Bracon (Glabrobracon) fumatus SZÉPLIGETI, 1901

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 (1), pp. 1741-1837 : 1757-1758

Bracon (Glabrobracon) fumatus SZÉPLIGETI ( Figs 130-136 )

Bracon fumatus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 264 (in key) and 278 (description) (in Hungarian); 1904 (1901): 178 (in key) and 182 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype (and 11 + 6 paralectotypes) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; 1 + 1 paralectotypes in Biosystematic Research Institue, Ottawa and 1 paralectotype in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin as exchange material; examined. - FAHRINGER 1927: 249 (), 258 () (in keys) and 354 (redescription), assigned to "Section Lucobracon ". TELENGA 1936: 169 (), 178 () (in keys) and 266 (redescription) (in Russian); 372 (), 381 () (in keys, in German), assigned to section Luco-/ Orthobracon . SHENEFELT 1978: 1633 (female lectotype designated after PAPP 1974, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 142 (in key, in Russian). PAPP 1999: 277 (lectotype and paralectotypes designations, redesription, synonymy); 2004: 175 (type depository).

Bracon brunneipennis SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 268 (in key) and 282 (description) (in Hungarian); 1904 (1901): 188, 190 (in key) and 193 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype (and 9 paralectotypes) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - FAHRINGER 1927: as valid species 292, 296 (in key) and 1928: 440 (redescription), assigned to "Section Glabrobracon ". TELENGA 1936: as valid species 148 (), 154 () (in keys) and 203 (redescription) (in Russian), 350 (), 357 () (in keys, in German). TOBIAS 1976: 67 (in key, as synonym of B. fumatus ); 1986: 142 (as synonym of B. fumatus ). SHENEFELT 1978: 1559 (as valid species, literature up to 1936). PAPP 1999: 277 (as synonym of B. fumatus ); 2004: 172 (type depository).

Supplementary additions to the redescription of B. fumatus (PAPP 1999: 277-282) :

(1) Head in dorsal view 1.66 times ( Fig. 130 ) to 1.53 times ( Fig. 131 ) as broad as long. Eye in dorsal view one-fifth ( Fig. 130 ) to just longer ( Fig. 131 ) than temple; temple more rounded than in Fig. 26 (in PAPP 1999: 278). Hind femur 3.3-3.4 times as long as broad just distally ( Figs 132 ). Claw as in Fig. 134 .

(2) Variabilities of tergites 1-3: (a) Tergites 1-3 as in Fig. 32 (in PAPP l.c.); (b) Third tergite antero-medially more weakly rugulose-uneven than second tergite ( Fig. 136 ); (c) Second tergite medially rather longitudinally rugulose, third tergite usually smooth, or basally rugulose-uneven ( Fig. 135 ) or sculptured as under (b); (d) Fairly exceptionally tergites 1-3 entirely polished.

(3) Bracon brunneipennis is a dark form of the nominate B. fumatus : brown to blackish maculae of head and mesosoma more extended, tergites medially with light to dark brown maculae of variable extension.

H o s t unknown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Hungary, Ukraine, Kazakhstan (PAPP l.c.); France (1: Vaucluse, Les Constants), Spain (1: Catalonia, Tibidabo), Serbia (2: Kosovo, Peć), Tunisia (1: Nakta), Turkey (1: Kirklarelli, Lüleburques), Cyprus (1: Yermasoyia).

R e m a r k s: Within the subgenus Glabrobracon the species B. fumatus is nearest to B. brunescens FAHRINGER & SCHMIEDEKNECHT , B. dolichurus MARSHALL and B. hilarellus SCHMIEDEKNECHT ; the distinction of the four species is presented in PAPP (l.c).

Figures

Figs 130-136. Bracon fumatus SZÉPLIGETI 1901: (130-131) head in dorsal view: lectotype (130) and paralectotype (131), (132) hind femur: lectotype, (133) hind femur: paralectotype, (134) claw, (135-136) tergites 2-3: paralectotypes.

Figs 24-35. Bracon alutaceus S24-33 24 th th 25 ZÉPLIGETI 1901 (lectotype: Figs): () flagellum: first, second, 29 and 30 flagellomeres, () head in dorsal view, (26) head in letaral view, (27) ventral half of head in frontal view, (28) propodeum, (29) hind femur, (30) claw, (31) distal part of right fore wing, (32) first discal cell, (33) tergites 1-3, (34) head in dorsal view:, (35) hind femur:.