Kapala (wasp)

Kapala
Kapala floridana, Florida
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eucharitidae
Subfamily: Eucharitinae
Tribe: Eucharitini
Genus:
Cameron, 1884
species

approx. 25 known species, others undescribed

Kapala is a genus of parasitic wasps in the family Eucharitidae,[1] found primarily in the neotropics, and associated with ants.[1]

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Kapala:[2][3][4]

  • Kapala argentina Gemignani, 1933
  • Kapala atrata (Walker, 1862)
  • Kapala chacoensis Gemignani, 1947
  • Kapala cuprea Cameron, 1913
  • Kapala cynipsea (Walker, 1862)
  • Kapala dicerodera (Spinola, 1853)
  • Kapala flabellata (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Kapala floridana (Ashmead, 1885)
  • Kapala furcata (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Kapala glauca Yang, 1997
  • Kapala inexagens (Cameron, 1862)
  • Kapala iridicolor (Cameron, 1904)
  • Kapala ivorensis Risbec, 1954
  • Kapala pectinicornis (Latreille, 1809)
  • Kapala romandi (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
  • Kapala splendens Ashmead, 1904
  • Kapala sulcifacies (Cameron, 1904)
  • Kapala terminalis Ashmead, 1892

References

  1. ^ a b Heraty, John. Eucharitidae. Hymenopteran Systematics, University of California, Riverside (2002): Web. 16 Sep. 2011.
  2. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Kapala Cameron, 1884". Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  3. ^ "GBIF, Kapala". Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  4. ^ Noyes, J.S. (2018). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2019-07-02.