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Bracon (Bracon) Fabricius

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Braconinae; Genus: Bracon)

Bracon Fabricius, 1804. Type species: Ichneumon minutator Fabricius,1798.

 

Bracon alpicola Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon amaniensis Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon anticedilatatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon atrolugens Granger, 1949

 

Bracon auratus Szépligeti, 1908

 

Bracon basinigratus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon basirugosus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon biareolatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon bilineatus Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon bipustulatus Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon bivittatus Saussure, 1892

 

Bracon brunniantennatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon campyloneurus Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon capillicaudis Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon celer Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon ceres (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon clanes (Cameron, 1904)

 

Bracon coriaceothoracicus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon crenulatosinuatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon curticornis (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon decaryi Granger, 1949

 

Bracon diversicephalus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon elegantissimus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon enarmoniae (de Saeger, 1943)

 

Bracon frontalis Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon ghesquierei (de Saeger, 1943)

 

Bracon griseopubescens Granger, 1949

 

Bracon guineensis Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon hancocki (Wilkinson, 1927)

 

Bracon hector (Brues, 1926)

 

Bracon hieroglyphicus (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon howardi (Viereck, 1911)

 

Bracon infuscatipennis Granger, 1949

 

Bracon inquilinator (de Saeger, 1943)

 

Bracon itinerator (Fabricius,1793)

 

Bracon jonesi (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon lagosianus Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon laminator (Fabricius,1798)

 

Bracon latetriangulatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon latifasciatus (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon lembaensis Cameron, 1912

 

Bracon luteocastaneus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon luteomarginatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon maculiventris Holmgren, 1868

 

Bracon madagascariensis Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon marasmiae (de Saeger, 1943)

 

Bracon medioimpressus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon mercator Fabricius, 1804

 

Bracon monitor (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon nigrodiscalis Granger, 1949

 

Bracon nundina Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon obliquestriolatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon olesterus (de Saeger, 1943)

 

Bracon opacus Szépligeti, 1911

 

Bracon ovativentris Granger, 1949

 

Bracon pallidoluteus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon praeceptor (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon propinquus Cameron, 1910

 

Bracon quadripunctatus Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon quinqueareolatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon recessus Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon risbeci (de Saeger, 1943)

 

Bracon rotundigaster Granger, 1949

 

Bracon saussurei Schulz, 1906

 

Bracon sectator (Brues, 1924)

 

Bracon semialutaceus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon semiflavus Brullé, 1846

 

Bracon sesamiae Cameron, 1906

 

Bracon sigitaliensis Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon simulator Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon sinuatissimus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon solani (de Stefani-Perez, 1909)

 

Bracon stellenboschensis Cameron, 1905

 

Bracon suavis Szépligeti, 191

 

Bracon subacaudatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon subannulicornis Granger, 1949

 

Bracon subareatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon subellipticus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon terastiae (de Saeger, 1943)

 

Bracon testaceorufatus Granger, 1949

 

Bracon tristis Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon uelleburgensis Szépligeti, 1914

 

Bracon unimaculatus Szépligeti, 1913

 

Bracon verus Szépligeti, 1906

 

Bracon viduus Szépligeti, 1911

 

Bracon zuluorum (Brues, 1924)

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Ectoparasitoids of various families of Lepidoptera.

References

Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Classification of the Ichneumon flies, or the superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1206): 1-220.

Baltazar, C.R. 1962. The genera of parasitic Hymenoptera in the Philippines, Part 1. Pacific Insects. 4(4):737-771.  
Brues, C.T. 1926. Studies on Ethiopian Braconidae with a catalogue of the African species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 61:206-436.  
Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum. 19:1-150.

Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatričme. Des Hyménoptčres. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680 pp. pp. 56-521.
Cameron, P. 1905
. On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa (Second paper). Record of the Albany Museum. 1: 185-244

Cameron, P. 1905. On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera from Cape Colony and Transvaal. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 15: 195-257.
Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 5: 17-186.

Cameron, P. 1911. On the parasitic Hymenoptera collected by Mr. A.J.T. Janse, Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 173-217.

Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. (A)2:1-428.

Quicke, D.L.J. 1985. Further reclassification of Afrotropical and Indo-Australian Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Oriental Insects. 18:339-353.  

Quicke, D.L.J. 1987. The Old World genera of braconine wasps. Journal of Natural History 21:43-197.

Quicke, D.L.J. 1988. Inter-generic variation in the male genitalia of the Braconinae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Zoologica Scripta. 17:399-409.  

Quicke, D.L.J.1988. Higher classification, biogeography and biology of the Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Pages 117-138 in Gupta, V.K., ed. Advances in parasitic Hymenoptera research. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. 546 pp.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1978. Braconidae 10. Braconinae, Gnathobraconinae, Mesestoinae, Pseudodicrogeniinae, Telengainae, Ypsistocerinae, plus Braconidae in general, major groups, unplaced genera and species. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Pars 15. pp.1425-1872.

Szépligeti, G. 1901. Tropischen Cenocoeliden und Braconiden aus der Sammlung des Ungarischen National-Museums. Természetrajzi Füzetek 24: 353-402.

Szépligeti, G. 1913. Neue afrikanische Braconiden aus der Sammlung der Ungarischen National-Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 11:592-608.  
Szépligeti, G. 1914. Afrikanische Braconiden des Königl. Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 153-230.

Szépligeti, G.V. 1914. Central-Afrikanische Braconidae des Congo-Museums. Revue de Zoologie Africaine. 3: 403-420.

Thunberg, C.P. 1824. Ichneumonidea, Insecta Hymenoptera illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg. 9: 285-368.
Thunberg, C.P. 1822. Ichneumonidea, Insecta Hymenoptera illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg. 8: 49-281.

Yu, D.S., Achterberg, van C. & Horstman, K. 2012. Taxapad 2012, World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Database on flash-drive. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. www.taxapad.com

van Achterberg, C. 1982. Notes on some type-species described by Fabricius of the subfamilies Braconinae, Rogadinae, Microgastrinae and Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Entomologische Berichten. Amsterdam 42: 133-139.

van Achterberg, C. 1997. Revision of the Haliday collection of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen. 314. 115 pp.

Credits

 

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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