Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 101. (Budapest 2009)
Papp, J.: A study of Szépligeti’s types of Mesobracon species deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Braconinae)
102 J. Papp Propodeum similar to that of M. pulchripennis. - Hind femur 3.3 times as long as wide medially (Fig. 22). Tarsomeres of hind leg fairly thick, basitarsus four times as long as wide in lateral view, fifth tarsomere twice longer than fourth tarsomere (Fig. 23). Claw less curved downwards, its basal lobe smaller and with short pectiniform spinules (Fig. 24). Forewing as long as body. Pterostigma (Fig. 25)3.1 times as long as wide and issuing r from its middle, r 1.25 times longer than width of pterostigma; second submarginal cell long, 3-SR 1.4 times longer than 2-SR, SRI bent, 1.2 times longer than 3-SR and approaching tip of wing. 1-R1 1.6 times as long as pterostigma. First discal cell wide, i-M almost 1.3 times as long as m-cu, 1-SR-M S-shaped and 1.25 times longer than i-M (Fig. 26). Hindwing: cu-a straight as in Fig. 27. First tergite (Fig. 29) slightly broader behind than long and broadening posteriorly, scutum areolate, its lateral margin with weak crenulae; in lateral view dome-shaped as in Fig. 28. Second tergite almost 1.9 times as wide behind as long medially, together with further tergites less strongly areolate (than scutum of first tergite, Fig. 29). Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia. Scape and pedicel black, flagellum blackish. Ground colour of body yellow (head + mesosoma) and brownish yellow (metasoma) with much black pattern on frons, vertex, temple, prosternum, mesoscutum and last three tergites. Legs brownish yellow, hind tarsus black. Wings blackish, its proximal third yellowish. Variable features of two females - (From Equatorial Africa, types of M. guineenesis.) Temple in dorsal view slightly less rounded (Fig. 30). Forewing: 3-SR and 2-M slightly diverging ( cf. Fig. 50). First tergite as long as wide behind (Fig. 31). Male and host unknown. Distribution - Equatorial Guinea, Republic of South Africa. Remarks - M. litura is nearest to M. rugosus (BRULLÉ, 1846), their distinction is presented in the key couplets 7 (8) - 8 (7). Mesobracon pulchripennis SZÉPLIGETI, 1902 (Figs 9-10, 32-45) Mesobracon pulchripennis SzÉPLIGETI, 1902: 46 female, type locality: "Franz. Congo: Kuilu" (People's Republic of Congo or Brazaville Congo), female holotype, designated by PAPP in 1969 (QUICKE 1991), in Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest; examined. - SzÉPLIGETI 1906: 597 (in key). VIERECK 1914: 92 (fixation of the type species of Mesobracon). FAHRINGER 1928: 124 (in key), 136 (redescription after SzÉPLIGETI 1902). SHENEFELT 1978: 1705 (distribution, literature up to 1928). QUICKE 1991: 184 (type depository). Material examined - Two females. One female: Uganda, "Sesse Ins." = Sese Island in Victoria Lake. One female: Zaire, "Mangema". Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 101, 2009
