Genus Ibalia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers

black-and-gold wasp - Ibalia anceps - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Cynipoidea

Family Ibaliidae (Ibaliid Wasps)

Genus Ibalia

Explanation of Names

Author: Latreille 1802

Numbers

The only genus in the family. It contains 6 species, according to Nearctica.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 14 July, 2006 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 17 March, 2009 - 2:44pm

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