Metapelma

Metapelma is a parasitic wasp genus, the only genus in the family Metapelmatidae.[1] They are parasitoids of longhorn-beetle larvae, which are wood-borers.[2]

Metapelma
Female Metapelma spectabile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Metapelmatidae
Boucek, 1988
Genus: Metapelma
Westwood, 1835
Species

see text

Species
  • Metapelma albisquamulata Enderlein, 1912
  • Metapelma angustipes Ferrière, 1938
  • †Metapelma archetypon Gibson, 2009
  • Metapelma bachi Girault, 1922
  • Metapelma beijingense Yang, 1996
  • Metapelma berlandi Ferrière, 1938
  • Metapelma compressipes Cameron, 1909
  • Metapelma cubense Ashmead, 1900
  • Metapelma elegantulum Ferrière, 1938
  • Metapelma feae Masi, 1923
  • Metapelma giraulti Ferrière, 1938
  • Metapelma gloriosum Westwood, 1874
  • Metapelma goethei Girault, 1928
  • Metapelma insigne (Förster, 1860)
  • Metapelma ledouxi Risbec, 1953
  • Metapelma leucoptera Risbec, 1958
  • Metapelma madecassa Ferrière, 1938
  • Metapelma mesandamana Mani & Kaul, 1973
  • Metapelma mirabile Brues, 1906
  • Metapelma nobile (Förster, 1860)
  • Metapelma obscuratum Westwood, 1874
  • Metapelma pacificum Nikol'skaya, 1952
  • Metapelma palauense Yoshimoto & Ishii, 1965
  • Metapelma patrizii Masi, 1923
  • Metapelma riparia Prinsloo, 1985
  • Metapelma ruficauda Ferrière, 1938
  • Metapelma rufimanum Westwood, 1874
  • Metapelma salomonis Ferrière, 1938
  • Metapelma schwarzi (Ashmead, 1890)
  • Metapelma seyrigi Risbec, 1952
  • Metapelma spectabile Westwood, 1835
  • Metapelma strychnocola Mani & Kaul, 1973
  • Metapelma sylvaticum Risbec, 1953
  • Metapelma taprobanae Westwood, 1874
  • Metapelma tenuicrus Gahan, 1925
  • Metapelma turneri Ferrière, 1938
  • Metapelma westwoodi Girault, 1915
  • Metapelma zhangi Yang, 1996

References
  1. Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
  2. Noyes, J.S. (2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

Description: Westwood, J.O. 1835. May 26th 1835. Various hymenopterous insects, partly from the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London III: 68-72. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96158#page/247/mode/1up

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