BIOLOGICA NYSSANA 2 (2) December 2011: 00-00 Ljupković R.B. et al.. Removal Cu(II) ions from water... 3 (1) • September 2012: 21-29 Review Article Checklist of the genus Bracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Serbia Vladimir Žikić1*, Saša S. Stanković1, Marijana Ilić1 1Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia * E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Žikić, V., Stanković, S., Ilić, M.: Checklist of the genus Bracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Serbia, Biologica Nyssana, 3 (1), September 2012: 21-29. This is the first checklist of the genus Bracon for the territory of Serbia. Here we present 80 species of this cosmopolitan genus of the subfamily Braconinae which is one of the cyclostome braconid groups. We connected the parasitoids with their hosts where the data about them were available. There are 290 host species in total belonging to 39 families of four insect orders: Diptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. Key words: Cyclostome Braconidae, Bracon, Serbia, checklist Introduction habitats and geographical areas (S h a w & H u d d l e s t o n , 1991). Because of their important Braconinae belongs to the cyclostome group role in biological control, biology of some species is of the family Braconidae. This subfamily assembles very well studied: for B. intercessor (van ectoparasitoid wasps which lay their eggs on the A c h t e r b e r g et al., 1990; G e o r g i e v et al., host body. According to their biology, ectoparasitic 2005), for B. brevicornis (T e m e r a k , 1982), or braconid wasps belong to the group of idiobionts; many publications for B. hebetor and its host Plodia which means that they do not permit the host to interpunctella (Pyralidae) (R e i n e r t et al., 1971; continue its development after oviposition T a y l o r , 1988a, b; Yu et al., 1999; M i l o n a s , (M a t h e w s , 1974). Oviposition in this group is 2005; D w e c k et al. 2010). According to the Fauna split in two acts: paralisation of the host, than laying Europaea (v a n A c h t e r b e r g , 2012), about 250 eggs which is opposite in koinobions. As a species of the genus Bracon are recorded in Europe. cosmopolitan group of parasitoids they represent a The present publication stemmed from the need to large and powerful biological weapon (eg. B a i r d , make the list of all registered Bracon species on the 1958; L e w i s et al., 1990) against various pests territory of Serbia after many years of investigation from the following holometabolous insect orders: and also to connect the parasitoids with their hosts. Diptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. Investigation of the genus Bracon in Serbia in The species of the genus Bracon show different different aspects is presented in following degree of the host specificity, ranging from a strict publications by the authors Belokobyskij & specialization to only one host species, whereas Ž i k i ć (2009); B r a j k o v i ć (1989); B r a j k o v i ć other can be polyphagous, when parasitism occurs et al. (1991, 1994); S t a n k o v i ć et al. (2010) and in more than a hundred hosts in different types of Ž i k i ć et al. (2000, 2010, 2012). 21 BIOLOGICA NYSSANA 3 (1) September 2012: 21-29 Žikić, V. et al. Checklist of the genus Bracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)… Materials and methods Curculio villosus, Mononychus punctumalbum (Curculionidae); Tetramesa brevicornis T. The majority of analyzed specimens were hyalipennis (Eurytomidae); Coleophora coronillae taken from the collection of the Faculty of Biology, (Coleophoridae); Paranthrene tabaniformis University of Belgrade and the Faculty of Sciences (Sesiidae). Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Great and Mathematics, University of Niš, Serbia. A part Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey, Finland, France, of specimens is deposited at the Zoological Institute Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, RAS (St. Petersburg, Russia) and The Natural Lithuania, Poland, Russia (Central and South), History Museum of Budapest, Hungary. The data Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, about braconid hosts are compiled using the Netherlands, Serbia. available literature; the list of references is bellow. Bracon (Bracon) grandiceps Thomson 1892 on The basic key for the identification of the species we Bembecia scopigera (Sesiidae). Distribution: used is one by Tobias et al. (1986), updated Fauna Austria, Croatia, Turkey, Finland, France, Germany, Europaea (http://faunaeur.org) and the database Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Russia Taxapad (Yu et al. 2012). A lot of information (South), Slovenia, Sweden, Serbia. about the hosts and the distribution of the investigated genus we collected from P a p p (1973, Bracon (Bracon) intercessor Nees 1834 on Apion 1977, 2008) and B e y a r s l a n et al. (2005). opeticum (Apionidae); Agapanthia