Bracon semiluteus Walker, 1874

Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2020, Photographic catalogue of the oldest primary types of Japanese Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), those described by Frederick Smith and Francis Walker in 1874, Journal of Natural History 54 (17), pp. 1115-1198 : 1165-1166

Bracon semiluteus Walker, 1874

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Taxonomic history. Morley (1913b) synonymised B. semiluteus with Bracon (Pigeria) piger ( Wesmael, 1838) , but Papp (2012) subsequently synonymised it under B. (Glabrobracon) praecox ( Wesmael, 1838) .

Current taxonomy. Junior synonym of Bracon (Glabrobracon) praecox ( Wesmael, 1838) ( Braconidae : Braconinae : Braconini ).

Type number. Type 3c.1325. Specimen # NHMUK010881033

Type status. Holotype.

Sex. Female.

Type locality. Japan.

Label data. First label, ‘Type’ (round label, with red margin; printed); second label, ‘B.M. TYPE /HYM./3 c.1325’ (square label; first and second lines printed and third line handwriting); third label, ‘ Japan./Coll.F. Walker./ 1913–71.’ (square label; printed); fourth label, ‘262’ (square label; handwriting); fifth label, ‘ Bracon /semiluteus’ (square label; handwriting); sixth label, ‘ Bracon piger, Wesm /Morley det. xii. 13 ♀ ’ (square label; ‘Morley det.’ printed and the remaining characters handwriting); seventh label, ‘ Bracon ♀ / praecox Ws. /det. Papp J. 2007’ (square label; ‘Bracon’ and ‘det. Papp J. 200’ printed and remaining characters handwriting).

Condition. Very good; but third to fifth tarsomeres of left fore leg and right hind tarsus lost.

Figures

Figure 32. Holotype female of Bracon semiluteus Walker, 1874 (= Bracon (Glabrobracon) praecox (Wesmael, 1838)): (a) labels (b) lateral habitus (c) head, dorsolateral view (d) head, lateral view (e) head, anterolateral view (f) mesosoma, lateral view (g) mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view (h) metasoma, dorsal view.