Revisionary notes on the subfamily Gnaptodontinae with description of eleven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

The tribe Gnaptogastrini Tobias, 1976, is synonymized with the tribe Gnaptodontini Fischer, 1970, and the group is given subfamily rank. The genera Gnaptogaster Tobias, 1976, and Gnaptodon Haliday, 1837, are redescribed and illustrated. A neotype for Bracon pumilio Nees, 1834, (type-species of Gnaptodon) is selected, described and illustrated. A lectotype is designated for Diraphus pygmaeus Wesmael, 1838. Keys are given to the Palaearctic and Afrotropical species of Gnaptodon, of which eight new Palaearctic and two new Afrotropical species are described; additionally the first Oriental Gnaptodon species is described. Mesotages Foerster, 1862, is synonymized with Gnaptodon Haliday, 1837, and Mesotages decoris Foerster, 1862, is a new senior synonym of G. bachmaieri Fischer, 1957, and of G. klemensiewiczii (Niezabitowski, 1910). The ecology of the reared Palaearctic Gnaptodon species and the phylogenetic relationships of the Gnaptodontinae are discussed.

Bracon-pumilio-Nees-1834 ( Braconidae- ) : Neotype-designated, P.-35;Gnaptodon-Haliday-1837 ( Braconidae- ) : Redescription-, P.-27, Syn-nov, Mesotages-Foerster-1862, p.-27, Key-to-species, Palaearctic-region, P.-28, Key-to-species, Afrotropical-region, P.-39;Gnaptodon-apheles ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Austria-, host-Nepticulidae ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-29, fig'd;Gnaptodon-bachmaieri-Fischer-1957 ( Braconidae- ) : New-synonym, Of-G.-decoris- ( Foerster-1862 ) , p.-31;Gnaptodon-bini ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Somalia-, host-Nepticulidae ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-39, fig'd;Gnaptodon-brevis ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Hungary-, host-Ectoedemia-hexapetalae ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-30, fig'd;Gnaptodon-decoris ( Foerster-1862 ) ( Braconidae- ) : Syn-nov, G.-klemensiewiczii-Niezabitowski-1910, p.-31, Syn-nov, G.-bachmaieri-Fischer-1957, p.-31;Gnaptodon-erasmi ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Italy-, host-Ectoedemia-groschkei ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-32, fig'd;Gnaptodon-georginae ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Algeria-, host-Stigmella-hybnerella ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-33, fig'd;Gnaptodon-klemensiewiczii-Niezabitowski-1910 ( Braconidae- ) : New-synonym, Of-G.-decoris- ( Foerster-1862 ) , p.-31;Gnaptodon-nieukerkeni ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Greece-, host-Stigmella-cf.-S.-rhamnophila- ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-34, fig'd;Gnaptodon-orientalis ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Thailand-, host-Nepticulidae ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-40, fig'd;Gnaptodon-pilosus ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Hungary-, host-Stigmella-eberhardi ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-34, fig'd;Gnaptodon-ruficeps ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Hungary-, host-Trifurcula-dorycniella ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-37, fig'd;Gnaptodon-similis ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, South-Africa, host-Nepticulidae ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-40, fig'd;Gnaptodon-vlugi ( Braconidae- ) : Sp-nov, Sweden-, host-Nepticulidae ( Lepidoptera- ) , P.-38, fig'd;Gnaptodontinae- ( Braconidae- ) : Key-to-genera, P.-26;Gnaptodontinae-Fischer-1970 ( Braconidae- ) : Raised-from, Gnaptodontini-, p.-26;Gnaptodontini-Fischer-1970 ( Braconidae- ) : Syn-nov, Gnaptogastrini-Tobias-1976, p.-26, Raised-to, Gnaptodontinae-, p.-26;Gnaptogaster-Tobias-1976 ( Braconidae- ) : Redescription-, P.-26;Gnaptogastrini-Tobias-1976 ( Braconidae- ) : New-synonym, Of-Gnaptodontini-Fischer-1970, p.-26;Mesotages-Foerster-1862 ( Braconidae- ) : New-synonym, Of-Gnaptodon-Haliday-1837, p.-27