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Gall Wasps.
Adults small to large (to 15 mm - among the largest Cynapoidea).
Head. Antennal segments 13 (female), or 15 (male). Antennae not geniculate.
Thorax. Thorax black. Pronotum long, extending back to the tegulae; not vertically grooved for reception of the fore femur. The spiracle cover lobe of the pronotum not margined with close fine hairs. Cenchri absent. Fore-wings without a pterostigma; with the venation well developed (the radial cell at least 9 times as long as broad). Closed fore-wing cells 3–5. Submarginal cells 3. Hind femur with a clear trochantellus. Hind tibiae without specialised spurs.
Abdomen. The abdomen with a marked basal constriction; short-waisted (short-petiolate); very laterally compressed and knife-like. Visible abdominal segments 6 (male), or 5 (female). The gaster concolorous; reddish brown. Ovipositor of females visibly protruding, or not visibly protruding (usually); adapted for piercing.
Larvae. Larvae with segmented legs; parasitic on hosts selected by the mother (the British representative on Sirex larvae).
General comments. The hind basitarsus twice as long as segments 2–5 combined.
British representation. Species in Britain 1; Ibalia.
Classification. Suborder Apocrita; Series Parasitica; Superfamily Cynipoidea.
Illustrations. • Ibalia leucospoides (Knife-shaped Ibalia): B. Ent. 22. • Ibalia leucospoides (detail: B. Ent. 22). • Ibalia leucospoides (dissections: B. Ent. 22). • Ibalia leucospoides: B. Ent. 22, legend+text. • Ibalia leucospoides: B. Ent. 22, text cont..
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the families of Hymenoptera. Version: 14th April 2022. delta-intkey.com’.
