Iphiaulax melanarius (W ALKER, 1871)

Bracon melanarius WALKER, 1871: INNES BEY 1911: 108 (Tadjoura, cat. Lord Collection).

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

Bracon melanarius is known from the Afrotropical (Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan) and Palaearctic (Egypt) regions. WALKER (1871a: 4) recorded Bracon melanarius from Eritrea and Sudan and hence the record from Djibouti is doubtful. BRUES (1926: 334), FAHRINGER (1935: 631-32) and SHENEFELT (1978: 1780) also did not list Djibouti under distribution.