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Family Ibaliidae - Ibaliid Wasps


Review of the family Ibaliidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) with keys to genera and species of the world
By Liu Z., Nordlander G.
Entomologica Scandinavica 25: 377-392, 1994

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cynipoid wasp family Ibaliidae (Hymenoptera)
By G. Nordlander, Z. Liu, F. Ronquist
Systematic Entomology 21: 151–166, 1996

On the taxonomy of some forms of Ibalia Latreille (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) associated with conifers
By G. J. Kerrich
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 53(1): 65-79, 1973
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1973.tb01412.x

Treats I. leiicospoides, I. montana, I. ruficollis, & I. rufipes.

Ibaliid parasitoids of siricid woodwasps in North America: two new Ibalia species and a key to species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea)
By Zhiwei Liu & Göran Nordlander,
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94(4): 500-507 , 1992

World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera): A Key to Higher-Level Groups
By Buffington ML, Forshage M, Liljeblad J, Tang C-T, van Noort S
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 4(4): 1; 1–69, 2020

Comparative morphology of terminal-instar larvae of Cynipoidea: phylogenetic implications
By J.L. Nieves-Aldrey, H. Vårdal, F. Ronquist
Zoologica Scripta 34: 15–36, 2005

Three New Southeastern Parasitic Hymenoptera
By Carl F. W. Muesebeck
The Florida Entomologist, 50(1): 57-61, 1967
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Includes descriptions for 2 Diapriidae (Trichopria myoleptae & T. dentata) and 1 Braconidae (Macrocentrus dioryctriae, now accepted as Hymenochaonia dioryctriae).

Flowering Plant Hosts of Adult Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Central Illinois
By Tooker, J.F. and L.M. Hanks
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2000
A large comprehensive study involving 151 parasitoid species over several parasitoid families and records covering over 33 years of observation and over 15,000 insect visitors. Provides persuasive data that Apiaceae (the carrot family) is the plant family by far most widely used by parasitoid wasp adults for feeding.

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