Coccygidium hospitator ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 61-63

Coccygidium hospitator ( Fabricius, 1775) . New Combination

— Ichneumon hospitator Fabricius, 1775 Systema Entomologiae, 335. Lectotype: Female, “ hospitator mihi” [= of me], Kiel collection, ZMUC, here designated.

— Ichneumon ornator Fabricius, 1787 , Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. 99. Male? [sic], Cajennae Dom. Von Rohr. [ French Guiana]. ZMUC. New Synonymy

— Bracon ornator ( Fabricius, 1793) ; Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum. Carolum Reichard, Brunsviga: 106. New Synonymy

— Bracon hospitor Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum. Carolum Reichard, Brunsviga: 106 [unjustified emendation]

— Dichelosus fuscipennis Szépligeti, 1902 , Természetrajzi Füzetek. 25: 71 Female, “ Brasilien: Teffe”. Deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary, Budapest (HNHM). New Synonymy.

— Ichneumon ornator Fabricius, 1787 ; Shenefelt, R.D. 1978. Braconidae 10. Braconinae, Gnathobraconinae, Mesestoinae, Pseudodicrogeniinae, Telengainae, Ypsistocerinae , plus Braconidae in general, major groups, unplaced genera and species. In: Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Pars 15. pp. 1425­1872.

281. Bracon similator Fabricius, 1804

Fabricius described this species in his Sytema Piezatorum (pg. 106) and he cited America meridionali, Essequibo Smidt mus. De Sehestedt, as the collection locality. Zimsen (1964: 372) stated that the type series includes two specimens from Copenhagen and three from the Kiel collection. Shenefelt (1978) identified this species as a member of the Doryctinae . Actually the type series of B. similator Fabricius includes specimens of three braconid subfamilies, Doryctinae , Braconinae, and Agathidinae.

Specimens from the Copenhagen collection: The first specimen has a red label “ Type ”, and a second label “ Essequibo Smidt mus. De Sehestedt, Bracon similator Fabr. ” A second specimen only has a red label with the text “ type ”. Both of these are conspecific and are Megaloproctus nr harpactorinus ( Doryctinae ). We attached a label to these specimens with the following information: DORYCTINAE , Megaloproctus nr harpactorinus Det.: M. Sharkey 2004.

Specimens from the Kiel collection: The first specimen is a female without any label and it is a specimen of Coccygidium nigrobalteata ( Cameron, 1911) ; we attached the following label to it: AGATHIDINAE Coccygidium nigrobalteata ( Cameron, 1911) , Det.: C. Sarmiento 2004. The second specimen is an undescribed species of Coccygidium . The third specimen ( Fig. 3 ) only has a Fabricius style label “ similator ” ( Fig. 4 ). It is a member of the genus Hemibracon (Braconinae) Following Zimsen´s (1964) descriptions of Fabricius’ type specimen labels we believe that this is the best candidate for the lectotype of the species; Shenefelt (1978) stated that this species belongs to the subfamily Doryctinae but he did not designate a lectotype nor did he suggest a generic placement for it. We transfer the species to the genus Hemibracon (Braconinae) . We attached a label to this specimen with the following information: LECTOTYPE, Bracon similator, Fabricius, 1804 , Designated by Sarmiento, C. 2004. The type series is clearly composed of different genera, and it is clear from Fabricius' original description that he included specimens with both short and long ovipositors.

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.