Abstract
Aphid parasitoids have been recorded in many countries around the globe, however records in Colombia are few. Here, five primary parasitoids species, Aphidius platensis Brèthes, 1913, Aphidius funebris Mackauer, 1961, Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834, Aphelinus varipes (Förster, 1841), Aphelinus paramali Zehavi & Rosen, 1989, and two hyperparasitoids species, Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr, 1876) and Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouché, 1834) are newly recorded in Colombia. Two other primary parasitoids, Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson, 1880) and Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912 are newly recorded from the department of Valle del Cauca. 
Highlights
Members of the subfamily Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) and some members of the family Aphelinidae are solitary endoparasitoids of aphids (Starý 1968)
Despite the economic importance of aphids, they remain poorly studied in Colombia, and, as a consequence, studies on their parasitoids are very scarce, with only 3 species recorded in the country, Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912, Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson, 1880), and Praon volucre (Haliday, 1833) (Zenner de Polanía 1971, Campos 2001, Aragón et al 2007, León et al 1999)
In this work we expand the distributions of 5 species of primary parasitoids and 2 hyperparasitoids in Colombia
Summary
Members of the subfamily Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) and some members of the family Aphelinidae are solitary endoparasitoids of aphids (Starý 1968). Some members of well-known families of Hymenoptera, like Encyrtidae and Pteromalidae, are hyperparasitoids of aphids and, are presumed to minimize control by primary parasitoids (Bess and Haramoto 1959, McDonald and Kok 1991), mixed results have been described (Sullivan and Völkl 1999, Nofemela 2013). Some data on aphid parasitoids of the Neotropical region exist for Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, where species of Aphidius Nees, 1819 (Braconidae), Lysiphlebus Förster, 1862 (Braconidae), and some lesser-known genera (Binodoxys Mackauer, 1960, Ephedrus Haliday, 1833, Xenostigmus Smith, 1944, Lipolexis Förster 1862) have been found (Starý and Remaudiere 1982, Starý and Cermeli 1989, Starý et al 1993, 2007, Zamoras-Mejías et al 2010, Andorno et al 2016). Despite the economic importance of aphids, they remain poorly studied in Colombia, and, as a consequence, studies on their parasitoids are very scarce, with only 3 species recorded in the country, Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912, Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson, 1880), and Praon volucre (Haliday, 1833) (Zenner de Polanía 1971, Campos 2001, Aragón et al 2007, León et al 1999).
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