IBALIIDAE Thomson, 1862
(woodwasp larvae endoparasitoid wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyIBALIIDAE (woodwasp larvae endoparasitoid wasps)
SuperfamilyCYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fergusson, N.D.M. 1986 Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Charipidae, Ibaliidae & Figitidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 8. Part 1c, 55pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Hansen, L.O. 2010 The family Ibaliidae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea) in Norway NJE Vol 57 (2): 139-141.

IBALIIDAE (woodwasp larvae endoparasitoid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for IBALIIDAE (woodwasp larvae endoparasitoid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for IBALIIDAE (woodwasp larvae endoparasitoid wasps)
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