Ichneumon ornator Fabricius, 1787

Sarmiento, Carlos E., M & Sharkey, Michael, 2005, On the status of some species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. C. Fabricius and the synonymy of Dichelosus Szépligeti with Coccygidium De Saussure, Zootaxa 1067, pp. 59-68 : 64

282. Ichneumon ornator Fabricius, 1787

Fabricius (pg. 264) noted Cayenne, French Guiana as the type location. Zimsen (1964) stated that there are two type specimens deposited in the Kiel collection. We looked at these specimens and found that one, which does not have a label, is a member of the genus Lasiophorus (Braconinae) . We attached a label to it with the following text: BRACONINAE Lasiophorus sp., Det.: M. Sharkey 2004. The second specimen is a male Agathidinae ( Fig. 5 ) with the label “ ornator mihi” ( Fig. 6 ). Because this label has all of the characteristics of Fabricius’ calligraphy ( Zimsen, 1964), we designate it as the lectotype. We attached a label to it with the following text: LECTOTYPE, Ichneumon ornator Fabricius, 1787 , designated by Sarmiento, C. 2004.

Systema Piezatorum (1804: 106) Fabricius transferred Ichneumon ornator to Bracon and the Fabricius specimens in the ZMUC are stored under this generic name. Roman (1912) transferred it to the subgenus Ipobracon of Bracon . Shenefelt (1978) cited this species as Bracon ornator (Fabricius) and indicated that the systematic position needs correcting. Horstmann (2001) stated that the species belongs to the Braconidae without giving further comments. Here we consider this species to be a junior synonym of Coccygidium hospitator ( Fabricius, 1775) .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. 1, Lectotype of Coccygidium hospitator. 2. Label attached to the C. hospitator lectotype. 3. Lectotype of Hemibracon similator. 4. Label attached to the H. similator lectotype. 5. Lectotype of Ichneumon ornator. 6. Label attached to the I. ornator lectotype. 7. Lectotype of Coccygidium anator. 8. Label attached to the C. anator lectotype. 9. Lectotype of Coccygidium pennator. 10. Label attached to the C. pennator lectotype. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.