Bracon pallicarpus pallicarpus Thomson, 1892

Samartsev, Konstantin G. & Dokuchaev, Nikolai E., 2024, A new subspecies of Bracon pallicarpus Thomson, 1892 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) parasitising larvae of Dorytomus cinereus Hochhuth (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Magadan Province, Russia, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (1), pp. 11-30 : 14-16

Bracon pallicarpus pallicarpus Thomson, 1892

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Bracon pallicarpus Thomson, 1892:1809 ; Papp, 2000:256

Bracon obscurator ab. pallidicarpus : Papp, 1966:378 (in key); Shenefelt, 1978:1576

Bracon pallidicarpus : Schmiedeknecht, 1897:592; Papp, 1969:203 (lectotype designation; synonymised with B. obscurator Nees, 1811 )

Bracon schmiedeknechti Fahringer, 1927:420 ; Papp, 1971: 285; Shenefelt, 1978:1648. Syn. nov.

Material examined. 1 ♀ (lectotype)( MZLU HYM_00063014 ), 2 ♂ (paralectotypes) ( MZLU HYM_00063015 – 00063016), “Lpl”, “ Sweden Lappland”, “ pallicarpus ”, “Lectotypus Bracon pallicarpus Thomson 1894 , sp. n. des. Papp J. 1968 middle male”, “Paralectotypus Bracon pallicarpus Thomson 1894 , sp. n. des. Papp J. 1999”, “1965 155”, “1989 245”, “MZLU Type no. 6536: 1–3”. 1 ♀ (holotype of B. schmiedeknechti ), NMW, Germany, Thuringia, Blankenberg, 6 x 1916. 1 ♀ ( ZISP Hym.KS_0005462 ), Russia, Novgorod Province, 20 km NW Pestovo, Tychkino , 30 vii 2003, V.I. Tobias leg.

Remarks. Dr. Jenö Papp twice published information about the status of specimens of the type series ( Papp, 1969, 2000), with different specimens designated as lectotypes and different numbers of insects mentioned in the series. The first work ( Papp, 1969:203) indicates six specimens, three of which were examined by J. Papp, and the only female is designated as the lectotype: “ 1 ♀ (lectotype) & 2 ♂ (paralectotypes) on one pin”. The second article ( Papp, 2000:256) mentions only four specimens (same three wasps on one pin and another male on a separate pin), while a male is called the lectotype: “the first male (below the female) is in good condition and earlier this syntype specimen was designated as the lectotype by me ( Papp 1969)”.

According to the article 74.1.1. of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, this designation is not valid as secondary, thereby the female with the collection number HYM 00063014 should be considered the lectotype. The two specimens left unmentioned in the 2000 article were labelled as “ Bracon claripennis Ths. det. Papp J. 1999” and “present only mesostigma [= mesosoma]”, accordingly (as reported by Rune Bygebjerg, MZLU). Thus these two specimens should have been excluded from the type series by J. Papp.

Distribution. Austria; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Kazakhstan; Russia: Murmansk Province ( Hellén, 1957; see Samartsev, 2019b:81), Novgorod Province (new record); Serbia ( Papp, 2000), Slovenia (as B. schmiedeknechti ); Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom.

Redescription Female. Head. OOL 1.8–2.3 × OD; POL 1.2–1.5 × OD. Transverse diameter of eye (lateral view) 1.7–2.2 × minimum width of temple. Face width 1.3–1.5 × combined height of face and clypeus, 2.0–2.1 × width of hypoclypeal depression. Longitudinal diameter of eye 3.1–3.3 × as long as malar space (front view). Width of hypoclypeal depression 1.5–1.6 × distance from depression to eye. Antenna with 19–22 antennomeres. Mesosoma . Transverse pronotal sulcus smooth or weakly crenulate. Wings. Vein 1-R1 1.3–1.4 × as long as pterostigma. Vein 3-SR 1.8–1.9 × vein r, 0.4–0.5 × vein SR1, 1.1–1.2 × vein 2-SR. Vein cu-a weakly postfurcal. Metasoma. Median length of T1 1.1–1.2 × its apical width. Median area of T1 separated by smooth or weakly crenulate furrow. T2 medially 0.8–0.9 × as long as T3. Basal width of T2 1.8–2.3 × its median length. Sculpture. Face medially almost smooth or weakly granulate. Propodeum smooth with short rugae apically. Colouration. Legs more light-coloured. Fore tibia entirely, middle and hind tibia largely brownish yellow proximally or most legs brownish yellow. Maxillary palps and tegulae brownish yellow. Otherwise similar to the new subspecies.

Male. OOL about 1.8 × OD; POL about 1.1 × OD. Longitudinal diameter of eye about 3.8 × as long as malar space (front view). Width of hypoclypeal depression about 1.8 × distance from depression to eye. Vein 3-SR 1.1–1.2 × vein 2-SR. Vein 2-SR+M about 0.2 × vein 2-SR, 0.4 × vein m-cu. Median length of T1 1.2–1.4 × its apical width. T2 medially 0.90–0.95 × as long as T3. Metasoma entirely smooth. Otherwise similar to female.