Taxonomic research on the fauna of Aleiodes wesmael, 1838 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) of Ardahan, Bingol, Bitlis, Erzurum, Kars, Mus, Sivas and Van provinces

In order to contribute to Turkey's Aleiodes genus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) fauna, material was collected from different habitats of the provinces Ardahan, Bingöl, Bitlis, Erzurum, Kars, Muş, Sivas and Van . Adult specimens were collected using sweeping nets and malaise traps. The obtained material was prepared and according to modern taxonomic rules and appropriately labeled. The samples were identified taxonomically using the relevant literature and comparison material. A total of 18 species were recorded under one genus and 4 subgenera. (Aleiodes) modestus (Reinhard, 1863) and Aleiodes (Neorhogas) fortipes (Reinhard, 1863) are new recod for fauna of Turkey. All other species are new records for the research area fauna. The distribution of the species according to the subgenus is as follows: The distribution of the species according to the subgenus is as follows: Aleiodes s. str. Wesmael, 1838: 12, Chelonorhogas Enderlein, 1912: 3, Neorhogas Szépligeti, 1906: 2 and Tetrasphaeropyx Ashmead, 1889: 1. Some of the samples are stored in the Zoology collection of Bitlis Eren University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, and some of them are stored in the collection of Trakya University Faculty of Science.