Kapala (wasp)

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

• 
  K. terminalis
• 
  K. floridana

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. 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.