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).


 * Gemignani, E.V. Nuevas especies de la Familia 'Eucharidae' (Insecta, Hymenop. Chalcid.). "JOURBOOK: Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencas Naturales "Bernadino Rivadavia" (z.s.) VOLUME: 1 PAGES: 1-15". (1947).


 * 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,


 * 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).