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Ibalia leucospoides
Ibalia leucospoides, the knife-shaped ibalia, is a species of ibaliid wasp in the family Ibaliidae.
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Description
Ibalia leucospoides can reach a body length of about 15 mm (0.59 in). These small wasp have black head, thorax and legs. Abdomen is dark red, rectangular, pronouncedly compressed laterally and unmarked. Antennae are filiform, with 13 antennal segments in males (11 in females). The wings are transparent, with semitransparent apical ends. This species is rather similar to Ibalia anceps, that shows a different color pattern.
Range & habitat
This species is widespread in Africa, Australia, most of Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, and Southern Asia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209083.