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Papp, J.: A revision of the tribe Braconini Ashm. from the Carpathian Basin (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

extends to forehead and occiput. 6. Black spots of thorax either indistinct or wanting. 7. Scutellum partly or wholly yellow. 8. Coxa and trochanter partly or wholly yellow. Ends of femora 2—3. light. Gl. castrator F. The following markings vary on specimens collected in the Carpathian Basin : 1. Median edge of metanotum wanting, its surface smooth. 2. Tergite 5. of 9 9 roughly punctate. 3. Outer half of lateral fields of tergite 3. of x punctate. 4. Body conspicously elongate : 9 mm. 5. Scutellum reddish-yellow. 6. Metanotum and lateral sternum of 9 9 black. 7. Size of black spot on metanotum of çf çf varying. 8. Coxa-trochanter-femora 2—3. black. 9. End of femur 3. of çf çf only fumose. Gl. desertor F. T e 1 e n g a (1936 : 56) characterizes his Gl. desertor var. intermedia as follows : „There is a sharp and black spot on the end of the hind femur. Otherwise it agrees with the nominate species." — I examined the type specimens of Gl. intermedia Szépligeti and I found that it differs by the following marks from Gl. desertor F.: 9 Hinterschenkel und Spitze der Hinterschienen schwarz, Tarsen gebräunt", çf „Hinterleibsende rot oder 6. Segm. mit einem Basalfleck" (S z é p 1 i g e t i, 1901:155). This difference can taxonomically be only a variety, therefore I regard Gl. intermedia Szépl. as a variety of Gl. desertor F.: Gl. desertor var. intermedia Szépl. Accordingly, Gl. desertor var. intermedia Tel. is also a synonym. As a matter of fact, Telenga expressed the same opinion in his letter (1959) : ,,I suspect that these two species (namely Gl. desertor F. and Gl. intermedia Szépl.) are really synonymic." The following markings vary on specimens collected in the Carpathian Basin : 1. Rostrum short : 0,5 mm, 2. Plate of tergite 1. and centre of tergite 2. spotted with black. 3. Tergite(s) 4 (—5.) black and weakly punctate, in opposite case same tergite wholly smooth. Gl. inscriptor Nees The distinction of Gl. inscriptor Nees and Gl. castrator F. is difficult on the base of the original descriptions, indeed, even by the detailed characterization of the recent authors (Fahringer 1928 : 92—93, 79—81, Telenga 1936 : 66 —67, 52—53). The female of the two species is distinguished by one solid mark : the ovipositor of Gl. castrator is 2,5 mm (shorter than the abdomen) on the one hand, while the ovipositor of Gl. inscriptor is 8—9 mm (as long as body) on the other. All other features given in the key are not to be regarded as constant since there are many transitional forms among them. The males, lacking ovipositor, are distinguished only by uncertain characters, such as the punctation or smoothness of the lateral field of tergite 3. and the stockiness of the body. Star y made a similar statement in his letter to me (1959) : ,,But I have a lot of males of both species I am unable to distinguish. The typical males of castrator have usually more robust habitus, stronger legs and also the sculpture of abdomen differs a little from that of inscriptor." Considering these facts, the two species will probably be synonymized. I cannot do this on my own, since I have not seen the type specimens. Neither does Tobias (1957) solve this problem. He grouped several species of Glyptomorpha, together with the above two ones, into the new