''Ibalia'' is a genus of ibaliid wasps in the family
Ibaliidae
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 ...
. There are about 14 described species in ''Ibalia''.
[ All species are parasitoids of ]Siricidae
Horntails or wood wasps are any of the 150 non-social species of the hymenopteran family Siricidae, a type of wood-eating sawfly. The common name "horntail" derives from the stout, spine-like structure at the end of the adult's abdomen which is ...
species, which they seek out by detecting volatiles emitted by the fungi Siricidae larvae feed on, '' Amylostereum''.
Species
These 14 species belong to the genus ''Ibalia'':
* '' Ibalia anceps'' Say, 1824
* '' Ibalia aprilina'' Kerrich, 1973
* '' Ibalia arizonica'' Liu & Nordlander, 1992
* '' Ibalia hunanica'' Liu & Nordlander, 1994
* '' Ibalia jakowlewi'' Jacobson, 1899
* '' Ibalia japonica'' Matsumura, 1912
* ''Ibalia kirki
''Ibalia'' is a genus of ibaliid wasps in the family Ibaliidae. There are about 14 described species in ''Ibalia''. All species are parasitoids of Siricidae species, which they seek out by detecting volatiles emitted by the fungi Siricidae larvae ...
'' Liu & Nordlander, 1992
* ''Ibalia leucospoides
''Ibalia leucospoides'', the knife-shaped ibalia, is a species of ibaliid wasp in the family Ibaliidae.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Ibalia leucospoides'':
* ''Ibalia leucospoides ensiger'' Norton, 1862
* ''Ibalia leuc ...
'' (Hochenwarth, 1785)
* ''Ibalia mirabilis
''Ibalia'' is a genus of ibaliid wasps in the family Ibaliidae. There are about 14 described species in ''Ibalia''. All species are parasitoids of Siricidae species, which they seek out by detecting volatiles emitted by the fungi Siricidae larvae ...
'' Yasumatsu, 1941
* '' Ibalia montana'' Cresson, 1879
* '' Ibalia ornata'' Belizin, 1968
* '' Ibalia ruficollis'' Cameron, 1884
* '' Ibalia rufipes'' Cresson, 1879
* † '' Ibalia electra'' Engel & Liu, 2012
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Parasitic wasps
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