Acanthodoryctes Turner 1918

Type species Iphyaulax morleyi Froggart, 1916 .

Acanthodoryctes Turner, 1918: 55; Shenefelt and Marsh 1976: 1264; Yu et al. 2016.

Diagnosis. O c c i p i t a l c a ri n a c o m p l e t e l y a b s e n t. Maxillary palp relatively long; third segment of labial palp not shortened. Scapus of antenna common, without transformation. Pronotum dorsally flat, with two lateral long and pointed curved projections. Propleuron without teeth. Notauli deep and complete. Propodeum with dense and small irregular areolation, with delineated areola. Precoxal furrow present and shallow. Hind coxa without dorsal projections and basoventral tubercle. First discal cell of fore wing distinctly petiolate anteriorly. In hind wing, vein m-cu absent; marginal cell without transverse vein r; vein M + CU not shorter than vein 1-M. Second metasomal tergite with two deep sublateral and weakly divergent furrows reaching second suture.

Distribution. Australian region. Three recognized species.