Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 52. (Budapest 1960)

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

b (a) Segments 3 6. of abdomen black. Range : It was collected in the Pannonicum in the Carpathian Basin appellator var. nigricauda var. nov. () (1) Metanotum always rugulose along longitudinal midline, rugosity generally distends on distal half (fig. 7.) Coxa 2—3., except in V. insectator always black. Abdomen, except in V. insectator always spotted with black. 7 (10) Ovipositor at least twice longer than body, or shorter than abdomen. 8 (9) Rugosity of tergites 1—3. irregular, somewhat discontinuous (well visible under a 25 magnification). Ovipositor shorter than abdomen : 3—3,5 mm. Three spots on mesonotum and proximal three-quarters of metanotum black. Scutellum, and upper margin of mesosternum reddish-yellow. Wing brownish fumose. Stigma brownish-yellow, its base yellow. Femur 3. always spotted with black. Plate of tergite 1., except its distal margin, black ; otherwise abdomen reddish-yellow. Length 5,5—8 mm. — Range : Caucasus, Ukraine, South-Moravia, Italy, North-Africa. In the Carpathian Basin, it occurs mostly in the Matricum. A supposedly euryök eremophilous species 4. tentator Rossi, 1790 9 (8) Tergites 1—3. with almost parallel rugosity, this somewhat outwards curved. Ovipositor at least twice longer than body : 20—25 mm. Mesonotum, scutellum, metanotum, side of mesosternum, pro- and mesosternum black. Wing light brownish fumose. Stigma brownish-black. Coxa 3. always reddish-yellow. Proximal half of plate of tergite L, central field of tergite 2., tergites 4—5., and two spots on every sternite black. Length 9 mm. Male unknown. — Range : Collected up to now in two localities in the Carpathain Basin. A presumably endemical species of the Carpathian Basin 5. frivaldszkyi Szépligeti, 1896 10 (7) Ovipositor at most one and half times as long as body, but always longer than abdomen. 11 (14) Tergite 3. smooth and shiny. Soutellum black. Stigma unicolorous. 12 (13) Body longer than 6 mm. Ovipositor somewhat shorter than body : 6 mm. Outline of abdomen, as compared to that of V. filicaudis, broadly elliptical. Plate of tergite 1. rugose. Rostrum 0,7 mm, black. Palpi brown or blackish-brown. Abdomen reddishyellow beyond tergite 3. Length 8 mm. — Range : France, Austria, the Soviet Union. Until now, it was collected only around Budapest (Matricum) in the Carpathian Basin. Rare 6. contractor Nees, 1834 13 (12) Body shorter than 5 mm. Ovipositor one and a half times longer than body : 6 mm. Outline of abdomen, as compared to that of V. contractor, elongately

r elliptical. Proximal half of plate of tergite 1. weakly rugose. Rostrum 0,2—0,3 mm, yellowish-red. Two lateral spots of tergite 3. and segments 4—7. black. Length 4 mm. Male unknown. — Range : Until now, it was collected onlv around Budapest and Trieste (Fahringer 1928 : 37) 7. filicaudis Szcpligeti, 1899 14 (11) At least proximal half of tergite 3 rugulose. Scutellum yellowish-red. Stigma bicolorous. 15 (16) Ovipositor as long as body : 9—10 mm. Rugosity of proximal half of tergite 3. generally outwards-curved, its lateral field well separated. Claw-joints of tarsi 1—2., tibia 3., and tarsi 3. black. Metanotum and abdomen yellowish-red. Length 9—10 mm. — Range : Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union. In the Carpathian Basin, it was collected in the Pannonicum and the Matricum. Rare 8. insectator Kokujev, 1898 16 (15) Ovipositor one and half times longer than body : 13—15 mm. Generally, only proximal base of tergite 3. rugulose, its lateral field scarcely separated (fig. 8.) Coxa 2—3., tibia 3. (disregarding its base), and every tarsus black. Metanotum black. Plate of tergite 1., central field, and surroundings of tergite 2., and spots beyond tergite 4. or 5. black. Body yellowish-red, black colouration very variable. Length 8—9 mm. — Range : Palearcticum, excepting the North. In the Carpathian Basin, it was collected mostly in the Pannonicum and the Matricum ; but it occurs in the high mountains. A supposedly euryök mesophilous species with an eremophilous inclination 9. nominator Fabricius, 1787 a (b) Entire thorax black. Tergite 1—4. rugulose. No black spot on tergite 2. — Range : In the Carpathian Basin, it was found in one locality each of the Pannonicum, the Matricum, and the Ulyricum nominator var. nigrothoracalis var. nov. b (a) Thorax not entirely black.