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Metapelma mirabilis Brues

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Metapelmatidae; Genus: Metapelma)

Metapelma mirabilis Brues, 1906. Holotype in Milwaukee Public Museum (MPMW). Type locality: (South Africa).

Classification

 
Distribution South Africa.
Biology Unknown, but likely to be a parasitoid of larvae of wood-boring beetles (Cerambycidae, Buprestidae).

References

Ferrière, C. 1938. Eupelmides exotiques (Hymenopt. Chalcididae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 107: 25-72.

Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Prinsloo, G.L. 1985. Some chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) from the central Namib desert. Cimbebasia (A) 7(7): 87-105.

Risbec, J. 1952. Contribution á l'étude des chalcidoides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (E). 2:1-449.

Risbec, J. 1953. Chalcidoïdes et proctotrupoïdes de l'Afrique occidentale française (2e supplément). Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. 15:549-609.
Risbec, J..1958. Chalcidoïdes nouveaux d'Afrique du Sud. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia. No 22(B):147-162.
Westwood, J.O. 1835. May 26th 1835. Various hymenopterous insects, partly from the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London III: 68-72.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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