S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 57. (Budapest, 1996)

ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LVII 1996 pp. 131-156 Contribution to the Braconid fauna of Hungary, XL Cheloninae and Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) J. Papp Contribution to the Braconid fauna of Hungary, XI. Cheloninae and Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) — Hundred and twenty chelonine and two sigalphine species are reported from Hungary and the adjacent countries within the Carpathian Basin. The species of the subfamily Cheloninae are divided in five genera and those of the subfamily Sigalphinae in two genera. The genera are enumerated in alphabetical sequence with an indication of the species number belonging to: (Cheloninae:) Ascogaster Wesmael (21), Chelonus Jurine (37), Microchelonus Szépligeti (49), Phanerotoma Wesmael (11), Phanerotomella Szépligeti (2); (Sigalphinae:) Acampsis Wesmael (1) and Sigalphus Latreille (1) species. Four new synonyms were established: Ascogaster varipes Wesmael, 1835 = Chelonus catulus Mashall, 1885 jun. syn.; (Sigalphus^>) Microchelonus contractus (Nees, 1816) = Chelonus compressiscapus Szépligeti, 1898 jun. syn. and (Chelonus^*) Microchelonus erosus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838) = (Chelonella-*) Microchelonus analipennis (Fahringer, 1934) jun. syn. From among the 120 chelonine species 41 proved to be new to the Hungarian fauna. Localities of the species, except the frequent and common species, are detailed according to the Zoogeographie districts of the Carpathian Basin. CHELONINAE The species of the subfamily Cheloninae are uniformly characterized by their strongly chitinized body, the metasoma is formed like a carapace, i.e. the first three tergites are more or less fused and the rest of the tergites are reduced. In the genera Phanerotoma Wesmael and Phanerotomella Szépligeti the three tergites are separated by two sutures, and, furthermore, in the genera Ascogaster Wesmael, Chelonus Jurine and Microchelonus Szépligeti the three tergites are completely fused, i.e. sutures between the tergites are at most and exceptionally faintly distinct to almost indistinct. In Hungary the chelonine subfamily is represented with five genera (indicated in the abstract) comprising a total of 120 species of which 41 species proved to be new to the fauna of Hungary. World-wide the number of the known chelonine species is more than seven hundreds; in the Palaearctic Region about 350-400 and in Europe about 200-250 species have been registered (Shenefelt 1973, Tobias 1986a). A fairly well applicable identification keys to the European genera and species of the subfamily Cheloninae were constructed by Telenga (1941: 214-331) and Tobias (1986a: 293-335). Taxonomic and systematic contributions to some chelonine species-groups and genera were presented by van Achterberg (1982, 1987, 1990), Huddleston (1984) and Papp (1988, 1990, 1995). A detailed account on the bionomy of the chelonines was summarized by Shaw and Huddleston (1991: 59-62). Faunistic and bionomical data as well as summaries were published for the Hungarian chelonine species by Szépligeti (1896a, 18966, 1898a, 18986, 1899, 1900), Győrfi (1941) and Papp (1983a, 1987,