Communication by substrate-borne mechanical waves is widespread in insects. The
specifics of vibrational communication are related to heterogeneous natural substrates that …

Due to human perceptional bias in favor of air-borne sounds, substrate-borne vibrational
signaling has been traditionally regarded as a highly specialized, inherently short-range …

Communication through substrate-borne vibrations has for long been recognized but in
comparison with air-borne sound it has received very little attention. However, in recent …

The internal phylogeny of the Ichneumonidae is investigated using parsimony analysis of a
large data set including 1001 partial 28S ribosomal DNA sequences, 621 of which are newly …

We test hypotheses for the evolution of a life history trait among a group of parasitoid wasps
(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), namely, the transition among koinobiont parasitoids …

Abstract† Kryptovelona carstengroehni gen. et sp. nov. and† Orussus juttagroehnae sp. nov.
are the first female members of the parasitoid wasp family Orussidae recorded from Baltic …

Anatomical studies and behavioural observations indicate that representatives of the
Orussidae use vibrational sounding to detect suitable oviposition sites. During host location …

The phylogenetic relationships of the suprageneric groups of the ichneumonid subfamily
Pimplinae (Hymenoptera) are re-assessed using 166 morphological and biological …

Insects have evolved complex sensory systems that are important for feeding, defence and
reproduction. Parasitoid wasps often spend much time and effort in searching for concealed …

In this chapter, we consider practical aspects of the foraging behaviour of insect natural
enemies in its widest sense (so wide that we even include a few examples concerning non …