Bracon (Osculobracon) osculator var. temporalis (Telenga, 1936)

Bracon (Glabrobracon) temporalis Telenga, 1936: 145 (in key), 193 (description) (in Russian) and 347 (in key), 386 (description) (in German) ♀ (number of type material not given), type locality: “Turkmenien, Ashabad ” (Turkmenistan), syntype series (supposedly) in Zoologicheskiy Institut, Sankt Petersburg; not examined.

Bracon (Glabrobracon) temporalis – Tobias 1959: 894 and 1976: 77 1986: 135 (as synonym of B. osculator, in key). Tobias & Belokobylskij 2000: 146 (as synonym of B. osculator).

Material examined

8 ♀♀ + 5 ♁♁ from seven countries: FRANCE: 1 ♀. GERMANY: 1 ♀. CROATIA: 1 ♀ + 1 ♁ from two localities. GREECE: 1 ♀. BULGARIA: 3 ♀♀ + 3 ♁♁ from four localities. ARMENIA: 1 ♀. IRAN: 1 ♁.

Description

The name temporalis represents a light coloured (or albanic) form of the nominate B. osculator - nominate form: head and mesosoma brownish black to black, at most orbit with rusty pattern, legs dark coloured; var. temporalis: head and mesosoma with more or less brownish, testaceous to reddish yellow pattern, legs more or less yellow to brownish.

Hosts (nominate form + var. temporalis)

COL. Buprestidae:! Trachys problematicus Obenberger. Bruchidae:! Bruchidius pusillus Germar. — LEP. Gracillariidae:! Aspilapteryx tringipennella Zeller. Coleophoridae:! Coleophora albicostella Duponchel, C. alcyonipennella Kollar,! C. alticolella Zeller, C. anatipennella Hübner,! C. argentua Stephens,! C. coronillae Zeller, C. discordiella Zeller,! C. echinella Staudinger, C. flaviella Mann, C. frischella Linnaeus,! C. gallipennella Hübner,! C. lutipennella Zeller,! C. milvipennis Zeller,! C. ochrea Haworth,! C. ochripennella Zeller,! C. paripennella Zeller,! C. saponariella Heeger,! C. serenella Duponchel,! C. serratella Linnaeus, C. solitariella Zeller,! C. spiraeella Rebel, C. spissicornis Haworth, C. tadzhikiella Danilewski,! C. trifariella Zeller, C. trifolii Curtis, C. vibicella Hübner,! C. vicinella Zeller,! C. virgatella Zeller, C. virgaureae Stainton,! C. vulpecula Zeller. Cosmopterigidae:! Cosmopteryx zieglerella Hübner. Momphidae: Mompha conturbatella Hübner. Choreutidae:! Millieria dolosana Herrich-Schäffer.

Taxonomic position

Within the subgenus Osculobracon the species B. osculator is nearest to B. cingulator Szépligeti. Considering their long vein SR1 approaching to reaching tip of forewing, the two species differ by the following features:

1 (2) First tergite 1.3-1.4(-1.6) times as long as broad behind, third tergite one-third longer than second tergite (Fig. 65I). Temple in dorsal view rounded (Fig. 65B). Mesosoma in lateral view 1.4 times as long as high. Claw slightly more downcurved and its basal lobe more distinct (Fig. 65F). Legs brown with yellow(ish) pattern. Body black (nominate form). Head and mesosoma with more or less brownish to reddish yellow colour pattern, legs more or less yellow ( var. temporalis Telenga). ♀: (1.5-) 2.2-3.5 mm .............................................................................. B. (Osc.) osculator Nees, 1811

2 (1) First tergite 1.8-2 times as long as broad behind, third tergite twice longer than second tergite (Fig. 66A, D). Temple in dorsal view receded (Fig. 66 E-G). Mesosoma in lateral view 1.5-1.8 times as long as high. Claw less downcurved and its basal lobe less distinct (Fig. 66H). Legs yellow. ♀: (1.8-)2.4-3(-3.5) mm ................................................................... B. (Osc.) cingulator Szépligeti, 1901