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Metapelma

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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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It is catalogued under topics including Chalcidoidea, Hymenoptera genera and Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyEupelmidae
Observations88

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
196
With media
22
Family
Eupelmidae
Collections
USNM, EMEC, UCSB, AUM, INHS, SAM
Recorded in
India, United States, Gabon, Tanzania, South Africa, Cuba

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Metapelma
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

== 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

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