Ibaliidae

Ibaliidae
Ibalia leucospoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
Superfamily: Cynipoidea
Family: Ibaliidae
Thomson, 1862
Genera
  • Eileenella Fergusson
  • Heteribalia Sakagami
  • Ibalia Latreille
  • Archaeibalia Liu & Engel

The Ibaliidae are a small family of the hymenopteran superfamily Cynipoidea. Ibaliidae differ from most of the cynipoids by the larvae being parasitoids on other wasp larvae in the group Siricidae. The Ibaliidae comprise three extant genera of fairly large wasps, with a total of 20 species, and is a sister group to the rest of the cynipoids except the small subfamily Austrocynipidae.

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