EOBRACONVS, A SUBSTITUTE NAME FOR EOBRACON 
RASNITSYN (HYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE) 
By A. P. Rasnitsyn 
Palaeontological Institute, Academy of Sciences 
Profsoyuznaya, 113, Moscow 117321, USSR 
A few years ago I erected Eobracon as a generic name for a fossil 
braconid wasp (Rasnitsyn, 1983). This generic name, however, was 
previously used by Cockerell (1920) for another fossil braconid 
wasp. Since Eobracon Rasnitsyn is, therefore, a junior homonym of 
Eobracon Cockerell, I herein propose Eobraconus Rasnitsyn, new 
name, to replace Eobracon Rasnitsyn, 1983. The only species 
affected becomes Eobraconus inopinatus (Rasnitsyn), new combi- 
nation. 
I am grateful to Professor Frank M. Carpenter for drawing my 
attention to this homonymy. 
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