Iphiaulax impostor
Creators: name: Li, Yang
name: Achterberg, Cornelis Van
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Iphiaulax
Iphiaulax impostor

description: Iphiaulax impostor (Scopoli, 1763)
Figs 35–36
Ichneumon impostor Scopoli, 1763: 287.
Bracon impostor (Scopoli): Nees, 1819: 304, 1834: 93; Thomson, 1892: 1801; Marshall, 1900: 6.
Iphiaulax impostor (Scopoli): Foerster, 1863: 234; Dalla Torre, 1898: 298; Szépligeti, 1904: 22, 1906: 583; Telenga, 1936: 113; Chu, 1937: 71; Watanabe, 1937: 22; Papp, 1960: 380; Tobias, 1967 (1968): 18, 1971: 70; Chu et al., 1978: 51; Shenefelt, 1978: 1769; Tobias & Belokobylskij, 2000: 181; Wang et al., 2008: 187.
Bracon (Vipio) impostor (Scopoli): Thomson, 1892: 1801.
Bracon (Iphiaulax) impostor (Scopoli): Mantero, 1904: 19.
Vipio impostor (Scopoli): Graeffe, 1908: 140; Hackwitz, 1910: 238.
Iphiaulax (Iphiaulacidea) impostor (Scopoli): Fahringer, 1926: 203.
Ichneumon coccineus Fourcroy, 1785: 417. Synonymized by Dalla Torre, 1898: 298.
Ichneumon incertus Christ, 1791: 371. Synonymized by Dalla Torre, 1898: 298.
Cynips ignota Christ, 1791: 475. Synonymized by Dalla Torre, 1898: 298.
Iphiaulax carissimus Shestakov, 1927: 206. Synonymized by Tobias, 1971: 70.
Iphiaulax infuscatus Shestakov, 1927: 205. Synonymized by Telenga, 1936: 113.
Iphiaulax parvulus Shestakov, 1927: 207. Synonymized by Tobias, 1971: 70.
Iphiaulax parvulus sibiricus Shestakov, 1927: 208. Synonymized by Tobias, 1971: 70.
Iphiaulax senex Shestakov, 1927: 208. Synonymized by Tobias, 1971: 70.
Iphiaulax pulchellus Telenga, 1936: 336. Synonymized by Tobias, 1986: 179.
Material. CHINA— Liaoning Province • 1♀ 1³; Shenyang; 31 Aug. 1982; H. Wei leg.; ZJUH 835217 • 2³³; Shenyang Dongling; 1 May 1959; collector unkown; host: Saperda carcharias (Linnaeus); ZJUH No. 5909. 1 • 1♀ 1³; Shenyang Dongling; 10 Jul. 1994; J.X. Lou leg.; ZJUH 947385, 947763 • 2³³; Huxin; 16 to 23 Aug. 1996; J.X. Lou leg.; ZJUH 961251, 961254.— Jilin Province • 2♀♀; Songhuahu; Sep. to Oct. 1985; M.H. Tang leg.; ZJUH 860004 (two specimens) • 1♀; Hunchun; 5 Jun. 1982; C. R. Piao leg.; ZJUH 861139 • 1♀; Helong; 20 Jul. 1982; C.F. Jin leg.; ZJUH 861136.— Nei Menggu Province • 1♀; Wumengchayouzhongqi; 24 Aug. 1978; collec-tor unkown; ZJUH 200012244.— Shandong Province • 1♀ 3³³; Tai’an Taishan; 17 Jun. 1997; Q. Li leg.; ZJUH 955210, 955211, 200011159, 200011161 • 1♀ 2³³; Tai’an Taishan; 22 Jun. 2000; Y.L. Zhang; ZJUH • 1♀; Taishan Puzhaoshi; 22 Jun. 2000; Q.L. Zhang; ZJUH • 1♀; Taishan Puzhaoshi; 22 Jun. 2000; J. Wang & Y. R. Liu; ZJUH; 1♀; Taishan Puzhaoshi; 13 Jul. 2000; G. Fu & Y.Q. Pan; ZJUH.— Shanxi Province • 1♀; Huata; 1972; collector unkown; ZJUH 780715 • 1♀; Yanbei; 1982; R. L. Zhao leg.; host: larva of Saperda populnea (Linnaeus); ZJUH 824866. – Xinjiang Province • 1³; Pishan; 17 Jul. 1991; J.H. He leg.; ZJUH 912506 • 1♀; Shihezi; 30 Aug. 1981; F.D. He leg.; ZJUH 820017.— Yunnan Province • 1³; Kunming; 30 Mar. 1981; J.H. He leg.; ZJUH 811126.— Zhejiang Province • 1³; Changxing; 2 May 1935; D. Piel leg.; ZJUH.
Biology. The hosts are mainly species of Buprestidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), plus two species of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) (Yu et al. 2016); in China reared from larva of Saperda populnea (Linnaeus, 1758) and S. carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Distribution. China (Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Menggu, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhengjiang); Afrotropical; Oriental; Palaearctic (Yu et al. 2016).
description: Published as part of Li, Yang, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2020, Two genera Campyloneurus Szépligeti and Iphiaulax Foerster in China, with the descriptions of fourteen new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 4884 (1) on pages 51-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4884.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4296207