Metopiinae

Metopiinae
Exochus prosopius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Ichneumonoidea
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Metopiinae Förster , 1869

Metopiinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Metopiinae are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera. There are 26 extant genera. A bulging shield-like face is diagnostic for members of this subfamily, but many members lack this character.

List of Genera

• Acerataspis
• Bothromus
• Carria
• Chorinaeus
• Colpotrochia
• Cubus
• Drepanoctonus
• Exochus
• Forrestopius
• Hemimetopius
• Hypsicera
• Ischryocnemis
• Lapton
• Leurus
• Macromalon
• Metopius
• Periope
• Pseudometopius
• Sciron
• Scolomus (=Apolophus)
• Seticornuta
• Spudeaus
• Stethoncus
• Synosis
• Trieces
• Triclistus

References

• Townes, H.T. (1971) Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 (Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthopelmatinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 17: 1-372.

External links

• Waspweb
• Diagnostic characters

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