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Iphiaulax species

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

Photographed by Alouise Lynch (Alexandria, Eastern Cape).

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host unknown. Collected in Valley Bushveld with Searsia species.

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 © Alouise Lynch.


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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