Iphiaulax impostor ( Scopoli, 1763 )

Cao, Liang-Ming, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Yan-Long, Wang, Xiao-Yi & Yang, Zhong- Qi, 2020, Revision of parasitoids of Massicus raddei (Blessig & Solsky) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) in China, with one new species and genus, Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 104-130 : 117-118

8. Iphiaulax impostor ( Scopoli, 1763)

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Ichneumon impostor Scopoli, 1763: 287 .

Iphiaulax impostor Foerster, 1863: 234 . Shenefelt, 1978: 1769; Yu et al., 2016.

Bracon impostor Nees, 1819: 304 .

Material examined. 1♀, NE China, Jilin Province, Meihekou City, Jile Village, Jixing Forest Farm, 10.VIII.2008, Tang Hua leg; collected when it was laying eggs in the trunk of a Quercus mongolica tree infested by M. raddei .

Hosts. Parasitoid of Cerambycidae ( Massicus raddei (new record), Acanthocinus aedilis (L.), Acanthoderes clavipes (Schrank) , A. varius (Fabricius) , Apriona germari (Hope) , Icosium tomentosum Lucas , Leiopus nebulosus (L.), Monochamus galloprovincialis Olivier , M. sutor (L.), Oberea linearis L., Plagionotus arcuatus (L.), Purpuricenus budensis (Goeze) , Rhagium inquisitor L., Saperda populnea (L.)); Buprestidae ( Anthaxia morio (Fabricius) , Melanophila picta Pall , Phaenops yin Kubáň & Bílý ); and Cossidae ( Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou) , Zeuzera leuconotum Butler ).

Distribution. China (Beijing, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shangdong, Shanxi, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Ja-pan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, former Yugoslavia.

Remarks. Body length ♀ 5.9 mm.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Iphiaulax impostor (Scopoli), ♀ A Habitus, dorsal aspect, scale bar = 2 mm B Head and mesosoma, dorsal aspect, scale bar = 1 mm C Fore wing and hind wing, scale bar = 1 mm D Metasoma, dorsal aspect, scale bar = 1 mm.