Viktor Fursov

• PhD
• Senior Researcher at Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

The present study was carried out in Diyarbakır (Çermik and Sur districts) and Mardin (Artuklu district) provinces in South-Eastern Anatolia Region of Türkiye in 2019-2020. The fruits of Rosa canina L. (Rosaceae) were collected in Diyarbakir and Mardin provinces of Türkiye and were brought to the laboratory for rearing. The fruits were exposed at a...

Philachyra Walker, 1971 is considered to be a separate genus and resurrected from syn-onymy with Tetramesa Walker 1848. An illustrated redescription of Philachyra maderae (Walker, 1852) comb. n. is provided based on the collection material from Ukraine, Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Turkey. Collection is deposited at the I.I. Schm...

The samples representing 6,930,352 units of storage, united in 694 collections, were deposited in the scientific collections of the Institute of Zoology (Kyiv, Ukraine) by the end of 2022. About 34,000 animal species belonging to 8,424 genera, 96 orders, 20 classes and 8 phyla are represented in 627 systematic collections (Chapter I). About 22,000...

A list of hitherto little-known species of alien insects recorded in Ukraine in the last 20 years.

Gumovsky, A. V. & Fursov, V. N. Taxonomic observations on Monorthochaeta (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in Ukraine, and biological notes on M. nigra.-Two species of egg parasitoids of the trichogrammatine genus Monorthochaeta Blood, 1923 are recorded in Ukraine: M. nigra Blood and M. galatica Nowicki. Monorthochaeta adanaensis Doğanlar, 2002 syn....

Fursov V.M., Priyatelenko V.Ya. Positive effect of innovative construction of three-storey Vasyl Priyatelenko’s beehive on development, health and productivity of honeybee colonies. Abstract book of scientific-practical Conference “Beekeeping of Ukraine: challenges of wartime and international experience”, 18.August.2023, National Scientific Center...

New effective collecting methods, new collecting traps and entomological equipment for the effective collecting of the parasitic hymenopterans are described at the first time. Features of different new, original field collecting techniques, laboratory rearing and preserving of parasitic hymenopterans for Museum's collections are described and expla...

The first record of Acallocrates colonnellii in central part of Ukraine is given. The species was so far known in Ukraine from the Carpathians (Lviv Region).

H. Ghahari, B. Pintureau, G. Viggiani, M. Hayat, V.N. Fursov. Chapter 20. Family Trichogrammatidae Haliday, 1851. - pp. 282-295. - In Book: H. Ghahari, G. Gibson, G. Viggiani (Eds.). "Chalcidoidea of Iran (Insects: Hymenoptera)". - CABI International, 2021, 432 pp. Trichogramma sp.- ♀ (Trichogrammatidae) [photo courtesy of G. Viggiani] Trichogramma...

M.D. Zerova, J. L. Nieves-Aldrey, H. Ghahari, G. A.P. Gibson, V.N. Fursov. Chapter 14. Family Ormyridae Förster, 1856 - pp. 278-284 - In Book: H. Ghahari, G. Gibson, G. Viggiani (Eds.). "Chalcidoidea of Iran (Insects: Hymenoptera)". - CABI International, 2021, 432 pp.

M.D. Zerova, P.Janšta, H. Ghahari, M. Doganlar, V.N. Fursov, G. A.P. Gibson, I.E. Popescu. Chapter 19. Family Torymidae Walker, 1833. - pp. 264-281. - In Book: H. Ghahari, G. Gibson, G. Viggiani (Eds.). "Chalcidoidea of Iran (Insects: Hymenoptera)". - CABI International, 2021, 432 pp. Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood, 1833- ♀ (Torymidae) [photo cou...

M.D. Zerova, P. Janšta, H. Ghahari, G. A.P. Gibson, M. Doğanlar, I. E. Popescu, V.N. Fursov. - Chapter 12. Family Megastigmidae Thomson, 1876. - pp. 259-264. - In Book: H. Ghahari, G. Gibson, G. Viggiani (Eds.). "Chalcidoidea of Iran (Insects: Hymenoptera)". - CABI International, 2021, 432 pp.

