Metopiinae

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae)

Metopiinae Förster 1869. Type genus: Metopius Viereck 1918.

	Drepanoctonus Pfankuch, 1911
	Exochus Gravenhorst, 1829
	Hemimetopius Benoit, 1955
	Hypsicera Latreille, 1829
	Metopius Panzer, 1806
	Triclistus Förster, 1869
	Trieces Townes, 1946

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

Endoparasitoids (Koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larva, usually those hidden in leaf rolls or folds. Egg is laid into the caterpillar and the adult wasp emerges from the pupa.

References

Förster, A. 1869. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens. 25(1868):135-221.

Viereck, H.L. 1918. A list of families and subfamilies of the Ichneumon-flies in the superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 31:69-74.