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(Redirected from Metapelmatidae) Genus of wasps

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

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

Species

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.

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

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XyeloideaXyelidae
Pamphilioidea
Siricoidea
Xiphydrioidea
Cephoidea
Orussoidea
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Ichneumonoidea
Ceraphronoidea
Proctotrupomorpha
Platygastroidea
Cynipoidea
Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)
Diaprioidea
Mymarommatoidea
Chalcidoidea
(chalcid wasps)
Evanioidea
Stephanoidea
Megalyroidea
Trigonaloidea
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Chrysidoidea
Vespoidea
Tiphioidea
Thynnoidea
Pompiloidea
Scolioidea
Formicoidea
Apoidea
Spheciformes
(sphecoid wasps)
Anthophila
(bees)
Taxon identifiers
Metapelma
Metapelmatidae


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