Metapelma

Metapelma
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
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Metapelma is a globally-distributed genus of parasitic wasps and the only genus in the family Metapelmatidae. They are parasitoids of longhorn-beetle larvae, which are wood-borers.

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References

  1. ↑ Burks, Roger A.; Mitroiu, Mircea; Fusu, Lucian; et al. (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. Wikidata Q115923766.
  2. ↑ "Metapelma Westwood". WaspWeb. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Noyes, J.S. (2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

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