Iphiaulax melanarius (W ALKER, 1871)

Bracon melanarius sp.n.: WALKER 1871: 3 (description ♁ ♀, Massawa).

Bracon melanarius Walker, 1871: MARSHALL 1888: 171 (taxonomy, not seen, French translation of original description).

Bracon melanarius WALKER, 1871: DALLA TORRE 1898: 278 (world catalogue: East Africa).

Bracon melanarius WALKER, 1871: SZÉPLIGETI 1905: 31 (world catalogue – Palaearctic region).

Iphiaulax melanarius (WALKER, 1871): BRUES 1926: 335 (taxonomy, catalogue Afrotropical region: Egypt = Eritrea and Sudan).

Bracon melanarius WALKER, 1871: FAHRINGER 1928: 516 (taxonomy, not seen, original description).

Bracon melanarius WALKER, 1871: FAHRINGER 1935: 629 (taxonomy, not seen, original description).

Iphiaulax melanarius (WALKER, 1871): SHENEFELT 1978: 1780 (world catalogue: Egypt = Sudan).

D i s t r i b u t i o n:Massawa.

Iphiaulax melanarius is also recorded from Sudan. The record from Djibouti by INNES BEY (1911: 108) is doubtful (MADL 2018) and the identification should be checked..