs n = 5 and wood n = 3). The number of cells per nest ranged from 3 to 14, their length ranged from 32.5 to 38.6 mm and their diameter from 15.3 (anterior) to...

As far as we can increase the knowledge about parasitoids or any natural enemy of plagues, contributions are relevant. These groups of insects have an important value, since the help to maintain insect population equilibrium and specially insects that are also plagues in different terrestrial ecosystems. The aim of this work is to report for the first time the parasitoid Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in pupae of the butterfly Quadrus cerialis (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) over seedlings of Piper tuberculatum. These biological observations were made in the Biological Reserve Dr. Rodrigo Tarté, City of Knowledge, Panama province. Six seedlings of Piper reticulatum (Piperaceae); with a mean height of 0.5-1.0 meters, it was located in an open area on the sides of the path, asphalt road inside the Reserve (City of Knowledge). The material was collected and placed in insect hat...

The wasps in the family Ichneumonidae are parasites of other insects, like Coleoptera, Diptera, Neuroptera and Lepidoptera, and are present in all land biomasses. Cryptinae is the largest subfamily and includes some of the most named species, very important in the biocontrol of other species that occasionally damage cultivated wood and the control of dangerous insects that attack trees. Two larvae of Taeniotes scalatus Gmelin (Coleoptera. Cerambycidae: Laminae) were collected that showed signs being parasitized by a Cryptanura sp wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae). In a fallen tree, Lacmella panamensis (Apocynaceae) we found larva of Taeniotes scalatus Gmelin that was parasitized by a Cryptanura sp wasp. Biological and ecological data of the parasitoid and the host are mentioned in this work.

Ten nests of Sceliphron fistularium were obtained in two sites: Panama Oeste province, shores of Gatun Lake, Jungle Land Panama, and the province of Panama in the building of the School of Biology, University of Panama, Central Campus. The complete nests consisted of 3 to 14 cells, making a total of approximately 79 cells among the 10 nests. The nests were tubular in shape with the upper end oval and the basal end with a slight decrease in acute form, arranged side by side along a horizontal axis, and were found attached to different artifacts: a telephone wire (Campus Central University of Panama, n = 2); in three plastic chairs and two in wooden ceiling beams, installations of a floating boat (Gatun Lake, Jungle Land Panama, chairs n = 5 and wood n = 3). The number of cells per nest ranged from 3 to 14, their length ranged from 32.5 to 38.6 mm and their diameter from 15.3 (anterior) to...

As far as we can increase the knowledge about parasitoids or any natural enemy of plagues, contributions are relevant. These groups of insects have an important value, since the help to maintain insect population equilibrium and specially insects that are also plagues in different terrestrial ecosystems. The aim of this work is to report for the first time the parasitoid Palmistichus elaeisis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in pupae of the butterfly Quadrus cerialis (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) over seedlings of Piper tuberculatum. These biological observations were made in the Biological Reserve Dr. Rodrigo Tarté, City of Knowledge, Panama province. Six seedlings of Piper reticulatum (Piperaceae); with a mean height of 0.5-1.0 meters, it was located in an open area on the sides of the path, asphalt road inside the Reserve (City of Knowledge). The material was collected and placed in insect hat...