A total of 48 species of braconid wasps (excluding 16 Aphidiidae) are
here reported as occurring in the Maltese Islands, of which 38 species are reported
for the first time from this territory. The braconid species of Malta belong to 13
subfamilies, of which two are the richest in terms of species diversity: Braconinae
with 10 and Microgastrinae with 16 species. One Microgastrinae, Dolichogenidea
zerafai sp. n. is described and distinguished from closely related species. The
majority of the known species are widely distributed in Europe or in the Palaearctic.
The braconid material is deposited in D. Mifsud’s private collection, with a few
duplicates in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.peer-reviewe
