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Metapelma riparia Prinsloo

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

Metapelma riparia Prinsloo, 1985. Holotype in National Collection of Insects, Pretoria (SANC). Type locality: Gobabeb, Kuiseb River, Namib-Naukluft Park (Namibia).

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

Reference

Prinsloo, G.L. 1985. Some chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) from the central Namib desert. Cimbebasia (A) 7(7): 87-105.

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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