Systematics of the parasitoid wasp genus Aulacus Jurine (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea: Aulacidae) from Australia
Author
Jennings, John T.
Author
Parslow, Ben A.
Author
Austin, Andrew D.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-21
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journal article
22561
10.11646/zootaxa.4538.1.1
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Aulacus houstoni
Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004
Aulacus houstoni
Jennings
et al.
2004a: 117
;
Jennings 2010
[on-line checklist].
This species was described recently by
Jennings
et al.
(2004a)
from the Fitzgerald River National Park,
Western Australia
. In addition to the description provided in
Jennings
et al.
(2004a)
, the ovipositor guide is medial, transverse and broad, with short setae on the distal margin and in groove.
Aulacus houstoni
keys out with
A. longiventris
and
A. belairensis
. The three species can be separated readily by the lateral medial carina above the toruli, which is present in
A. longiventris
and
A. houstoni
but is absent in
A. belairensis
. For additional differences, see under
A. belairensis
above.