Tropobracon triangularis (SZÉPLIGETI 1911)

Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1), pp. 5-220 : 61

Tropobracon triangularis (SZÉPLIGETI 1911) status revived and new combination

Habrobracon triangularis SZÉPLIGETI 1911 : SZÉPLIGETI 1913: 422 ( Madagascar). Bracon triangularis (SZÉPLIGETI 1911) : BRUES 1926: 313 (cat.). * Bracon antennatus nov.nom.: GRANGER 1949: 55 (key), 59 (fig. 59), 61 (replacement name for

Habrobracon triangularis SZÉPLIGETI , descr. ♀, Madagascar), 62 (fig. 63). new synonym Bracon antennatus GRANGER 1949 : SHENEFELT 1978: 1590 (cat.). Tropobracon antennatus ( GRANGER 1949) : VAN ACHTERBERG 1993: 52 (key), 53 (figs 15, 18-20),

54 (tax., descr. ♂ ♀, biol., Madagascar), 57 (fig. 23), 59 (fig. 32). Tropobracon antennatus ( GRANGER 1949) : POLASZEK et al. 1994: 68 (key), 70 (figs 20, 21), 78

(tax., descr. ♂ ♀, biol., Madagascar). Tropobracon antennatus ( GRANGER 1949) : VAN ACHTERBERG & POLASZEK 1996: 49 (key, tax.,

descr. ♂ ♀, Madagascar), 100 (figs 217, 220-222), 101 (figs 223, 224), 115 (figs 359, 361). H o s t Maliarpha separatella RAGONOT 1888 ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Antsiranana: Nosy Be – Prov. Toamasina: Lac Alaotra – Prov. Toliara: Bekily.

Known from the Afrotropical region.

Bracon antennatus GRANGER 1949 is an unjustified replacement name for Habrobracon triangularis SZÉPLIGETI 1911 in the genus Bracon . This name is also a junior homonym of Bracon antennatus BRULLÉ 1846 .