Identification, distribution and host-plant associations of seed-feeding wasps (Hymenopera: Eurytomidae) of some rangelands in the central and southern Iran. Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research 18(2): 165-178. [in Persian with English summary]‬

Several species of chalcid wasps of the family Eurytomidae feed on seeds of various pasture plants. Due to a high damage caused to seeds by some eurytomid species, plants settlement are diminished in the pastures. This study was carried out during 2015-2017. Plant seeds were collected from 4 provinces of Iran including: Fars, Isfahan, Bushehr and C...

Within Hymenoptera, the superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcidoid wasps) is the second largest superfamily after Ichneumonoidea. Because of the preponderance of parasitoid species, Chalcidoidea is one of the most important groups in applied biological control. This book provides a comprehensive, accurate checklists for the chalcidoid fauna of Iran. The...

Within Hymenoptera, the superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcidoid wasps) is the second largest superfamily after Ichneumonoidea. Because of the preponderance of parasitoid species, Chalcidoidea is one of the most important groups in applied biological control. This book provides a comprehensive, accurate checklists for the chalcidoid fauna of Iran. The...

Ormyridae is one of the smallest families of Chalcidoidea, with Noyes (2019) listing 147 valid species in three genera: the cosmopolitan genus Ormyrus Westwood (145 species) and two monotypic genera, Ormyrulus Boucek (one species described from India) and Eubeckerella Narendran (one species described from Malaysia). Doganlar (1991) divided Ormyrus...

Within Hymenoptera, the superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcidoid wasps) is the second largest superfamily after Ichneumonoidea. Because of the preponderance of parasitoid species, Chalcidoidea is one of the most important groups in applied biological control. This book provides a comprehensive, accurate checklists for the chalcidoid fauna of Iran. The...

Within Hymenoptera, the superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcidoid wasps) is the second largest superfamily after Ichneumonoidea. Because of the preponderance of parasitoid species, Chalcidoidea is one of the most important groups in applied biological control. This book provides a comprehensive, accurate checklists for the chalcidoid fauna of Iran. The...

Biological data (in particular, on reproduction), main hosts, synonymy and distribution are reviewed for 14 species of the genus Trichogramma recorded in Ukraine. The species included inhabit natural and disturbed habitats, and are mass-reared by commercial enterprises. Trichogramma achaeae Nagarkatti & Nagaraja is reported for Ukraine for the firs...

A new species of the genus Eurytoma Illiger (family Eurytomidae), reared in Uzbekistan from the anthodia of Rhaponticum sp. (Asteraceae), is described. The new species belongs to the robusta group comprising 62 species ; the group was revised by the fi rst author in 2010 (Zerova, 2010). The species of this group are characterized by the following f...

A new species of the genus Eurytoma Illiger (family Eurytomidae), reared in Uzbekistan from the anthodia of Rhaponticum sp. (Asteraceae), is described. The new species belongs to the robusta group comprising 62 species ; the group was revised by the fi rst author in 2010 (Zerova, 2010). The species of this group are characterized by the following f...

Seventeen species of three genera, Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1888; Eurytoma Illiger, 1807 and Systole Walker, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) were reared from 25 plant species collected in rangelands of Qom province in Iran during 2011–2017. Their host plants belong to 4 families: Asteracae, Apiaceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae. Six species, Bruchophagus d...

Seventeen species of three genera, Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1888; Eurytoma Illiger, 1807 and Systole Walker, 1832(Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) were reared from 25 plant species collected in rangelands of Qom province in Iran during 2011–2017. Their host plants belong to 4 families: Asteracae, Apiaceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae. Six species, Bruchophagus de...

LIST of http-web-LINKS to 500 original video about Entomology which were originally created by Dr Victor Fursov, Entomologist, Beekeeper, Teacher (last edition 02.January, 2020) and uploaded on YouTube VIDEO stock. Welcome to click and watch. SUBJECTS: Trichogrammatidae, Trichogramma, Prestwichia, Mymaridae, Caraphractus, Eurytomidae, Eurytoma, B...

