Stilbula

There are twenty nine species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants.

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List of Stilbula and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Stilbula albipes	(Cameron, 1909)	ants	Malaysia: Sarawak
Stilbula albipetiole	Girault, 1929	ants	Australia
Stilbula arenae	Girault, 1934	Polyrhachis	Australia
Stilbula ashokai	Narendran & Sheela, 1996	ants	India
Stilbula atkinsoni	(Mani & Dubey, 1974)	ants	Myanmar
Stilbula bangalorica	Girish Kumar & Narendran, 2008	ants	India
Stilbula bekilensis bekilensis	(Risbec, 1952)	ants	Madagascar
Stilbula bekillensis minor	(Risbec, 1952)	ants	Madagascar
Stilbula bella	(Forster, 1859)	ants	Europa Island
Stilbula brunneipetiole	(Girault, 1934)	ants	Australia
Stilbula bullista	Girish Kumar, 2017	ants	India
Stilbula carolinensis	Watanabe, 1958	ants	Palau
Stilbula cyniformis	(Rossi, 1792)	Camponotus aethiops, Camponotus japonicus, Camponotus maculatus, Camponotus obscuripes	Bulgaria, Croatia, France, North Macedonia, Italy, Greece, Japan
Stilbula cyniformis tenuicornis	(Ashmead, 1904)	Camponotus herculeanus	Japan, South Korea
Stilbula indica	(Mani, 1935)	ants	India
Stilbula insularis	Cameron, 1908	ants	British India Overseas Territory, India: Chagos
Stilbula knuthii	Alfken, 1900	ants	Indonesia: Java
Stilbula lata	Narendran, 1996	ants	India
Stilbula leucopoda	(Cameron, 1909)	ants	Malaysia: Sarawak
Stilbula lissoma	Masi, 1917	ants	Seychelles
Stilbula minispina	Heraty, 2002	ants	India
Stilbula montana	Nikol'skaya, 1952	ants	USSR, Pamir
Stilbula muthangensis	Girish Kumar, 2017	ants	India
Stilbula mysorensis	(Mani & Dubey, 1974)	ants	India
Stilbula namida	Girish Kumar, 2017	ants	India
Stilbula nilgiri	Heraty, 2002	ants	India
Stilbula octodigitata	Girault, 1929	ants	Australia
Stilbula oxiana	Gussakovskiy, 1940	ants	Uzbekistan
Stilbula palawanensis	Hedqvist, 1978	ants	Philippines
Stilbula peduncularis	Westwood, 1874	ants	Australia
Stilbula peethavarna	Narendran, 1996	ants	Thailand
Stilbula polyrhachicida	(Wheeler & Wheeler, 1924)	Polyrhachis dives	Philippines, Taiwan
Stilbula quinqueguttata	(Girault, 1915)	ants	Australia
Stilbula shendurunica	Girish Kumar, 2017	ants	India
Stilbula silentvalliensis	Girish Kumar, 2017	ants	India
Stilbula tadzhika	Nikol'skaya, 1952	ants	USSR, Tadzhikistan
Stilbula tanjorensis	(Mani & Dubey, 1974)	ants	India
Stilbula tonyi	Narendran & Girish Kumar, 2004	ants	Yemen
Stilbula trimaculata	(Cameron, 1909)	ants	Malaysia, Philippines
Stilbula ussuriensis	Gussaakovskii, 1940	ants	Russia: Primorskij Krai
Stilbula viridiceps	FerriEre, 1960	ants	Senegal
Stilbula vitripennis	Masi, 1934	ants	Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Turkey

REFERENCES

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• Boucek, Z. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). PAGES: 832pp. (1988).

• Cameron, P. 1909a. A contribution to the knowledge of the parasitic Hymenoptera of Argentina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of America 35: 419-450.

• Cameron, P. 1909b. Descriptions of three undescribed species of Chalcididae from Borneo. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909: 205-207.

• Cameron, P. 1909c. On two new genera and seven species from Borneo. Entomologist 42: 229-234.

• Gahan, A.B. A contribution to the knowledge of the Eucharidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). JOURBOOK: Proceedings of the United States National Museum VOLUME: 88 PAGES: 425-458. (1940).

• Girault, A.A. Notes on, and descriptions of, chalcid wasps in South Australian Museum. Concluding paper. JOURBOOK: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia VOLUME: 53 PAGES: 309-346. (1929).

• Girault, A.A. Eucharitidae, Cynipidae, Proctotrypidae et Thysanoptera nova australiensis. PAGES: 2pp. (1934).

• Girish Kumar, P. 2017. A review of the genus Stilbula Spinola, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of five new species from Kerala. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 12 (1): 288-308

• Gussakovsky, V.V. 1940. Notes sur les espèces paléarctiques d'Eucharidinae (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae). (In Russian.) Trudy Instituta Zoologii Akademia, URSS 1: 150-170.

• Hedqvist, K.J. Some Chalcidoidea collected in the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands: II. Eucharitidae, with keys and check-lists of Indo-Australian genera (Insecta, Hymenoptera). JOURBOOK: Steenstrupia, Copenhagen VOLUME: 4(20) PAGES: 227-248. (1978).

• Heraty, J.M. A revision of the genera of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. JOURBOOK: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute VOLUME: 68 PAGES: 367pp. (2002).

• Mani, M.S., Dubey, O.P., Kaal, B.K. and Saraswat, G.G. 1974. Description of some new species and new records of some known Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from India. Memoirs of the School of Entomology 3: 1-108.

• Masi, L. Chalcididae of the Seychelles islands. (With an appendix by J.J.Kieffer.). JOURBOOK: Novitates Zoologicae VOLUME: 24 PAGES: 121-330. (1917).

• Narendran, T.C.; Girish Kumar, P. Two new species of ¦Stilbula¦ Spinola (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from Yemen. JOURBOOK: Zoos' Print Journal VOLUME: 19(11) PAGES: 1677-1679. (2004).

• Narendran, T.C.; Sheela, S. Description of three new species of Oriental |Stilbula| Spinola (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) with a key to Indopacific species. JOURBOOK: Entomon VOLUME: 21(1) PAGES: 65-75. (1996).

• Nikol'skaya, M. Chalcids of the fauna of the USSR (Chalcidoidea). JOURBOOK: Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR VOLUME: 44 PAGES: 575pp. (1952).

• Parker, H.L. 1932. Notes on a collecting spot in France and a chalcid larva (Stilbula cynipiformis Rossi) (Hymenoptera: Eucharidae). Entomological News 43: 1-6.

• Parker, H.L. 1937. On the oviposition habits of Stilbula cynipiformis Rossi (Hymen., Eucharidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 39: 1-3.

• Quevillon, L. 2018. THE ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION OF PARASITES INFECTING ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE). Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

• Risbec, J. 1952. Contribution l'Ètude des Chalcidoides de Madagascar. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E) 2: 1-449.

• Spinola, M. Essai d'une nouvelle classification générale des Diplolépaires. JOURBOOK: Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. VOLUME: 17 PAGES: 138-152. (1811).

• Watanabe, C. Insects of Micronesia. Hymenoptera: Eucharidae. JOURBOOK: Insects of Micronesia VOLUME: 19(2) PAGES: 19-34. (1958).

• Westwood, J.O. Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis; or, illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, PAGES: xxiv+205pp, 40 plates. (1874).