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Iphiaulax species

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Braconinae; Genus: Iphiaulax)
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Photographed by Jonathan Ball at Grotto Bay (between Koeberg and Yzerfontein) about 400 m from the high water mark.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Sitting on leaf of Cotyledon orbiculata (Crassulaceae) at 16H00 on the 18th April 2014 in Strandveld.

References

Quicke, D.L.J. 1987. The Old World genera of braconine wasps. Journal of Natural History 21:43-197.

Quicke, D.L.J., 1988. Host relationships in the Braconinae - how little we know! Queensland Entomological Society News Bulletin 16: 85-92.

Quicke, D. L. J., 1991. A revision of the Australian species of Iphiaulax Foerster and Chaoilta Cameron (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Records of the Australian Museum 43(1): 63–84.

Szépligeti, G. 1906. Braconiden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National-Museums, 1. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 4: 47-618. 

Wanjala M. E. & Khaemba B. M. 1987. The biology and behaviour of Iphiaulax varipalpis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a parasite of Dirphya nigricornis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). BioControl 32: 281-289.

Credits

Photographs © Jonathan Ball (Cape Town).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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