Chilo partellus Swinhoe, 1885 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), which is currently found in many parts of the world, is a very damaging maize stem borer in Indian subcontinent and South and Eastern Africa. In 2014, it was recorded for the first time in Turkey. This pest is normally controlled by insecticides. Concerns of the negative effects of incessant u...

The new species, Bruchophagus ayadi sp.n., is reared from seed pods of Melilotus officinalis (L.) Desr. (Fabaceae) in Iran (Lorestan). The new species is close to B. platypterus (Walk.), but differs by roundish abdomen and very gibbous, almost globular (in lateral view) mesosoma. These species can be also differentiated by some biological features....

The parasitic chalcid wasp Eurytoma coleopterae Zerova, 1978 (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) is re-described and illustrated. For the first time parasitoid E. coleopterae is reared from the larvae of weevil Metapion sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), developing in seeds of Ruta sp. (Rutaceae) in Turkey. Also for the first time chalcid wasp E. coleopterae...

Two new minute egg parasitoid wasp species belonging to the genus Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), T. chagres sp. nov. and T. soberania sp. nov., were found in a tropical lowland rainforest in Panama, Central America. In this paper, we describe, illustrate and discuss the biology and morphological and molecular characterization of the...

Fursov V.N. About the nature and insects in Japan. Part-1. – Journal “Kraina Znaniy (Country of Knowledge)” (Кiev, Ukraine), 2015, № 5, p.27-29, p.33. (in Russian)

Systole irana sp. n. and S. dzintari sp. n. are described from Iran. Systole complanata Zerova is recorded from Iran for the first time. These three Systole species belong to the subgenus Systole ( Systole ). The species of this subgenus have trophic associations with plants of family Apiaceae. An identification key to species of Systole from Iran...

Darkling beetle Zophobas atratus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) is recorded here for the first time as a new species for the fauna of Ukraine. Detailed study on morphology of preimaginal stages and biology of this species recently introduced to Ukraine, is given here. Zophobas atratus is an important species being easily reared in laboratory cultures...

The species Exeurytoma anatolica Сam (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae), formerly known only from Turkey, was reared from seeds of Astragalus angustiflorus (C.Koch) (Fabaceae) in Iran for the first time. It is a firstly record of A. angustiflorus as a new host plant for Ex. anatolica. The species Ex. anatolica and Ex. сaraganae are phytophago...

The list of type specimens of chalcid wasps of four families (Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae, Encyrtidae) described by experts of Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences after 2012 is given. Data of original labels and reference to original description are given for each taxon. The catalogue includes types of 41 nominal...

1. Kalyuzhnaya M.O., Fursov V.N., Vasiliev O.O., Zbiranik OV., Kulinich V.M., Gumovsky A.V. The distance of a field distribution of Trichogramma evanescens Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) from the release point. – Information Bulletin WPRS IOBC, Vol. 53, 2018, Materials of International Scientific-Practical Conference “Biological Co...

Several species of the genus Bruchophagus Ashmaed, 1888 (Hym.: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) feed on seeds of pasture and medical plants and cause damage to these plants in rangelands. During 2011-2017, seeds of different plant families (Asteracae, Apiaceae, Campanulaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Ephedraceae, Fabaceae (Leguminosae), Lamiaceae, Scrophulariace...

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A new species, Eurytoma koreana Zerova et Fursov, sp. n., is described from South Korea. The new species is closely related to Eurytoma verticillata (Fabricius) but differs in the structure of the antennae and the fore wings in both sexes. The holotype and paratypes are deposited in the collection of the Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sc...

Vasiliev O.O, Fursov V.N., Kolesnikov L.O., Konverskaya V.P. Features of the technology of production and use of Trichogramma (Trichogrammatidae, Hymenoptera) species against the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilale Hubner) in corn // Entomological reading in the memory of prominent scientists-entomologists V.P. Vasiliev and M.P. Dyadechko / Mate...

