see text Metapelma is a parasitic wasp genus, the only genus in the family Metapelmatidae.

[1] They are parasitoids of longhorn-beetle larvae, which are wood-borers.

Various hymenopterous insects, partly from the collection of the Rev.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London III: 68-72. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96158#page/247/mode/1up

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