Revision of Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) with descriptions of 13 new species.

The Old World braconine wasp genus Cameron is revised. The genus is recorded from the island of Madagascar for the first time based on two new species, Quicke & Butcher, and Quicke & Friedman, Quicke, is described from Australia; Quicke & Friedman, is described from Ethiopia; Quicke & Butcher, is described from Congo; van Noort, is described from Tanzania; Quicke & Friedman, , Ranjith, , Ranjith, and Ranjith, are described from India; Quicke & Butcher, , Quicke & Butcher, , and Quicke & Butcher, are described from Thailand. is recorded from Thailand for the first time.

Now you see me, now you don't: verifying the absence of alien invasive yellow crazy ant in South Africa.

is an invasive species that is a major threat to native ecosystems worldwide. It has been listed as one of the top 100 worst invasive species in the world and is well known for its negative impact on native arthropods and some vertebrates. This study aimed to confirm the presence or absence of in some major South African harbours.

New genera of Afrotropical Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera: Cerocephalidae, Epichrysomallidae, Pirenidae and Pteromalidae).

As a preliminary step towards the development of a key to genera of several families of Afrotropical Chalcidoidea, seven new genera in four families are described: Cerocephalidae- Mitroiu, gen. nov. (type species: Mitroiu, sp.

Out of the desert: Paleoclimatic changes drove the diversification of arid-adapted Ocymyrmex ants in southern Africa.

A highly endemic ant fauna is found in the arid regions of southern Africa, including species in the genus Ocymyrmex. This genus of ants has higher species richness in the western arid regions of southern Africa compared to tropical and subtropical parts of the continent. The processes that have produced these patterns of diversity and distribution of arid adapted ants in southern Africa have never been investigated.