Vasiliev O.O., Fursov V.N., Kolesnikov L.O., Konverskaya V.P. Problems and perspectives of using Trichogramma against the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilale Hubner) on corn crops in Ukraine // Entomological reading in the memory of prominent scientists-entomologists V.P. Vasiliev and M.P. Dyadechko / Materials of the All-Ukrainian Scientific an...

Vasiliev A.V., Kolesnikov L.A., Fursov V.N., Konverskaya V.P. Biological protection of plants: use of Trichogramma in corn, Part 2. // Journal "Agrarian Week", Kyiv, 2017, December, № 12 (325), C. 54-56. (in Ukrainian language) Васильев А.В., Колесников Л.А., Фурсов В.Н., Конверская В.П. Біологічний захист рослин: використання Трихограми на кукуруд...

Zerova M. D., Fursov V. N. Redescription and New Data on Distribution of Glyphomerus flavabdomen with a Key to the Palaearctic Species of the Genus Glyphomerus (Hymenoptera, Torymidae). — Vestnik Zoologii, 2017, Vol.51 (6), pp.527-530. A detailed redescription of Glyphomerus flavabdomen based on a previously unknown material from Georgia is represe...

Vasiliev A.V., Fursov V.N., Kolesnikov L.A., Konverskaya V.P. Trichogramma in the biological control of Ostrinia nubilalis Hubner on corn in Ukraine // Proposition (Journal of Agro-business in Ukraine, Kyiv), 2017, № 11 (266), pp. 74-77 (in Ukrainian language). Васильев А.В., Фурсов В.Н., Колесников Л.А., Конверская В.П. Трихограма: біологічнbq зах...

Vasiliev A.V., Kolesnikov L.A., Fursov V.N., Konverskaya V.P. Biological protection of plants: use of Trichogramma in corn, Part 1. // Journal of Agrarian Week, Kyiv, 2017, November, № 11 (324), P. 52-54. (in Ukrainian language) Васильев А.В., Колесников Л.А., Фурсов В.Н., Конверская В.П. Біологічний захист рослин: використання Трихограми на кукуру...

For the first time the phytophagous chalcid wasp B. robiniae was reared from host seeds of Robinia viscosa Ventenat, in the environs of Ankara, Turkey. New data on biology and distribution are given.

The description of innovative modification of effective and healthy 3-storey Ukrainian beehive with unique frames with metal top bars, which was created by Ukrainian beekeeper and innovator Vasyl Priyatelenko, is given in the article. These modifications of beehives are produced in Ukraine. Beehives are available on mail orders. E-mail for contacts...

The phytophagous chalcid wasp Bruchophagus sophorae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) is redescribed and illustrated. B. sophorae is recorded for the first time in Turkey and France, from seeds of Styphnolobium japonicum, and from Kazakhstan, from seeds of a new host plant, Sophora alopecuroides. New data on the biology, the stages of ovipos...

Collections deposited at the Institute of Zoology (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv — SIZK) having the Ukrainian National Heritage status are reviewed. The his-tory of their formation and importance for the development of fundamental and applied science are shown. They contain over 6.1 million conservation units forming 328 collections...

Scientific Fund Collections of I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine. — Akimov, I. A., Kharchenko, V. A., Puchkov, A. V., Zerova, M. D., Kolodochka, L. A., Anistratenko, V. V., Fursov, V. M., Cherney, L. S., Levchuk, O. M. — Collections deposited at the Institute of Zoology (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv — SIZK) ha...

1 Інститут зоології ім. І. І. Шмальгаузена НАН України (Київ) 2 Президія НАН України (Київ) Scientific Fund Collections of I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine. — Akimov, I. A., Kharchenko, V. A., Puchkov, A. V., Zerova, M. D., Kolodochka, L. A., Anistratenko, V. V., Fursov, V. M., Cherney, L. S., Levchuk, O. M. — Collections dep...

The parasitoid species, Necremnus cosmopterix Ribeset Bernardo (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was first recorded in Turkey in 2014 as a larval parasitoid of tomato leaf-miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). N. cosmopterix recovered from T. absoluta larvae in Southeast Anatolia Region, Diyarbakır province of Turkey. Morphological cha...

