Metapelma

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

Species

References

  1. Wikidata Q115923766
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  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