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Ibalia Latreille

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Cynipoidea; Family: Ibaliidae)

Ibalia Latreille 1802. Type species Ophion cultellator Fabricius 1798.

 

Ibalia leucospoides Hochenwarth, 1785
Distribution Holarctic region; introduced to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (1995-2007).
Biology Parasitoids of Siricidae and Anaxyelidae.

Reference

Hurley B.P., Slippers, B. & Wingfield, M.J. 2007. A comparison of control results for the alien invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in the southern hemisphere. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 9: 159–171.

Ritchie, A.J. 1993. Superfamily Cynipoidea (pp. 521-536). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

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