A new species of Torymidae (Hymenoptera), Torymus leleji Zerova et Fursov, sp.n., is described from Japan. Both sexes were reared from galls of an undetermined midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on stems of a wormwood, Artemisia sp. (Asteraceae). The new species is most similar to T. poae (Hoffmeyer), but differs from it by short ovipositor, long funic...

South American tomato moth, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) has a great economical importance for the agriculture. Although the pest is a Neotropical species, it was also recorded in many countries of Palaearctic region. Turkey is among these countries since 2009, and the pest quickly infested tomato plantations across the countr...

Two new species of the genus Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 are described: Ch. masunagai Negrobov, Kumazawa, Tago sp. nov and Ch. saigusai Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago sp. nov. Chrysotus parilis Parent, 1926 is recorded from Japan for the first time. An identification key to all known species of the genus Chrysotus of Japan is presented together with a tree d...

Redescription of T. phragmitis (Erdös) based on type material is given, along with new data on its distribution in Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Israel, Tajikistan and Japan.

Priyatelenko V. Ya., Ilienko E. I., V. N. Fursov Modified three storey Priyatelenko's beehive with unique frames // Beekeepng in Ukraine ("Bdzhilnitsvo Ukraini" Journal, Kiev, Ukraine), 2015, issue 1, pages 146-149. (in English language) //Бджільництво України. - 2015. - Вип. 1. - С. 146-149. - Available also here: http://nbuv.gov.ua/UJRN/bdjukr_20...

Short review about the nature and occurence of different insects and animals in japan is given.

Eurytoma gleditsiae sp. n. reared from the seeds of Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Caesalpiniaceae) in Kyiv, Ukraine, is described. The new species apparently parasitize Megabruchidius dorsalis (Farhaeus) (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Fursov V.N., Zerova M.D. A new species of the genus Eurytoma (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) reared from the seeds o...

Eurytoma gleditsiae sp. n. reared from the seeds of Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Caesalpiniaceae) in Kyiv, Ukraine, is described. The new species apparently parasitize Megabruchidius dorsalis (Farhaeus) (Coleoptera, Bruchidae).

The 43rd International Apicultural Congress Apimondia took place in the Ukrainian capital, the city of Kiev on September 29th – October 04th 2013, in which we were participants and presented our work. On November 04th – 9th 2014 we also participated in the 10th Apislavia Congress which was arranged concurrently with the 4th International Mugla Beek...

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Fursov, V. N. A review of genera of egg parasitoids of the family Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) occurring in Ukraine, with an illustrated key. Abstract. Twenty-two genera of egg parasitoids of the family Trichogrammatidae of the fauna of Ukraine are reviewed. Brief data on the morphology, biology and distribution of egg-parasitoids...

Occasionally introduced tramp ant species Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) is recorded for the first time from the greenhouse of the Kiev Zoo (center of the city of Ukraine) and in the greenhouses of National M.M.Grishko Botanical Garden (Vydubichi region of Kiev, Ukraine), and one sample - at the private apartment...

About Ukrainian beekeeper, founder of cultural beekeeping and ithe first inventor of movable frames in Ukraine in 1814, Petro Prokopovich. Review of the Scientific Conference “Petro Prokopovich place in the world of beekeeping" which was held in Kiev, Ukraine in 2013.

Two new species of the genus Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 are described, namely Ch. kumazawai sp. n. from Japan (Honshu) and Russia (Sakhalin) and Ch. tagoi sp. n. from Japan (Honshu). Holotypes of the new species are deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg, Russia). Ch. laesus (Wiedemann, 1817) is recorded...

Thirty-five females of Megabruchidius dorsalis(Farhaeus) emerged 28–30.11.2014 from dry pods of Gleditsia triacanthos (with 12 to 23 seeds in each pod) collected 27.11.2014 in Darnytsia, Kyiv, Ukraine (50°26'56'' N, 30°36'52.7'' E). Entomological material is deposited in the collection of I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyi...

Two new species of the genus Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 are described, namely Ch. kumazawai sp. n. from Japan (Honshu) and Russia (Sakhalin) and Ch. tagoi sp. n. from Japan (Honshu). Holotypes of the new species are deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg, Russia). Ch. laesus (Wiedemann, 1817) is recorded...

The new species from Japan Dolichopus kumazawai Maslova, Negrobov et Fursov, sp. n. is described. The species is close to Dolichopus vaillanti Parent, 1927 and can be distinguished from latter by wings without stigma, postpedicel 1.7 times greater than its width, hind basitarsus mostly yellow.

Priyatelenko V.Ya, Fursov V.N., Ilienko E.V. Innovative technology of healthy beekeeping on the base of modified three-storey Priyatelenko’s beehive and unique frames with ‘n’-shaped top bars. – Proceedings of 4-th International Mugla Beekeeping & Pine Honey Congress concurrently with 20-th APISLAVIA Beekeeping Congress, Mugla, Turkey, 05-09.XI.201...

A New Species of Dolichopus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Japan. Negrobov, O. P., Fursov, V. N., Selivanova, O. V. - Dolichopus satoi Negrobov, Fursov et Selivanova, sp. n. is described from Japan and compared with a closely related species, D. mediovenus Negrobov, 1977 which is recorded from Japan for the first time. The pictures of morphological...

Description of A new species of Dolichopus Latreille, 1798 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Japan - The new species from Japan Dolichopus kumazawai Maslova, Negrobov et Fursov, sp. n. is described. The species is close to Dolichopus vaillanti Parent, 1927 and can be distinguished from latter by wings without stigma, postpedicel 1.7 times greater than...

Priyatelenko V.Ya, Fursov V.N., Ilienko E.V. Innovative technology of healthy beekeeping on the base of modified three-storey Priyatelenko’s beehive and unique frames with ‘n’-shaped top bars. – Proceedings of 4-th International Mugla Beekeeping & Pine Honey Congress concurrently with 20-th APISLAVIA Apicultural Congress, Mugla, Turkey, 05-09.XI.20...

A Ukrainian beehive which allows the bees to build a nest as they would in a hollow tree.

Fursov V.N., Kotenko A.G. To the memory of Ukrainian entomologist Valeriy Mikhailovich Ermolenko. - Vestnik Zoologii, 2012, №1(4), P.381-382.

Fursov V.N., Kotenko A.G. About Valeriy Mikhailovich Ermolenko. To 90th anniversary of his birthday. Ukrainian entomological Journal. 2012, № 1 (4), PP.66-83. (in Russian)

Gokhman V.E., Mikhailenko A.P., Fursov V.N. Chromosomes of Blastophaga psenes L. (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae). – Journal of Hymenoptera Research (USA). – 2010, Vol. 19, №. 1, P.187-188. (in English).

Nine new species of scelionids collected in Japan, Israel, and the Ukraine, Calotelea shimurai Kononova et Fursov, C. japonica Kononova, C. stellae Kononova, Calliscelio recens Kononova, C. floridum Kononova, C. parilis Kononova, C. ordo Kononova, Oxyscelio florum Kononova, and O. perpensum Kononova, are described. A brief morphological characteris...

Fursov V.N. To the study of Blastophaga psenes (L.) (Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae) – an оbligate symbiont and pollinator of the fig, Ficus carica L. (Rosales: Moraceae), in the Crimea, Ukraine. – The Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette (Izvesiya Kharkov Entomological Society). – 2007 (2008), Vol.15, Issue 1-2, P.174-184. (in Russian)

The Chapter: Family Trichogrammatidae. – P.963-989. – In book: Lelei A.S. (Eds.) "Identification Keys to insects of the Far East of Russia in VI volumes". – 2007, Vladivostok, Dal'nauka Publisher, Vol.4, Part 5, 1052 pp. (in Russian)

Based on the materials collected in Japan, descriptions and differentiated diagnoses of nine new species of the genera Gryon, Idris, and Ceratobaeus are given. Gryon incrassatum is close to G. mischa Kononova but differs from it in the sculpture of head (the head is without transverse wrinkles from above, with large cells; superficial frontal deepe...

