Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 82. (Budapest 1990)

Papp, J.: New braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Tomus 82. Budapest, 1990 p. 175-190. New braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1. by J. PAPP, Budapest 3. PAPP: New braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1. - Annls hist.-nat. Mus, natn. hung. 1990, 82 : 175-190. Abstract - Description of six new braconid species from India and Hungary: (Euphorinae : ) Wesmaelia topali sp. n. (India), (Exothecinae : ) Ayga oblonga sp. n. (IndiaTJ Hormius amus sp

. n. (India), H. lamida sp. n

. (India

), H

. vitabilis sp. n. (India

) and Parahormius prontus sp. n. (Hungary). Checklists for the species-assemblage of the genera Wesmaelia

, Avga

, Hormius and Parahormius are compiled. With 46 figures. GY. SZÉPLIGETI (1855-1915), my spiritual predecessor in Hungary in the special field-work of Braconidae, published articles under the similar title as above (in German language) describing new braconid taxa from several parts of the world. Since his time and especially during recent decades a fair number of braconid wasps accumulated in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) originating from many parts of the world. With my present paper I launch a series on the braconid wasps representing new taxa to science and deposited in our museum. subfamily Euphorinae WESMAELIA FOERSTER, 1862 Since its description almost 130 years ago the genus Wesmaelia has been a monotypic taxon with the species W. pendula FOERSTER, 1862. The species was discovered in Germany, later it was reported from several countries in the Holarctic and Neotropic Regions; thus, its area of distribution is fairly large yet it occurs rather sporadically. Below I give the description of the second species of the genus Wesmae lia originating from India. Wesmaelia topali sp. n. g (Figs 1-3) Description of the holotype q - Body 2.2 mm long. Head in dorsal view (Fig. 1) transverse, 1.66 times as broad as long, eye slightly longer than temple, latter rounded, occiput hardly excavated. Eye in lateral view 1.66 times as high as wide, temple a bit less wide than eye and not narrowing ventrally. Ocelli (Fig. 1) small and forming an equilateral triangle, distance between two ocelli twice as long as diameter of an ocellus, 00L two times as long as POL. Face 1.77 times as wide as high. Tentorial pits three times as far from each other as to margin of eye. Malar space as long as base of mandible. Head polished, face and clypeus uneven. -