REVISION OF AULACOFOENUS KIEFFER (HYMENOPTERA, GASTERUPTIIDAE), HYPTIOGASTRINE WASPS WITH A RESTRICTED GONDWANIC DISTRIBUTION

Aulacofoenus Kieffer, which can be readily distinguished from other hy ptiogastrine genera by having a short hidden ovipositor, the first fla gellomere much longer than the second, a groove on the hind trochanter , and two discal cells in the fore wing, is revised. Fourteen species (10 new) are recognised; twelve of these [A. fallax (Schletterer), A. thoracicus (Guerin Meneville), comb. nov., A. bungeyi, sp. nov., A. fl etcheri, sp. nov., A. goonooensis, sp. nov., A. kurmondi, sp. nov., A. loxleyi, sp. nov., A. marionae, sp. nov., A. perenjorii, sp. nov., A. swani, sp. nov., A, whiani, sp, nov., and A. wubinensis, sp. nov.] ar e recorded from Australia, and two [A. deletangi (Schletterer) and A. infumatus (Schletterer)] from South America. Two synonymies are propos ed: A. asymmetricus (Turner) with A. thoracicus, comb. nov. and A. sze pligetii Kieffer with A. deletangi. Relationships among genera of Hypt iogastrinae and species of Aulacofoenus are discussed, as is the restr icted Gondwanic (amphinotic) distribution of the genus. A key to speci es is also presented.