Metapelma

Metapelma
Female Metapelma spectabile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Metapelmatidae Boucek, 1988
Genus:	Metapelma Westwood, 1835
Species
see text

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

• 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

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. "Metapelma Westwood". WaspWeb. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
3. 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