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Iphiaulax pandora Brues

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

Iphiaulax pandora Brues, 1924. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type Locality: Salisbury [= Harare], Zimbabwe.

Distribution

Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Reared from Gonometa species (Lasiocampidae).

References

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum 19: 1-150.

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.

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

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