Litvinova S.V., Rak N.S. 2026. Material on the fauna of insect entomophages in the territory of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute in Murmanskaya Oblast, Russia // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.25. No.2: 69–72 [in English].
The Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute imeni N.A. Avrorina, separate subdivision of the FRС KSC RAS, Botanic str., Murmanskaya Oblast, Kirovsk 184256 Russia. E-mail: litvinvasvetlana203@rambler.ru, rakntlj@rambler.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.25.02.02
ABSTRACT. The article presents data on the fauna of insect entomophages in the territory of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden. A list of entomophages is provided, including 15 species from 13 genera, 5 families, and 5 orders. It is noted that the number of beneficial insects is low and they are not encountered every year. Aphidophages and mixoentomophages with aphids as the main food source predominate. Among the species found, the majority of beneficial insects belong to the family Coccinellidae. Two species, Aphidius rosae (Haliday, 1834) and Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Rondani, 1847) are registered to the fauna of the Murmanskaya Oblast for the first time.
KEY WORDS: Fauna, natural entomophage, species composition, first records.