Metapelma
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Genus of wasps
| Metapelma | |
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| Female Metapelma spectabile | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Metapelmatidae Boucek, 1988 |
| Genus: | Metapelma Westwood, 1835 |
| Species | |
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Metapelma is a globally-distributed genus of parasitic wasps and the only genus in the family Metapelmatidae.[1] [2] They are parasitoids of longhorn-beetle larvae, which are wood-borers.[3]
Species
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Metapelma Westwood". WaspWeb. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ Noyes, J.S. (2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
External links
[edit ]Description: Westwood, J.O. 1835. May 26, 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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