Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 96. (Budapest 2004)
Papp, J.: Type specimens of the braconid species by Gy. Szépligeti deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 96 Budapest, 2004 pp. 153-223. Type specimens of the braconid species by Gy. Szépligeti deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) J. PAPP Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary Abstract - A total of 475 braconid species were described by GY. SZEPLIGETI in his 34 papers published in 1896-1914. The type material of 452 species is present in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, that of 22 species proved to be lost and that of one species proved inappropriate for designation. The method of selecting holotypes, lectotypes and paralectotypes are discussed. New combinations and other taxonomical implications for 18 species are proposed. The type material of 742 braconid species described by SZEPLIGETI - including non-European Braconinae revised earlier by QUICKE - is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Key words - SZEPLIGETI, collection, present condition, type material, type designation. INTRODUCTION GYŐZŐ SZEPLIGETI (1855-1915), the well-known Hungarian specialist of the hymenopterous families Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (CSIKI 1915), published a total of 48 papers on the braconid wasps between 1896 and 1922 (see also SHENEFELT 1965). In his first papers (1896-1905) he published faunistic contributions of nearly 400 braconid species, and described many new species from the historical Hungary (or the Carpatho-Pannonian Basin). By processing of the braconid materials collected by Hungarian (e.g. L. BlRÓ, K. KlTTENBERGER, J. XÁNTHUS) as well as foreign naturalists in various subtropical and tropical regions, he gained a world-wide knowledge of this family. From these exotic collections he described a long series of new species and, less in number, new genera too. Parallel with this taxonomie activity SZEPLIGETI determined braconid (and ichneumonid) materials coming from many exotic countries both in the Old and New World and deposited in various European museums. By this work he considerably increased our knowledge of Braconidae with the descriptions of new species and genera. In SZEPLIGETI' s own lifetime all this entomological work extended in his last twenty years.
