Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 51. (Budapest 1959)

Papp, J.: The Microgaster Latr., Microplitis Först., and Hygroplitis Thoms. species of the Carpathian Basin (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

Microgaster nemorum Hartig (G y ő r f i, 1941) is the synonym of Apanteles liparidis Bouché. My findings concerning six further species : Microgaster crassicornis Ruthe (Győrfi, 1941). M. pubescens Ratz. (Győr fi, 1941), M. messoria Hal. (Győrfi, 1941 and 1953), M. stictica Ruthe (Győrfi, 1953), M. laeviscuta Thoms. (Győrfi, 1953), and M. parvistriga Thoms. (Győrfi, 1953), will be made when treating M. tibialis Nées, and M. globata L. It will be seen that these species are synonyms. M. striatoscutellaris Z.-Kiss also proved to be a synonym. According to our present information therefore, there can be shown 15 species described up to now and taxonomically valid from the Carpathian Basin. Key to species of Microgaster 9 9 and rfcf 1 (14) Plate on tergite 1. of abdomen narrow, twice or at least one-half times as long as breadth of its distal margin. 2 (5) Tergite 3. twice lenger than tergite 2. 3 (4) Distal margin of plate on tergite 1. is 0,35—0,40 mm. Mesonotum finely and sporadically punctate, excepting its proximal quarter. Basal section of radius thick as related to M. parasitellae. Tergites 1. and 2. of abdomen black, all others reddish-yellow, eventually shaded in various gradations. Legs preponderantly reddish-yellow. Length : 3,2—4 mm. — Range : Great Britain, Roumania. The sole Hungarian specimen was collected in Lillafüred, Com. Borsod. A species new for the fauna of the Carpathian Basin (Hungary, Roumania) 1. M. suffolciensis Morley, 1902. 4 (3) Distal margin of plate on first tergite 0,2 — 0,3 mm. Mesonotum densely and finely punctate, excepting its proximal quarter. Basal section of radius thin as related to M. suffolciensis. Tergites black. Margin of tergite 1. yellow. Proximal portion of sternites yellow, black distally. Legs yellow. Length : 3 mm. — Range : North, Central and Eastern Europe. Collected in Transylvania, new for the fauna of the Carpathian Basin 2. M. parasitellae Bouché, 1834. 5 (2) Tergite 3. as long as, or eventually somewhat longer than tergite 2. 6 (9) Proximal halfth (or eventually three-fourth) of tergite 3. densely punctate. Tergite 2. always ruguloso-punctate. 7 (8) A protruding field in centre of tergite 2. Body black ; palpi, tegulae, legs and first sternites yellow. Under surface of antennae light. Length : 4 mm. — Range : Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Finland, and the European area of the Soviet Union. One specimen was collected in the Mts. Mátra, in Hungary. New for the fauna of the Carpathian Basin 3. M. marginata Nees, 1834. 8 (7) No protruding field in centre of tergite 2. Head and thorax reddishyellow, excepting metanotum. Legs reddish-yellow. Abdomen blackishbrown, proximal sternites light. Antennae yellowish-brown. Length : 2,5 mm. — Range : Europe, Western and Central Asia, China. Known from a High Tatra and two Transylvanian localities. New for the fauna of the Carpathian Basin 4. M. alvearia F., 1798. 9 (6) Tergite 3. wholly glabrous and shiny. Central field of tergite 2. may be slightly rugulose, otherwise smooth.