The Braconid Biodiversity (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) of Bingöl and Diyarbakır Provinces (Eastern of Türkiye)

In this study, a total of 19 braconid species have been collected in Bingöl province and Diyarbakır around Euphorbia macroclada Boiss in the period between 2017 and 2023. The collected species belong to seven subfamilies: Agathidinae (one genus, one species), Braconinae (five genera, seven species), Cheloninae (one genus, five species), Euphorinae (one genus, one unidentified species), Microgastrinae (one genus, one species), Opiinae (one genus, one species), and Rogadinae (one genus, three species, with one unidentified species). All species are recorded for the first time from Bingöl and Diyarbakır (except for Agathis anglica Marshall (Agathidinae), Chelonus obscuratus Herrich-Schäffer (Cheloninae), Bracon variator Nees, and Vipio mlokossewiczi Kokujev (Braconinae)), and as a first record in association with Euphorbia macroclada. An unidentified Aleiodes sp. (Rogadinae) collected from Diyarbakır, it is likely to be a new species, however, it is recommended not to be named until more specimens are collected, as it is just a single specimen, and is missing some of its body parts (as broken antenna and some legs). A full description with illustrations is provided.