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Iphiaulax Förster

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Braconinae)

Iphiaulax Förster, 1862. Type species: Ichneumon impostor (Scopoli,1763).

Iphiaulax species
  Iphiaulax africanus (Dalla Torre, 1898)
  Iphiaulax agnatus Kohl, 1906
  Iphiaulax alluaudi Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax apicalis Szépligeti, 1913
  Iphiaulax ardens (Walker, 1871)
  Iphiaulax bequaerti Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax bohemani (Holmgren, 1868)
  Iphiaulax callipterus Saussure, 1892
  Iphiaulax callosus Szépligeti, 1918
  Iphiaulax cephalotus Szépligeti, 1908
  Iphiaulax collaris Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax concolor (Walker, 1871)
  Iphiaulax curticaudatus Shenefelt, 1978
  Iphiaulax decemmaculatus Szépligeti, 1911
  Iphiaulax decorus Cameron, 1906
  Iphiaulax determinatus (Walker, 1871)
  Iphiaulax diana Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax didymus (Brullé, 1846)
  Iphiaulax dodsi Cameron, 1906
  Iphiaulax dubius Fahringer, 1935
  Iphiaulax duvivieri Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax erythraeana Szépligeti, 1913
  Iphiaulax facialis Szépligeti, 1913
  Iphiaulax fastidiator (Fabricius,1781)
  Iphiaulax flagrator (Gerstaecker, 1858)
  Iphiaulax fletcheri Cameron, 1907
  Iphiaulax fornasinii Kriechbaumer, 1894
  Iphiaulax fuelleborni Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax fulvus Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax fusconigratus Fahringer, 1935
  Iphiaulax gaullei Granger, 1949
  Iphiaulax gibbus (Brullé, 1846)
  Iphiaulax gracilites Shenefelt, 1978
  Iphiaulax guineensis Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax haematostigma Kriechbaumer, 1894
  Iphiaulax hemixanthopterus Szépligeti, 1911
  Iphiaulax hesper Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax hova Saussure, 1892
  Iphiaulax impostor (Scopoli,1763)
  Iphiaulax incisus (Brullé, 1846)
  Iphiaulax iphigenia Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax iris Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax jeannelli Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax jocosoides (Buysson, 1897)
  Iphiaulax katangensis Shenefelt, 1978
  Iphiaulax kolleri Cameron, 1912
  Iphiaulax laeviusculus Szépligeti, 1906
  Iphiaulax lanceolatus Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax lativentris Cameron, 1906
  Iphiaulax longicornis Szépligeti, 1905
  Iphiaulax lucidus Szépligeti, 1913
  Iphiaulax lucina Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax maculifrons (Ritsema, 1874)
  Iphiaulax madagascariensis Szépligeti, 1913
  Iphiaulax megacerus Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax melanarius (Walker, 1871)
  Iphiaulax microphthalmus Brues, 1926
  Iphiaulax mocquereysi Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax nataliensis Szépligeti, 1901
  Iphiaulax nigridorsis Kriechbaumer, 1894
  Iphiaulax nigrimanus Szépligeti, 1915
  Iphiaulax nigroluteus Masi, 1944
  Iphiaulax nigroscutellaris Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax novus Szépligeti, 1901
  Iphiaulax ocellator (Fabricius, 1804)
  Iphiaulax pandora Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax pectoralis Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax perfectus Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax permutans Turner, 1917
  Iphiaulax pictus (Brullé, 1846)
  Iphiaulax pilisoma van Achterberg, 1996
  Iphiaulax plurimacula (Brullé, 1846)
  Iphiaulax pravus Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax preussi Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax proserpina Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax rhodesianus Cameron, 1906
  Iphiaulax ribesiferus (Buysson, 1897)
  Iphiaulax rubrinervis Cameron, 1904
  Iphiaulax rugotusus Shenefelt, 1978
  Iphiaulax scrupulosus Szépligeti, 1914
  Iphiaulax sculpturatus (Walker, 1871)
  Iphiaulax scutellaris Szépligeti, 1913
  Iphiaulax semiluteus Szépligeti, 1911
  Iphiaulax seyrigi Granger, 1949
  Iphiaulax signatus (Brullé, 1846)
  Iphiaulax simplex (Brues, 1926)
  Iphiaulax sjostedti Szépligeti, 1908
  Iphiaulax soleae Cameron, 1905
  Iphiaulax spilonotus Cameron, 1905
  Iphiaulax subauratus Kriechbaumer, 1894
  Iphiaulax tanyceras Cameron, 1906
  Iphiaulax tegularis Szépligeti, 1906
  Iphiaulax testaceus Kriechbaumer, 1894
  Iphiaulax thisbe Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax thoracicus Szépligeti, 1911
  Iphiaulax trichiosomus Cameron, 1906
  Iphiaulax unicolor Szépligeti, 1913
  Iphiaulax varicollis Cameron, 1909
  Iphiaulax varitinctus Cameron, 1906
  Iphiaulax varius (Brullé, 1846)
  Iphiaulax vesta Brues, 1924
  Iphiaulax wahlbergi (Holmgren, 1868)
  Iphiaulax whitei Cameron, 1905
  Iphiaulax xanthocephalus Szépligeti, 1911
  Iphiaulax xanthoprosopus Fahringer, 1935
  Iphiaulax zonulus Fahringer, 1935
  Iphiaulax zoroaster Fahringer, 1935

Distribution

Old World: Afrotropical, Oriental and Indo-Australasian regions.

Biology

Idiobiont  ectoparasitoids  primarily of  wood-boring beetle larvae in the family Cerambycidae (Quicke, 1988), some species appear to parasitise other hosts including concealed Lepidoptera larvae (Quicke, 1991).

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.F. 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

Photograph © Roger Mayes (Gauteng) or 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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