Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 77. (Budapest 1985)
Papp, J.: Three new Blacus Nees, 1818 species from India (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Blacinae)
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATTJ RALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Tomus 77. Budapest, 1985 p. 227-232. Three new Blacus Nees, 1818 species from India (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Blacinae) by J. PAPP, Budapest Abstract —Descriptions of three new species of Blacus as well as their specific differences are give* (Blacus imitator sp. n., B. turbidus sp. n. and B. votrus sp. n.). The types of the new species are deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. A short historical review of the Blacus species of the Eastern Palaearctic and the Indo-Australian Regions is compiled. With 15 figures. Introduction — Up to now no Blacus species has been reported from India. Four species of Blacus have recently been described by ACHTERBERG (1976) from Nepal. Zoogeographically Nepal is situated on the southern border-zone of the Palaearctic Region, consequently the species found in this country are rather of Palaearctic distribution. In the Indo-Australian Region, on the other hand, two Blacus species were listed from Java (Indonesia) as new to science (ACHTERBERG I.e.) In the Braconid material of the Hungarian Natural History Museum originating from India, I have found three new Blacus species which I herewith describe under the names as follows: Blacus (Blacus) imitator sp. n. 9 « Ä (Ganychorus) turbidus sp. n. 9 arid B. (Tarpheion) votrus sp. n. 9 • The Braconid material indicated was collected by my collègue and friend, DR GY. TOPÁL, Mammalogist of the above museum, during his two visits and collecting trips to India in the years 1967 and 1980, respectively. His endeavour to collect Hymenoptera besides his own research interest is highly appreciated and I avail myself of this opportunity to express my warm thanks to him. Below I enumerate the Blacus species distributed in the Eastern Palaearctic Region (26 species) and in the Indo-Australian Region (3 species) : Blacus NEES, 1818 Eastern Palaearctic species : achterbergi HAESELBARTH, 1976: Europe, Korea ambuláns macropterus HAESELBARTH, 1973: western Palaearctic Region, Mongolia apaches ACHTERBERG, 1976: Nepal apicalis ACHTERBERG, 1976: Nepal applicatus PAPP, 1985: Korea armatulus RUTHE, 1861 : Palaearctic Region artomandibularis ACHTERBERG, 1976: Nepal capeki HAESELBARTH, 1976: Central Europe, Korea chinensis WATANABE, 1950: China (Shansi) conifer TOBIAS, 1977: Mongolia diversicornis (NEES, 1834): Palaearctic Region dolosus PAPP, 1985 : Korea exilis (NEES, 1812): Palaearctic Region filicornis HAESELBARTH, 1973: Europe, USSR (Kazakhstan), Mongolia glabrum ACHTERBERG, 1976: Nepal humilis (NEES, 1812): Palaearctic Region imitator sp. n. : India (Jammu and Kashmir)
