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 <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>
- Metapelma angustipes <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- â Metapelma archetypon <small>Gibson, 2009</small>
- Metapelma bachi <small>Girault, 1922</small>
- Metapelma beijingense <small>Yang, 1996</small>
- Metapelma berlandi <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- Metapelma compressipes <small>Cameron, 1909</small>
- Metapelma cubense <small>Ashmead, 1900</small>
- Metapelma elegantulum <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- Metapelma feae <small>Masi, 1923</small>
- Metapelma giraulti <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- Metapelma gloriosum <small>Westwood, 1874</small>
- Metapelma goethei <small>Girault, 1928</small>
- Metapelma insigne <small>(Förster, 1860)</small>
- Metapelma ledouxi <small>Risbec, 1953</small>
- Metapelma leucoptera <small>Risbec, 1958</small>
- Metapelma madecassa <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- Metapelma mesandamana <small>Mani & Kaul, 1973</small>
- Metapelma mirabile <small>Brues, 1906</small>
- Metapelma nobile <small>(Förster, 1860)</small>
- Metapelma obscuratum <small>Westwood, 1874</small>
- Metapelma pacificum <small>Nikol'skaya, 1952</small>
- Metapelma palauense <small>Yoshimoto & Ishii, 1965</small>
- Metapelma patrizii <small>Masi, 1923</small>
- Metapelma riparia <small>Prinsloo, 1985</small>
- Metapelma ruficauda <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- Metapelma rufimanum <small>Westwood, 1874</small>
- Metapelma salomonis <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- Metapelma schwarzi <small>(Ashmead, 1890)</small>
- Metapelma seyrigi <small>Risbec, 1952</small>
- Metapelma spectabile <small>Westwood, 1835</small>
- Metapelma strychnocola <small>Mani & Kaul, 1973</small>
- Metapelma sylvaticum <small>Risbec, 1953</small>
- Metapelma taprobanae <small>Westwood, 1874</small>
- Metapelma tenuicrus <small>Gahan, 1925</small>
- Metapelma turneri <small>Ferrière, 1938</small>
- Metapelma westwoodi <small>Girault, 1915</small>
- Metapelma zhangi <small>Yang, 1996</small>
References
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