Pseudapanteles brunneus Ashmead, 1900

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex & Kula, Robert, 2014, Revision of the genus Pseudapanteles (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on the species in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, ZooKeys 446, pp. 1-82 : 13

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Pseudapanteles brunneus Ashmead, 1900

Pseudapanteles brunneus Ashmead, 1900: 292 (original description).

Apanteles brunneus : Szépligeti, 1904: 109 (revised combination).

Apanteles annulicornis : Wilkinson 1930: 154 (synonymized with Pseudapanteles annulicornis Ashmead, 1900).

Apanteles brunneus : Nixon 1965: 141 (revised status, see comments below).

Pseudapanteles brunneus : Mason 1981: 86 (revised combination).

Holotype.

♂ in BMNH (not examined). ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, St. Vincent Island (no further details known about the holotype locality).

Comments.

Only the holotype specimen is known. Wilkinson (1930) synonymized Apanteles brunneus with Apanteles annulicornis , but that was later questioned by Nixon (1965) after examining the hind wings of both holotypes. Nixon implied reinstatement of Apanteles brunneus as a valid species but he did not revise its status explicitly. However, Mason (1981: 86) treated brunneus as a valid species of Pseudapanteles . This is the only species that we were not able to photograph for the present revision.