Metapelma

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Metapelma
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Female Metapelma spectabile
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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. [1] They are parasitoids of longhorn-beetle larvae, which are wood-borers. [2]

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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.

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