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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Braconinae » Iphiaulax
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Wasps - Iphiaulax - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Jeff Hollenbeck

Wasps - Iphiaulax - Male Female
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
April 18, 2008
Size: BL 6mm-9mm
14 total.
Tony Thomas suggested "perhaps Pimpla disparis which is a relatively common parasitoid of Evergreen Bagworms" based on the previous images. Hopefully these will help.
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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 22 April, 2008 - 7:57pm
Last updated 10 October, 2016 - 1:52pm

Braconidae.
Hi, Jeff. These are definitely braconids. The first two dorsal abdominal segments are fused, which is one good way of telling them apart from similar ichneumonids. Knowing the host should help you get to a genus at least. The relatively long faces on these suggest Agathidinae for a subfamily. Thanks for this nice series!
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 April, 2008 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Braconidae : Braconinae
I agree with Eric that this is a Braconid wasp. I think that the subfamily is Braconinae. The species Iphiaulax manteri has host records for that species of bagworm in "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico." Smithsonian Institution Press. P.M. Marsh 1979

If your host ID is correct, then you can feel pretty certain of the parasitoid species.
… Andy Boring, 24 April, 2008 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
As
it turns out, the host is more likely Oiketicus abbotii, hence my placing these images in ID request.

Three immature bagworms collected on the same tree as the female above turned out to be male Oiketicus abbotii, and their bags are typical of O. abbotii as well. I was basing the Evergreen bagworm ID on the larva. Is it possible both species are present on the same tree?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 24 April, 2008 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Still Iphiaulax sp.
There are two references for braconid hosts of O. abbotii; both are in the genus Iphiaulax (Braconidae:Braconinae).
… Andy Boring, 25 April, 2008 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Andy.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 May, 2008 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

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