Metapelma Explained

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]

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

External links

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

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Noyes . J.S. . Universal Chalcidoidea Database . Natural History Museum, London . 15 April 2023 . 2019.