Kapala

There are sixteen species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants. More than one parasitoid can complete development on a single host larva.

REFERENCES
 * Ashmead, W.H. Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by Herbert H. Smith. JOURBOOK: Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum VOLUME: 1(4) PAGES: i-xi,225-551,39pls. (1904).


 * [[Media:Camero1913.PDF| Cameron, P. 1913. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum, Part V. Journal of Royal Agricultural Society, Demerara 3: 105-137.]]


 * [[Media:Gemign1947.PDF| Gemignani, E.V. 1947. Nuevas especies de la familia Eucharidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). (In Spanish.) Comunicationes del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 1: 1-15.]]


 * [[Media:Heraty1985.PDF| Heraty, J.M. A revision of the Nearctic Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae). JOURBOOK: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario VOLUME: 116 PAGES: 61-103. (1985).]]


 * 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).


 * Heraty, J.M. A revision of the genus ¦Isomerala¦ (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). JOURBOOK: Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovenicae VOLUME: 69(1-2) PAGES: 137-145. (2005).


 * Lachaud J-P, Cerdan P, Pérez-Lachaud G. (2011) Poneromorph Ants Associated with Parasitoid Wasps of the genus Kapala Cameron (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) in French Guiana. Psyche, vol. 2012, Article ID 393486, 6 pages,


 * [[Media:Murray 2013.pdf| Murray Elizabeth A., Carmichael Andrew E. and Heraty John M. 2013Ancient host shifts followed by host conservatism in a group of ant parasitoidsProc. R. Soc. B.2802013049520130495.]]


 * Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, John M Heraty, Andrew Carmichael, Jean-Paul Lachaud, Biology and Behavior of Kapala (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) Attacking Ectatomma, Gnamptogenys, and Pachycondyla (Formicidae: Ectatomminae and Ponerinae) in Chiapas, Mexico, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 99, Issue 3, 1 May 2006, Pages 567–576.


 * Shipp, J.W. A new classification of the genus |Thoracantha| Latr. JOURBOOK: Entomologist VOLUME: 27 PAGES: 188-190. (1894).


 * [[Media:Spinol1853.PDF| Spinola, M. 1853. Compte Rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de Mr. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846. (In French.) Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze de Torino, serie secunda 13: 19-94. ]]