Ibalia-rufipes

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Ibalia
Ibalia is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Ibaliidae, comprising approximately 13-14 described species. All species are specialized parasitoids of siricid woodwasps (family Siricidae), attacking the larval stages of their hosts within dead or decaying wood. Females locate host larvae by detecting volatile compounds emitted by symbiotic fungi that siricids cultivate for nutrition. The genus is notable for its laterally compressed abdomen, giving a distinctive flattened appearance, and for its role as a biological control agent against invasive woodwasps such as Sirex noctilio.
parasitoid woodwasp-parasitoid biological-control forest-insect Cynipoidea proovigenic olfactory-foraging cuticular-hydrocarbones alkane-pheromones Siricidae-parasitoid Amylostereum Cerrena volatiles host-finding-behavior patch-foraging con-specific-interference flight-capacity laterally-compressed-abdomen Ibalia-anceps Ibalia-leucospoides Ibalia-drewseni Ibalia-japonica Ibalia-rufipes Ibalia-ruficollis