An Essay on the Classification of the Parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain Which Correspond with the Ichneumones Minuti of Linnaeus

An Essay on the Classification of the Parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain Which Correspond with the Ichneumones Minuti of Linnaeus is a Victorian monograph of entomology published in the Entomological Magazine between 1833 and 1838, by the Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday.

First page of Tabula synoptica generum et subgenerum ichneumonum adscitorum Britanniae Synoptic Table of Genera and Subgenera of Ichneumons

The Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus broadly correspond to the Braconidae and (superfamily Chalcidoidea). Haliday establishes higher level taxa (families) and describes new genera and species. The synoptic tables and descriptions are in Latin. Characters used are (mainly) morphology of the abdomen and thorax, wing venation, number of antennal segments and number of maxillary palpi segments.

The essay begins with I Tabula synoptica generum et subgenerum ichneumonum adscitorum Britanniae Synoptic Table of Genera and Subgenera of Ichneumons Found in Britain (Braconidae). This functions as a dichotomous key.

Part II is Excerptae Quedam e Methodo Chalidum Parts of a method and groups of chalcids

I Pteromali
II Spalangiae

The collections (other than his own) consulted were those of John Curtis and Mus. Soc. Ent. (Museum of the Entomological Society)

Works consulted (Auctores laudati) were

Nees (BM) Gesellschaft Naturforsch:freunde zu Berlin Magazin v d 1811-1816(Ichneumones adsciti a Nees von Essenbeck) (sic). This series (1811, 1812,1814, 1816) was the first attempt to establish a hierarchy of classification for the Adsciti or Braconidae. Nees worked in close association with Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst, who had in 1807 published a monograph on the Ichneumonidae). Nees uses word familia to signify groups of species within a genus as well as groups of genera. He gave collective names to these groups (Cheloni, Sigalphi, Microgasteres, Agathides, Bracones ,and Bassi).
Nees (AA) Acta Nova Physs-med:Academiae Caesar:Leopold Naturae Curiosorum( Conspectus Ichneumonum:linea2 ab eodem)-Laudatum in Ichneumonal Europ.
Nees Hymenopterorum Ichneumonibus affinium monographiae (1834, 2 vols.) Parts of the Essay after 1834
Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, 1807. Fauna Etrusca. Sistens Insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit Petrus Rossius in regio Pisano athenaeo publ.prof. et soc. Ital. Vol. 2. Iterum edita et annotatis perpetuis aucta a D. Carolo Illiger. Helmstadii, Litteris C. G. Fleckeisen.
Carl Fredrik Fallén, 1813. Specimen Novam Hymenoptera Disponendi Methodum Exhibens. Dissertation. Berling, Lund. pp. 1–41. 1 pl.
Dalman, 1820, Försök till Uppställning af Insect-familjen Pteromalini, i synnerhet med afseen de på de i Sverige funne Arter. (Fortsättning) Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 41(2):340-385 and 1823, Analeceta Entomologica :viii+108pp, 4 pls Stockholm
John Curtis various dated folios British Entomology
John Curtis 1829 A guide to the arrangement of British insects

List of Braconidae described Edit

A Edit

abdita Haliday, 1838
abjectum (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
accinctus (Haliday, 1835, Leiophron)
aceris (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
adducta (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
aemula (Haliday, 1836, Opius)
aethiops (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
albipennis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
albipes (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
alexis Haliday, 1834.
ambiguus (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
ambulans Haliday, 1835
ampliator (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
ancilla (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
angelicae (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
angustula (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
annularis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
apicalis Haliday, 1833
arenarius (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
arundinis Haliday, 1834
asteris Haliday, 1834
auctus (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
aurora (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
avenae Haliday, 1834

B Edit

bajulus (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
biglumis (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
braconius Haliday, 1833
brevicollis Haliday, 1835
brevicornis (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)

C Edit

caelatus (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
caesa (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
calceata (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
caligatus (Haliday, 1835, Meteorus)
callidus (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
candidata (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
catenator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
caricis (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
celsus Haliday, 1837
centaureae (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
cerealium Haliday, 1835
cinctus (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
cirsii Haliday, 1834
clandestina (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
clarus Haliday, 1836
clavator Haliday, 1833
colon (Haliday, 1835, Perilitus)
compressa (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
concinnum (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
conspurcator (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
consularis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
contaminatus (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
contracta Haliday, 1833 Alysia GENOTYPE of ALLOEA
crepidis (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
cruentatus Haliday, 1833
cunctator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
cuspidatus (Haliday, 1833, Ancylus)

