Bracon anator Fabricius, 1804

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 : 64-65

301. Bracon anator Fabricius, 1804

Fabricius (pg. 110) cited America meridionali as the type locality. According to Zimsen (1964: 373) six specimens of the type series are deposited in Copenhagen, and one in the Kiel collection. Shenefelt (1978: 1465) stated that its systematic position is uncertain and that a lectotype is needed. We examined three syntypes in the Kiel collection and four putative syntypes from the Copenhagen collection. Six of these specimens have a small green tag, indicating that they are probably Fabrician types for which the original labels were replaced ( Zimsen, 1964). Of these six, a female from the Kiel collection ( Fig. 7 ) has two additional labels, one with the text “ Type ” and the other with the following data: Essequibo, Smidt, mus, Dom. Lund. Bracon anator Fabr. ( Fig. 8 ). These data match the information provided by Fabricius in the original description. We designate this specimen as the lectotype and we attached a label with the following information: LECTOTYPE, Bracon anator Fabricius, 1804 , Designated by Sarmiento, C. 2004. The second specimen of the Kiel collection is a conspecific male with a red label with the text “ Type ” and an additional small green tag. The third specimen is a female, also conspecific with the first two; it has a red label “ Type ”, and a second label in Fabricius´calligraphy with the text “ anator ”. We attached labels to these two specimens each with the following text: Paralectotype, Bracon anator Fabricius, 1804 , Designated by Sarmiento, C. 2004. These specimens belong to the genus Coccygidium , thus we transfer this species to that genus.

The four specimens of the Copenhagen collection belong to different genera of Braconidae as follows: Two specimens, both with a red label “ Type ” and a small green tag belong to the species Labagathis rufoatra Enderlein (Agathidinae) . We added a label to each specimen with the following information: AGATHIDINAE Labagathis rufoatra Enderlein, 1920 , Det.: M. Sharkey 2004. A third specimen has a red label with the text “ Type ” and a small green tag; this specimen belongs to the genus Digonogastra (Braconinae) . We added a label to this specimen with the following information: BRACONINAE, Digonogastra sp., Det.: C. Sarmiento 2004. The fourth specimen, has a red label with the text “ Type ” and a small green tag; it belongs to the genus Aleiodes (Rogadinae) . We added a label to this specimen with the following information: ROGADINAE Aleiodes sp., Det.: C. Sarmiento 2004.

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.