METOPIINAE Förster, 1869
(metopiine ichneumon wasps)

METOPIINAE (metopiine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

METOPIINAE (metopiine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Carria paradoxa
a hymenopteran
Species 3 references
Chorinaeus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 references
Colpotrochia cincta
a hymenopteran
Species 1 references
Exochus
a genus of metopiine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 references
Hypsicera
a genus of metopiine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 references
Ischyrocnemis goesi
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Metopius
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Periope auscultator
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 references
Periope hoerhammeri
a metopiine ichneumon
Species 1 references
Scolomus borealis
a hymenopteran
Species 1 references
Stethoncus monopicida
a metopiine ichneumon
Species 1 references
Synosis
a genus of metopiine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 references
Triclistus
a genus of metopiine ichneumon wasps
Genus 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyMETOPIINAE (metopiine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for METOPIINAE (metopiine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ceballos, G. 1963 Orthocentrinae y Metopiinae de España (Hym. Ichneumonidae) EOS Vol 39 (1-2): 109-134.
Hackston, M. 2023 Family Ichneumonidae, subfamily Metopiinae key to British genera https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/
Meyer, N.F. 1936 Tryphoninae Tables systématiques des Hyménoptères parasites (Fam. Ichneumonidae) de l’URSS et des pays limitrophes Vol 6.
Townes, H.K. 1971 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.

Regional/Nearctic

Townes, H. & M. 1959 1. Subfamily Metopiinae Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico, 326pp, Smithsonian Institution

METOPIINAE (metopiine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to METOPIINAE (metopiine ichneumon wasps):

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