Three Malaise traps were used, respectively, in a degrading area, native wood area and gallery forest at the Unidade de Conservação Teixeira Soares, Marcelino Ramos, RS, from November, 1999 to December, 2000. A total of 2,442 braconid specimens were collected distributed in 23 subfamilies, most of them coming from gallery forest. Many genera constitute new occurrences to Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Microgastrinae, Rogadinae, Opiinae and Helconinae were the most abundant groups, representing 78.3% of the total. The 885 Microgastrinae specimens were identified and distributed into 28 genera. Glyptapanteles was the most common in all sampled points, followed by Apanteles and Diolcogaster. Indexes of occurrence and dominance, diversity and equitability are also presented.
Bio-indicator; Brazil; Malaise trap; parasitoids