villosoviridescens (Cerambycidae); Anthonomus Results pedicularius, A. pomorum, A. sorbi, Lixus brevirostris, L. incanescens, L. junci, L. scabricollis, Microlarinus lareynii, M. lypriformis We present 80 species of the genus Bracon (Curculionidae); Rhynchites bacchus registered on the territory of Serbia. The data (Rhynchitidae); Tetramesa hyalipennis, T. rossica regarding parasitoids are connected with the (Eurytomidae); Haplochrois theae (Agonoxenidae); adequate data about their hosts. The species of Augasma atraphaxidellum (Coleophoridae); Bracon are listed alphabetically according to their Synanthedon culiciformis, Paranthrene tabaniformis subgenera. For 25 braconid species there were no (Sesiidae); Sparganothis pilleriana (Tortricidae). host records for Serbia nor for other parts of Europe. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Great Britain, In addition, we give the geographical distribution of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Turkey, France, all registered parasitoids in continental part of Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Europe and Russia. Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (Central, East, Northwestern and South), Slovakia, Bracon (Bracon) alutaceus Szepligeti 1901 – no Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, host data. Distribution: Austria, Great Britain, Ukraine, Serbia. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Russia Bracon (Bracon) laetus Wesmael 1838 on (Northwestern), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Anthonomus pomorum, Magdalis nitida Serbia. (Curculionidae); Amblypalpis tamaricella (Gelechiidae); Argyresthia chrysidella, Prays citri; Bracon (Bracon) crassiceps Thomson 1892 – no Prays oleae (Yponomeutidae). Distribution: host data. Distribution: Austria, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Russia (Northwestern), Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Serbia. Hungary, Spain, Serbia. Bracon (Bracon) crassungula Thomson 1892 – no Bracon (Bracon) leptus Marshall 1897 on host data. Distribution: Austria, Hungary, Italy, Metzneria lapella (Gelechiidae). Distribution: Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia. Austria, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Bracon (Bracon) filicornis Thomson 1892 – no Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, host data. Distribution: Austria, Sweden, Serbia. Romania, Russia (Central and South), Slovakia, Bracon (Bracon) flagellaris Thomson 1892 – no Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Serbia. host data. Distribution: Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Bracon (Bracon) longicollis Wesmael 1838 on Romania, Russia (South), Slovenia, Sweden, Chlorops pumilionis (Chloropidae). Distribution: Switzerland, Ukraine, Serbia. Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bracon (Bracon) fulvipes Nees 1834 on Apion Cyprus, Turkey, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, minimum, Cistapion cyanescens (Apionidae); Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Russia (Central, Northwestern and South), 22 BIOLOGICA NYSSANA 3 (1) September 2012: 21-29 Žikić, V. et al. Checklist of the genus Bracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)… Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Distribution: Belgium, Great Britain, Finland, Serbia. France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Bracon (Bracon) longulus Thomson 1892 on Netherlands, Serbia. Oscinella frit (Chloropidae). Distribution: Austria, Bracon (Bracon) speerschneideri Schmiedeknecht Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, 1897 on Argyresthia thuiella, Ocnerostoma sp. Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, (Yponomeutidae). Distribution: Austria, Great Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Norway, Slovenia, Britain, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Serbia. Switzerland, Serbia. Bracon (Bracon) luteator Spinola 1808 on Bracon (Bracon) subglaber Szepligeti 1901 on Urophora solstitialis (Tephritidae); Metzneria Noeeta pupillata, Tephritis leontodontis, Terellia aestivella, M. lappella (Gelechiidae). Distribution: serratulae, Urophora cardui, U. quadrifasciata, U Austria, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, solstitialis (Tephritidae); Metzneria lappella Turkey, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, (Gelechidae); Epichnopterix sieboldi (Psychidae); Macedonia, Russia (Central, Northwestern and Paranthrene tabaniformis, Pennisetia hylaeiformis South), Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, (Sesiidae); Aethes williana (Tortricidae). Serbia. Distribution: Croatia; Germany; Hungary; Italy, Bracon (Bracon) mariae Dalla Torre 1898 on Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia (Russia-Krasnodar, Chaetorellia jaceae (Tephritidae). Distribution: Yaroslavl Oblast), Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Bulgaria,