Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 87. (Budapest 1995)

Papp, J.: Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Korea, XVII

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Tomus 87. Budapest, 1995 p. 123-127 Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Korea, XVII* by J. PAPP, Budapest PAPP, J. (1995): Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Korea, XVII. - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 87: 123-127. Abstract - Considerations on the taxonomy of the genus Triraphis RUTHE with a checklist of the three species known from the Palaearctic Region. T. pullus sp. n. is described from Korea. T. solitarius (WATANABE, 1970) is a jun. syn. of T. tricolor (WESMAEL, 1838). A key is presented for the three Triraphis species. With 13 figures. INTRODUCTION The first Triraphis RUTHE species was described by WESMAEL (1838) under the name Pelecystoma tricolor, the original (or syntype) series was taken in Belgium (in the environment of Brussels) and consisted of two specimens (1 d + 1 $: "var."). In I860, RUTHE set up the genus Triraphis for his species Exothecus discolor that he had described five years earlier, i.e. in 1855. The identity of E. discolor (jun. syn.) with P. tricolor (sen. syn.) was recognized by REINHARD (1865: 244). VAN ACHTERBERG (1991: 62) was the first to assign the species P. tricolor to its proper genus Triraphis. Triraphis tricolor (WESMAEL) is distributed in Europe (SHENEFELT 1975: 1209, TOBIAS 1986: 85) and has been reported from Japan (WATANABE 1962, 1970 "Pelecystoma tricolor") and Korea (PAPP 1989: 86 "Rogas tricolor"). WATANABE (1962) listed Pelecystoma tricolorWESMAEL from Japan on the basis of 71 ÇÇ and 80 dd. Eight years later ( 1970) he described P. gregarium on the basis of 26 and 30 dd which type material originally belonged to the series of P. tricolor WESMAEL from Japan, i.e. WATANABE partly rectified his previous taxonomic statement. A second species was also described by WATANABE under the name Pelecystoma solitarium from Japan (type series: 37 and 32 dd). On my request Dr. M. SUWA (Entomological Department, Hokkaido University, Sapporo) was kind enough to lend me paratypes from the type series of both WATANABE species, two females and two males of each species taxa mentioned above. On the basis of this paratypic material the name P. solitarium has proved to represent T. tricolor, and P. gregarium is a valid species of the genus Triraphis. In the braconid material of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest) I have found four Triraphis specimens (2 and 2 dd) which originate from Korea. At my first, rather superficial, examination I thought that this series was identical with T. gregarius. However, a few features prompted me to doubt in my provisional identification. In a little while I received the WATANABE's type material of Triraphis from Sapporo (see also the previous paragraph) and my scepticism was justified: my series from Korea represents a new Triraphis species. By the way it seems reasonable to point out that the identity of the two taxa (P. solitarium and P. tricolor) had been presumed by WATANABE himself when he stated that "...the European form, Pelecystoma tricolor, resembles the Japanese ones, P. gregarium and P. solitarium, but it seems to be more closely related to solitarium than to gregarium." Zoological Collectings by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Korea, No. 131.