Bracon (Bracon) luteator SPINOLA

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 : 1788-1789

Bracon (Bracon) luteator SPINOLA

Bracon luteator SPINOLA 1808: 106 , type locality: "montibus Orerii" (near Torino, Italy), syntype series? and syntype series deposited in Museo Regionale di Scienze Narurali, Torino; not examined. - SHENEFELT 1978: 1504 (synonyms, variety and aberration, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 123 (in key). TOBIAS & BELOKOBYLSKIJ 2000: 124 (in key).

Bracon hypopygialis SZÉPLIGETI 1901a : as valid species 183 (in key), 271 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): as B. minutator var. hypopygialis 159 (in key), 166 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - TOBIAS 1961: 156 (as synonym of B. nigripedator NEES , type designation). SHENEFELT 1978: 1504 (as synonym of B. luteator , literature up to 1961). PAPP 2004: 176 (type designation and depository, as identical with B. luteator var. nigripedator NEES ).

Bracon intermedius SZÉPLIGETI 1901a : as valid species 183 (in key), 272 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): as B. minutator var. intermedius 159 (in key), 166 (description), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - TOBIAS 1961: 156 (as synonym of B. nigripedator NEES , type designation). SHENEFELT 1978: 1505 (as synonym of B. luteator , literature up to 1961). PAPP 2004: 176 (type designation and depository, as identical with B. luteator ).

Bracon pilosulus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a : as valid species 183 (in key), 271 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): as B. minutator var. pilosulus 159 (in key), 165 (description), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), syntype series (? one female) lost. - TOBIAS 1961: 156 (as synonym of B. nigripedator NEES ). SHENEFELT 1978: 1505 (as synonym of B. luteator , literature up to 1961). PAPP 2004: 179 (fixation of the lost of syntype series, as identical with B. luteator var. nigripedator ).

R e m a r k: The three taxa by SZÉPLIGETI in question are objective junior synonyms of B. luteator . This identity was indicated by SZÉPLIGETI himself relegating them as varieties of B. minutator (FABRICIUS) (which species was misinterpreted for a long time and clarified its true taxonomic position in the present paper by a reliable distinction from B. luteator ). The redescription and taxonomic position of B. luteator will be discussed in a revision of the European species of the genus Bracon .