taxonID	type	description	language	source
27D2157212025DA8B0DAE53ED9115F7A.taxon	description	Figs 1 - 5, 6 - 11, 12 - 13, 14 - 15	en	van Achterberg, Cornelis, Lau, Clive Siu-Ki (2022): Biological notes on Rhysipolis taiwanicus Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rhysipolinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93: 81-87, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.93.94165, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.93.94165
27D2157212025DA8B0DAE53ED9115F7A.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. The bright yellow cocoons were on the upper side of the leaf and appeared to naked eyes as little fried eggs (Fig. 1). At closer look, they resembled elongated trampolines fixed to a leaf by silken threads (Figs 2 - 5). All cocoons were found at the distal part of the leaf (Fig. 1) and the average size was 5.67 + / - 0.63 mm long (Fig. 6). The wasps inside the cocoons were showing obvious movement (Figs 3 - 5) before hatching simultaneously 13 days after the collecting of the leaves. Checking for small lepidopterans occurring on Rhaphiolepis indica seems to be the best possible tactic to discover the unknown host of Rhysipolis taiwanicus. Rhaphiolepis indica is one of the most common shrubs on hillsides in Hong Kong. So far seven species of caterpillars are known to feed on this plant (Table 1). Given the recorded hosts of Rhysipolis species are mainly leaf-mining microlepidopterans belonging to the Gracillariidae and to a much lower degree to Gelechiidae, Psychidae and Pyralidae (Yu et al. 2016; Zhang et al. 2016), it may worth to have a close look at Dichomeris ochthophora Meyrick, 1936 (Li et al. 2010) in due course to investigate if it could be the unknown host of Rhysipolis taiwanicus Belokobylskij. A second choice would be Chalioides kondonis Kondo, 1922.	en	van Achterberg, Cornelis, Lau, Clive Siu-Ki (2022): Biological notes on Rhysipolis taiwanicus Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rhysipolinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93: 81-87, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.93.94165, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.93.94165
