Bracon (Bracon) trucidator MARSHALL

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 : 1792

Bracon (Bracon) trucidator MARSHALL

Bracon trucidator MARSHALL 1888: 93 , type locality: " Italie septentrionale (Canonica d’Adda)", female lectotype (and one female + one male paralectotypes, present designations) in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova; examined. - TOBIAS 1961: 155 as valid species (redescription, synonyms). PAPP 1966: 205 (as synonym of B. minutator ). SHENEFELT 1978: 1513 (as B. minutator var. trucidator , literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 123 (in key, valid species).

Bracon pannonicus SZÉPLIGETI 1904 (1901) : 159 (in key), 166 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female holotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - TOBIAS 1961: 155 (synonym with B. trucidator ). PAPP 1966 (type designation, as synonym with B. minutator ). SHENEFELT 1978: 1512 (as synonym of B. minutator , literature up to 1968). PAPP 2004: 179 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. trucidator ).

R e m a r k: The holotype specimen of B. pannonicus (jun. name) is identical in every specific feature with the nominate form B. trucidator (sen. name). The redescription, taxonomic position and the recognition by identification key of B. trucidator is planned to be presented in a revision of the European species of Bracon .