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 feed on, Amylostereum.
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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 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 Liu & Nordlander, 1992 Ibalia leucospoides (Hochenwarth, 1785) Ibalia mirabilis 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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