Family IBALIIDAE
Compiler and date details
2 July 2012 - Danielle N. Stringer, John T. Jennings & Andrew D. Austin, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and the School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Introduction
Ibaliids are the largest members of Cynipoidea (15–20 mm) and can be recognised by the long thin radial cell in the fore wing, the hind femur short, the first tarsal segment of the legs very long, and the metasoma very strongly compressed from the sides.
This parasitoid family is represented naturally in Australasia only by a single very rare genus Eileenella from New Guinea. The dominant genus Ibalia is known from 15 species distributed in the northern hemisphere. However, two species have been introduced into Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) as biological control agents of Sirex woodwasps (Siricidae). Females are attracted to the symbiotic fungi in the oviposition shafts of Sirex and oviposit on eggs or early larval instars.
General References
Liu, Z. & Nordlander, G. 1994. Review of the family Ibaliidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) with keys to genera and species of the world. Entomologica Scandinavica 25: 377–392
Ronquist, F. 1999. Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea. Zoologica Scripta 28: 139–164
History of changes
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |