Bracon (Bracon) intercessor NEES, 1834

Papp, J., 2008, A revision of the Bracon (subgenera Bracon s. str., Cyanopterobracon, Glabrobracon, Lucobracon, Osculobracon subgen. n., Pigeria) species described by SZÉPLIGETI from the western Palaearctic Region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1741-1837 : 1786-1787

Bracon (Bracon) intercessor NEES

Bracon intercessor NEES 1834: 71 (several female and male syntype specimens), locality: "prope Sickershausen" ( Germany) for female and " Italia " for female + male (syntype series destroyed). - SHENEFELT 1978: 1494 (synonyms, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (in key, synonyms, in Russian).

Bracon adjectus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 261 (in key), 274 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 160 (in key), 168 (description) (in German) " " =, type locality: "Iváncsa" ( Hungary), female holotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1462 (as valid species, literature up to 1968). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (in key, as new synonym of B. intercessor ). PAPP 2004: 171 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. intercessor var. fallaciosus SZÉPLIGETI ).

Bracon bisinuatus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 184 (in key), 273 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 161 (in key), 171 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1470 (as valid species, literature up to 1968). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (in key, as synonym of B. intercessor ). PAPP 2004: 171 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. intercessor ).

Bracon dubiosus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 185 (in key), 274 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 160 (in key), 169 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype (and one female paralectotype) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1495 (as synonym of B. intercessor after PAPP 1968: 200, literature up to 1968). TOBIAS 1986: not mentioned. PAPP 2004: 174 (type designations and depository, as synonym of B. intercessor ).

Bracon elegans SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 184 (in key), 273 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 160 (in key), 167 (description) (in German), type locality: "P.-Maróth" (=Pilismarót, Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1495 (as synonym of B. intercessor after PAPP 1968: 200, literature up to 1968). TOBIAS 1986: not mentioned. PAPP 2004: 174 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. intercessor ).

Bracon fallaciosus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 261 (in key), 274 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 161 (in key), 171 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype (and two female paralectotypes) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1495 (as B. intercessor var. fallaciosus after PAPP 1968: 200, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (as synonym of B. intercessor ). PAPP 2004: 174 (type designation and depository, as B. intercessor var. fallaciosus new status)).

Bracon fulvus SZÉPLIGETI 1896: 289 (description, in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 160 (in key), 171 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest: Rákospalota" ( Hungary), female lectotype (and one female paralectotype) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1633 (as valid species, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (in key, as synonym of B. intercessor ). PAPP 2004: 174 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. intercessor ).

Bracon mixtus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 184 (in key), 273 (description), 1904 (1901): 160 (in key), 167 (description) (in German), type locality: "P.-Maróth" (=Pilismarót, Hungary), female lectotype (and six female paralectotypes) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1514 (as valid species, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (as new synonym of B. intercessor ). PAPP 2004: 178 (type designation and depository, as B. intercessor var. mixtus new status).

Bracon mundus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 184 () , 262 () (in key), 274 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 161 (), 163 () (in key), 171 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype (and one female + two male paralectotypes) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1495 (as synonym of B. intercessor after PAPP 1968: 200, literature up to 1968). TOBIAS 1986: not mentioned. PAPP 2004: 178 (type designation and depository, as B. intercessor var. mundus new status).

Bracon nigropictus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 261 (in key), 275 (description) (as valid species), 1904 (1901): 167 (description as B. mixtus var. nigropictus ), type locality: "P.-Maróth" (=Pilismarót, Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1514 (as B. mixtus var. nigropictus , literature up to 1936). TOBIAS 1986: not mentioned. PAPP 2004: 178 (type designation and depository, as identical with B. intercessor var. mixtus ).

Bracon nitidiusculus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 261 (in key), 275 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 161 (in key), 172 (description) (in German), type locality: "Fonyód" ( Hungary), female holotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1462 (as synonym of B. adjectus after PAPP 1968: 196, literature up to 1968). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (in key, as synonym of B. intercessor ). PAPP 2004: 178 (type designation and depository, as identical with B. intercessor var. fallaciosus ).

Bracon subtilis SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 184 (in key), 272 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 160 (in key), 167 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1482 (as synonym of B. erythrostictus Marshall after Papp 1968: 198, literature up to 1968). Tobias 1986: not mentioned. PAPP 2004: 182 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. intercessor ).

Bracon suspectus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 184 (in key), 273 (description), 1904 (1901): 161 (in key), 170 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype (and one female paralectotype) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1544 (as valid species, literature up to 1971). TOBIAS 1986: 125 (in key, as new synonym of B. intercessor ). PAPP 2004: 182 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. intercessor ).

R e m a r k B. intercessor is a highly variable species viewing its body length, several corporal measurements, sculpture of tergites and colour pattern. This high variability is well indicated by the fact that the different deviating forms were described as many as twenty species by a few authors (the most by SZÉPLIGETI). The Nees Collection (braconids etc.) was destroyed at the end of the second world war; in the case of the species B. intercessor is particularly needed in the designation of the neotype to promote its unambiguous distinction from its nearest allies.