Catalogue of type specimens of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Type specimens from the collection of Hymenoptera deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague are currently being catalogued. In this part of the catalogue dealing with the family Braconidae, we present precise information about 27 taxa belonging to the subfamilies Brachistinae (1 species), Cheloninae (1 species), Doryctinae (1 species), Euphorinae (2 species), Gnamptodontinae (1 species), Lysiterminae (1 species), Microgastrinae (2 species), Opiinae (15 species) and Orgilinae (3 species), including holotypes of 20 species. Current status, distribution, and photos are given for each taxon. Additionally, one missing type and one historically important specimen are mentioned in the catalogue with detailed information about them.

Mymarommatidae, new family and superfamily of parasitoid wasps for Corsica (Hymenoptera, Mymarommatoidea)

“…Adults of M. anomalum were captured in the Fango Valley, as in Vaucluse, from June to October. Further north, as reported by Hovorka et al (2022), the flight period of this species in the Czech Republic and Finland occurs from July to September. Thus, M. anomalum seems to have several generations per year.…”

“…Distribution. -North America, Europe, and eastern Asia (Gibson et al, 2007;Noyes, 2019;Hovorka et al, 2022): Canada (Nearctic realm), Spain, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, China, (Palearctic realm), and Philippines (Indomalayan realm). First record for Corsica and first georeferenced records for mainland France.…”

“…All the specimens found in Corsica and in Vaucluse come from traps placed in maquis or in holm oak forest, while the specimen photographed by R. Mahaut in Montigny-sur-Avre (Eure-et-Loir) was found from a sieving of deciduous leaf litter. Hovorka et al (2022) noted that specimens of M. anomalum were collected in the Czech Republic in a wide variety of habitats (hop gardens treated with phytosanitary products, orchards, forests, and wetlands), both in hot and dry areas and cold and humid areas. Therefore, the distribution and microhabitats of the species seems to be much wider than currently known records suggest.…”

“…Host species. -The host or hosts of M. anomalum are not yet known, but its wide distribution in a diverse variety of habitats in the Czech Republic and Sweden suggests that it is oligophagous or even polyphagous (Hovorka et al, 2022;Karlsson et al, 2020). Huber et al (2008) hypothesized that Mymarommatidae were insect egg parasitoids due to their small size and short ovipositor.…”

“…Mymarommatidae include three extant genera: Mymaromma Girault, 1920, Mymaromella Girault, 1931, and Zealaromma Gibson, Read & Huber, 2007, with a total of 19 extant species (table I). Only two species are present in Europe: Mymaromella ella Triapitsyn, 2012, described from Hungary, and Mymaromma anomalum (Blood & Kryger, 1922), described from Great Britain and reported from many European countries, Canada, Russia, Japan, China, and Philippines (Gibson et al, 2007;Noyes, 2019;Hovorka et al, 2022).…”