Genus Houardiella Kieffer, 1912

Houardiella comprises two described species in the tribe Asphondyliini (Gagné 2004) . It is closely related to the genus Asphondylia, with its needle-like, piercing ovipositor that is accompanied by a pair of basal lobes at its base, and the progressively shorter flagellomeres in the female. It differs from Asphondylia in having onesegmented (as opposed to three-segmented) palpi, a single tooth rather than two teeth on the male gonostylus, and an apical, posterior extension of the gonocoxite. Immature stages resemble those of Asphondylia, with well developed cephalic horns and abdominal spines in pupae, and a massive spatula in larvae.