S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 58. (Budapest, 1997)

Within the subgenus Glabrobracon (Fahringer, 1927) Tobias, 1957 Bracon zonites Marshall is nearest to B. variator ab. maculiger (Wesmael, 1838), the two species are distinguished by the following few features keyed: 1 (2) Head in dorsal view less transverse, 1.7-1.8 times as broad as long, temple relatively more rounded (Fig. 61). ri about as long as r2 and approaching tip of wing (Figs 64, 66). First tergite 1.3-1.4 times as long as broad behind, scutum less wide, pair of spiracles clearly before middle of tergite (Fig. 65). Ground colour of body reddish yellow with relatively less black pattern. Wings faintly brownish fumous. 2: 3^1.2 mm B. (G.) zonites Marshall, 1897 2 (1) Head in dorsal view transverse, 1.85-2 times as broad as long, temple relatively less rounded (Fig. 68). r3 1.6-1.8 times as long as r2 and reaching tip of wing (Fig. 67). First tergite 1.1-1.2 times as long as broad behind, scutum wide, pair of spiracles somewhat before middle of tergite (Fig. 69). Ground colour of head and mesosoma black with variable reddish yellow pattern, metasoma reddish yellow and tergites medially with black(ish) maculae of variable extent. Wings brownish fumous. $ cT: (2-)3-5.5 mm B. (G.) variator ab. maculiger (Wesmael, 1838) * * * Acknowledgements - I am much indebted and herewith I express my sincere gratitude to the persons as follows: Dr. C. van Achterberg (Leiden), Dr. S. Belokobylskij (Sankt Petersburg), Dr. R. Danielsson (Lund), Dr. P. Dessart (Bruxelles), Dr. M. Fischer (Wien), Dr. E. Haeselbarth (München), Dr. T. Huddleston (London), Dr. W. Korn (Coburg), Dr. V. I. Tobias (Sankt Petersburg) and Dr. C. Villemant (Paris). They essentially supported my taxonomic work by loaning, even for a long-termed terminus, types of Bracon species under their curatorship in the respective museums. Their indulgent tolerance significantly promoted my revisionary study. Figs 67—71. — Figs 67-69. Bracon (Glabrobracon) variator ab. maculiger (Wesmael): 67 = distal part of right fore wing, 68 = head in dorsal view, 69 = tergites 1-3. - Figs 70-71. Bracon (Glabrobracon) zonites Marshall: 70 = discal cell (Dl), 71 = posterior end of ovipositor