Aulacus

Aulacus is a genus of aulacids, ensigns, and gasteruptiids in the family Aulacidae. There are 77 species of Aulacus.^[3]^[4]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Hymenoptera

Family:Aulacidae

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Aulacus

Aulacus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Aulacidae
Genus:	Aulacus Jurine, 1807
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Aulacinus Westwood, 1868 Disaulacinus Kieffer, 1910 Disphaeron Dahlbom, 1837 Micraulacinus Kieffer, 1910 Neuraulacinus Kieffer, 1910 Pammegischia Provancher, 1882 Parafoenus Kieffer, 1910 Pycnaulacus Cushman, 1929

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Taxonomy and phylogeny

This genus was originally described in 1807 by Louis Jurine.^[5] It is currently one of two extant genera within the family Aulacidae along with its sister genus, Pristaulacus.^[6]

As presently defined, the genus Aulacus has been noted by Turrisi et al. in 2009 as not representing a monophyletic group, instead being a paraphyletic assemblage of species with respect to Pristaulacus. Their research also concluded the need for further studies to split the genus into several monophyletic genera.^[7]

Description and identification

Aulacus are generally small auladic wasps. The head lacks an occipital carina, and the tarsal claws are simple.^[8] The forewing has vein 2r-m present in contrast to the genus Pristaulacus, which lacks this vein.^[9]

Distribution

The genus Aulacus has a nearly worldwide distribution apart from the Afrotropics and Antarctica.^[1]^[4]

Behavior

While little is known about the biology of the genus as a whole, many species are known to be koinobiont parasitoids of beetles or wood wasps.^[6]

Species

The following are 72 of the described species belong to the genus Aulacus:

Aulacus albimanus (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus amazonicus (Roman, 1917)^{i c g}
Aulacus aneurus Walkley, 1952^{i c g}
Aulacus aroueti (Girault, 1926)^{i c g}
Aulacus atriceps (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus belairensis Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus biroi (Szépligeti, 1903)^{i c g}
Aulacus bituberculatus Cameron, 1899^{i c g}
Aulacus braconiformis (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus brasiliensis (Szépligeti, 1903)^{i c g}
Aulacus braunsi (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus brevicaudus (Cushman, 1929)^{i c g}
Aulacus brevis Smith, 2005^{i c g}
Aulacus burquei (Provancher, 1882)^{i c g b}
Aulacus burwelli Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus cephalus Smith, 2005^{i c g}
Aulacus coracinus Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus costulatus (Kieffer, 1904)^{i c g}
Aulacus davidi Kuroda, Konishi, Turrisi & Yamasako, 2020^j
Aulacus digitalis Townes, 1950^{i c g}
Aulacus dispilis Townes, 1950^{i c g b}
Aulacus douglasi Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus elegans (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus emineo Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus eocenicus Nel, Waller & De Ploëg, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus erythrogaster He & Chen, 2002^{i c g}
Aulacus festivus (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus flavicornis (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus flavigenis Alekseev, 1986^{i c g j}
Aulacus flavimanus (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus flindersbaudini Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus forus (Smith, 2001)^{i c g}
Aulacus fritschii † (Brues, 1933)^{i c g}
Aulacus fuscicornis Cameron, 1911^{i c g}
Aulacus fusiger Schletterer, 1890^{i c g}
Aulacus gaullei (Kieffer, 1904)^{i c g}
Aulacus grossi Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus houstoni Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus hyalinipennis Westwood, 1841^{i g}
Aulacus impolitus Smith, 1991^{i c g j}
Aulacus japonicus Konishi, 1990^{i c g j}
Aulacus jeoffreyi Alekseev, 1993^{i c g}
Aulacus kohli Schletterer, 1890^{i c g}
Aulacus krahmeri Elgueta & Lanfranco, 1994^{i c g}
Aulacus larisae Sundukov & Lelej, 2015
Aulacus longiventris (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus lovei (Ashmead, 1901)^{i c g}
Aulacus machaerophorus Kuroda, Kikuchi & Konishi, 2016 ^j
Aulacus magnus Chen, Turrisi & Xu, 2016^z
Aulacus mcmillani Jennings, Austin & Stevens, 2004^{i c g}
Aulacus minutus Crosskey, 1953^{i c g}
Aulacus moerens Westwood, 1868^{i c g}
Aulacus nigriventris (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus notatus (Szépligeti, 1903)^{i c g}
Aulacus ochreus Smith, 2005^{i c g}
Aulacus pallidicaudis (Cameron, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus pallipes Cresson, 1879^{i c g}
Aulacus pediculatus Schletterer, 1890^{i c g}
Aulacus philippinensis (Kieffer, 1916)^{i c g}
Aulacus planiceps (Szépligeti, 1903)^{i c g}
Aulacus prisculus † (Brues, 1933)^{i c g}
Aulacus pterostigmatus (Szépligeti, 1903)^{i c g}
Aulacus schiffi Smith, 1996^{i c g}
Aulacus schoenitzeri Turrisi, 2005^{i c g}
Aulacus shizukii Kuroda, Konishi, Turrisi & Yamasako, 2020^j
Aulacus sinensis He & Chen, 2007 ^j
Aulacus striatus Jurine, 1807^{i c g}
Aulacus thoracicus Westwood, 1841^{i c g}
Aulacus truncatus (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus uchidai Turrisi & Konishi, 2011 ^j
Aulacus vespiformis (Kieffer, 1911)^{i c g}
Aulacus westwoodi Kieffer, 1912^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[10] c = Catalogue of Life,^[11] g = GBIF,^[12] b = Bugguide.net,^[13] z = Revision of Chinese Aulacidae,^[4] j = Revisional Study of Japan,^[6] r = Aulacidae in the Russian Far East^[14]

Nomina nuda

There are additionally 4 species names that are considered nomina nuda in Smith's catalog of species.^[1]

Aulacus beckeri Tournier, 1911
Aulacus plurimaculatus Tournier, 1911
Aulacus rufilabris Giraud, 1868
Aulacus transversostriatus Tournier, 1911

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Description and identification

Distribution

Behavior

Species

Nomina nuda

References

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