Chimarra (Curgia) braconoides (Walker 1860)

Chimarra (Curgia) braconoides (Walker)

Curgia braconoides Walker, 1860:179.

Chimarrha braconoides (Walker).—Betten and Mosely, 1940:15 [redescription of holotype].

Chimarra braconides (Walker).—Fischer, 1961:57; 1971:208.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [?SANTIAGO PROVINCE], foothills Cordillera Central, S. of Santiago, Jun 1938, Darlington, 2, 2 (MCZ). [SAN CRISTÓBAL PROVINCE] Villa Altagracia, Jul 1938, Darlington, 1, 1, (MCZ). LA VEGA PROVINCE, La Palma, 12 km E El Río, 2–13 Jun 1969, Flint and Gomez, 35, 8. Convento, 12 km S Constanza, 6–13 Jun 1969, Flint and Gomez, 2, 1. Río Camú, 19 km NE Jarabacoa, 12 Jun 1969, Flint and Gomez, 1. Jarabacoa, 3–4 Jun 1969, Flint and Gomez, 1, 1. Constanza, 2–6 Jun 1969, Flint and Gomez, 1. Constanza to Jarabacoa, 2[000]-4000 ft. [~600–1200 m], Aug 1938, Darlington, 2 (MCZ). DAJABÓN PROVINCE, 13 km S Loma de Cabrera, ~400 m, 20–22 May 1973, D. and M. Davis, 1. EL SEIBO PROVINCE, 15 km S Miches, ~500 m, 31 May 1973, D. and M. Davis, 12, 2. Loma Cocuyo, 6 km S Pedro Sanchez, 18°55′N, 69°07′W, 475 m, 4 Jul 1992, J. Rawlins et al., 11cf, 4 (CMNH, NMNH). LA ESTRELLETA PROVINCE, 4 km SE Río Limpio, ~760 m, 24–25 May 1973, D. and M. Davis, 71, 19. PEDERNALES PROVINCE, along Río Mulito, 13 km N Pedernales, 18°09′N, 71°46′W, 230 m, 17 Jul 1992, J. Rawlins et al., 4, 2 (CMNH). Río Mulito, 21 km N Pedernales, 18°09.5′N, 71°45.4′W, 280 m, 14 May 1995, O.S. Flint, Jr., 1. BAORUCO PROVINCE, on upper Río Colorado, Los Guineos, Sierra de Neiba, 18°35′N, 71°11′W, 630 m, 11–12 Aug 1990, Rawlins and Thompson, 1 (CMNH). HATO MAYOR PROVINCE, Parque Los Haitises, E Trepada Alta, 12 km W El Valle, 18°59′N, 69°30′W, 145 m, 6 Jul 1992, J. Rawlins et al., 1 (CMNH). [DISTRITO NACIONAL] Trujillo City [now Santo Domingo], 5 Jan 1940, B.B. Palmer, 1 (INHS); same, but Duran [?, label partially illegible] River, Jan 1940, 1 (INHS). St. Domingo [no further locality], Sep 1905, A. Busck, 1; same data, except Mar 1925, D.S. Miller, 1.

HAITI, Crew, 1(MCZ). [From lot, some labelled “Hayti,” no further data], 1 (MCZ).

ETYMOLOGY.—Possibly from the Latin bracon (“a kind of wasp”) and the Latin suffix -oides (“like”), perhaps due to the similar orange and black color pattern of the wasps in the genus Bracon and this species.