Fursov V.N., Blanco J.M.C., Cancino E.R. 39.Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera). – In: Bousquets J.L., Morrone J.J., Ordonez O.Y., Fernandez I.V. (Eds.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de Artropodos de Mexico: Hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento. – Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico, 2004. – P.747-752. (in Spanish language)

Males and females of Lathromeroi-dea silvarum Nowicki, 1937 were reared from eggs of water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae) and preda-ceous water diving beetles (Dytiscidae) in rice paddy fields in Japan for the first time. Recorded hosts are Berosus punctipennis Harold, B. lewisius Sharp (Hy-drophilidae), Rhantus pulverosus (Stephens) and Eretes...

Fursov V.N. How to collect entomophagous insects (Manual on Collecting, rearing and preservation of entomophagous insects (Hymenoptera Parasitica). – Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Entomological Society, National Ecological Naturalistic Center, Kiev, Ukraine. – “Logos” Publisher, Kiev, 2003....

Fursov V.N., Shirota Y., Nomiya T., Yamagishi K. New fossil mymarommatid species, Palaeomymar japonicum, sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatidae), discovered in Cretaceous amber from Japan. - Entomological Science (Journal of Japanese Entomological Society). – 2002. – Vol.5. – № 1. – Р.51-54. Palaeomymar japonicum sp. nov. is described from Upper Cretac...

Diving wasps, Prestwichia aquatica Lubbock 1864, were videorecorded in a flat microaquarium under a dissecting microscope. Records were analyzed frame by frame. P aquatica of 0.9 mm body size swims with the aid of legs with 5-7 mm/s, striking about 7 cycles per second. Walking on the dry ground or underwater, it advances 2.8-3.5 mm/s, stepping abou...

Fursov V.N. Application of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) in biological control of pests in China. – Bulletin (Izvestiya) of Kharkov Entomological Society, 2000, vol.8, № 1, P.146-149. (in Russian) Фурсов В.Н. Применение видов рода трихограмма (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) в биологическом методе защиты растений в Китае. - Известия...

Four new species of the genus Baeus Hal. are described: B. rufus Kononova et Fursov sp. n., B. nigrum Kononova et Fursov sp. n., B. japonicus Kononova et Fursov sp. n., B. mirandus Kononova sp. n. A key to identifying palaearctic species is given. The type material is deposited in the collection of the Institute of Zoology, National Ukrainian Acade...

Hirai K., Fursov V.N. Description of Trichogramma yawarae Hirai et Fursov and redescription of Trichogrmma japonicum Aschm. (Trichogrammatidae, Chalcidoidea, Hymenoptera) from Japan // Ukrainian Entomological Journal, 1998, Vol.4, № 3-4, P. 35-40. (in English)

A world review of genus Uscana (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae): egg-parasitoids of bruchid beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchidae)

About 600 parasitic species and 500 predaceous species of entomophagous insects (totally 1100 species) are reviewed in the book. Data for entomophagous insects associated with fruit-damaging, leaf-feeding and leaf-mining pests of apple treesare given. Identification keys, descriptions and color pictures of adults and white-and-black pictures of det...

Entomophagous insects of the pests of apple-trees in the South-West of the USSR.

Species of the chalcidoid genus Eurytoma associated with stone fruits are studied for the Palaearctic region. The eight species known to have such an association are: E. amygdali Enderlein, E. maslovskii Nikol'skaya, E. padi Veresh-chagin, E. samsonowi Vasiljev, E. schreineri Schreiner, E. turkestanica sp. n., E. paramygdali sp. n. and E. armenica...

The Palaearctic species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) developing in stone fruits (Rosacea: Prunoidea)

Zerova M.D., Fursov V.N. A catalogue of species of the genus Trichogramma (Westwood) of the world (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae). - Published by Institute of Zoology of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, 1989, Publication 89.4, 1-52 pp.