D Edit

decora (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
decorator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
dilecta (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
diremptus (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
dispar (Haliday, 1833, Rogas)
docilis (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
dorsale (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)

E Edit

edentatus (Haliday, 1835, Leiophron)
eglanteriae Haliday, 1834
elaphus Haliday, 1833
ephippium (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
equestris (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
ervi Haliday, 1834
eugenia (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
eunice (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
excrucians (Haliday, 1835, Leiophron)
excubitor (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
exiguus (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
exiguus (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
exilis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
exilis Haliday, 1837

F Edit

filator (Haliday, 1835, Perilitus)
flavifrons Haliday, 1840
flavinode (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
flavipes (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
flavipes (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
flaviventris (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
florimela (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
foveolus (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
fragilis (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
fucicola (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
fulgidum (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
fuliginosa (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
fulvicornis (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
fulvipes (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
fulvipes (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
fumatus Haliday, 1834
funestus (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
fuscula (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
fuscicornis (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)

G Edit

galatea (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
germanus (Haliday, 1834, Acaelius)
gilvipes (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)

H Edit

haemorrhoeus (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
hariolator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
hastatus Haliday, 1835
heraclei (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
hilaris (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)

I Edit

idalius (Haliday, 1833, Perilitus)
immunis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
imperator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
indagator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
infulata (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
infumata (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
ingratus (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
infima (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
intacta (Haliday, 1835, Leiophron)
intricata (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
isabella (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)

J Edit

jaculans (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
jaculator (Haliday, 1835, Perilitus)

L Edit

lacertosus (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
lancifer (Haliday, 1836, Dyscolus)
laricis (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
lateralis (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
lateralis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
lepidus (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
leptogaster (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
letifer (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
leucopterus (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
lituratus (Haliday, 1835, Leiophron)
livida (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
lucia Haliday, 1838 Alysia
lucicola Haliday, 1838 Alysia
luctuosa Haliday, 1834
lugens (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
lugens Haliday, 1837
lustrator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
lutescens Haliday, 1834
lymphata (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)

M Edit

macrospila (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
marginalis (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
maria (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
maritima (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
matricariae Haliday, 1834
mediator (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
meditator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
meridiana Haliday, 1834
messoria Haliday, 1834
micropterus (Haliday, 1835, Perilitus)
minutus (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
mitis (Haliday, 1833, Leiophron)
muricatus (Haliday, 1833, Ancylus)

N Edit

naiadum (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
nephele (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
nereidum (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
nervosus (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
nina (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
nobilis (Haliday, 1834, Rogas)

O Edit

oleraceus Haliday, 1833

P Edit

pacta (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
paganus Haliday, 1835
[pallidinotus Haliday, 1834 nom. nud.]
pallidus (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
pallipes Haliday, 1835
pendulus Haliday, 1837
phoenicura (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
picinervis (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
picipes (Haliday, 1835, Leiophron)
picipes (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
picta (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
pini (Haliday, 1834, Aphidius)
placida (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
placidus (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
podagrica (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
popularis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
posticus (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
praepotens (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
praetextata (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
procera (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
profligator (Haliday, 1835, Perilitus)
puber (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
pullata (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
pulverosus (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
punctigera (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)

R Edit

ribis Haliday, 1834
rosae Haliday, 1833
rubripes (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
ruficrus (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
rufilabris Haliday, 1833
rufinotata (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
russata (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
rusticus (Haliday, 1837, Opius)

S Edit

saeva (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
salicis Haliday, 1834
secalis Haliday, 1833
semirugosa (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
semistriatus (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
sodalis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
spartii Haliday, 1835
spectabilis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
speculator (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
speculum (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
spinolae Haliday, 1834
spretus Haliday, 1836
stramineipes (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
striatula (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
sylvaticus (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
sylvia (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)

T Edit

tabidus (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
tacita (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
talaris (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
temporale (Fischer, 1958, Opius)
temula (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
tibialis (Haliday, 1835, Helcon)
tripudians Haliday, 1835
trivialis Haliday, 1835

U Edit

uliginosus (Haliday, 1839, Alysia)
umbellatarum (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
umbratilis Haliday, 1833
urticae Haliday, 1834

V Edit

validus (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)
venustum (Haliday, 1838, Alysia)
vestalis (Haliday, 1834, Microgaster)
vestigator (Haliday, 1836, Rogas)
vexator (Haliday, 1835, Perilitus)
victus (Haliday, 1837, Opius)
vindex Haliday, 1837
[viminalis Haliday, 1834 nom. nud.]
volucre (Haliday, 1833, Aphidius)

W Edit

wesmaelii (Haliday, 1837, Opius)

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