Metopius apophua Morley

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

Metopius apophua Morley, 1916. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Jackals Water, Bushmanland (South Africa).

Junior synonym of Metopius hilaris Tosquinet

Distribution	South Africa.
Biology	Host: unknown.
References	Morley, C. 1916. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 15: 353-400. Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5:1-430.
Credits	Photographs by Aisha Mayekiso or Nadene Smith © Iziko Museums.
	Next genus: Triclistus Next species: Metopius hilaroides

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>).

Metopius apophua Morley

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