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Metaphycus Mercet

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Encyrtidae; Subfamily: Encyrtinae)

Metaphycus Mercet, 1917. Type:

Metaphycus species
 

Metaphycus aethiopicus Compere, 1940 (Eritrea) 

Metaphycus africanus Compere, 1940  (South Africa)

Metaphycus agrestis Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus alberti (Howard, 1898) (Australia, South Africa, U.S.Aloencyrtus) 

Metaphycus albiventris Compere, 1940 (Congo, Eritrea) 

Metaphycus aloinus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus ambatomangae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar) 

Metaphycus amblydentis Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus amiculus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus anneckei Guerrieri & Noyes, 2000 (Australia, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, U.S.Aloencyrtus)

Metaphycus aquilus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus asparagi Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus aspidiotinorum Compere, 1940  (Peru, South Africa)

Metaphycus asterolecanii (Mercet, 1923) (Palaearctic) 

Metaphycus baruensis Noyes, 1988 (Kenya, Papua New Guinea) 

Metaphycus bicolor Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus brochus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981  (South Africa)

Metaphycus burrus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus capensis Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus cerinus Compere, 1940  (South Africa)

Metaphycus chionaspidi (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal) 

Metaphycus chortinus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus chrysopae Risbec, 1954 (Senegal) 

Metaphycus citer Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus citricola Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (Algeria, Pakistan, South Africa)

Metaphycus citrinus Compere, 1957 (Eritrea, U.S.Aloencyrtus) 

Metaphycus confusus Compere, 1940  (South Africa)

Metaphycus cybele Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus decorus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus decussatus Annecke & Prinsloo, 1977 (Mauritius)

Metaphycus distentus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (Uganda)

Metaphycus doratus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus eurhinus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus eurycarus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus ferinus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus ferrierei Compere, 1940 (Uganda) 

Metaphycus funicularis Annecke, 1965 (South Africa, U.S.Aloencyrtus) 

Metaphycus fuscicornis Compere, 1928  (South Africa)

Metaphycus galbus Annecke, 1964 (Angola, South Africa, Spain, Uganda) 

Metaphycus gilvus Compere, 1957 (Eritrea, India, U.S.Aloencyrtus) 

Metaphycus graminis Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus helvolus (Compere, 1926) (Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa; worldwide) 

Metaphycus hemilecanii Compere, 1940 (Kenya, South Africa) 

Metaphycus heynsi Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus illusus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus insleyae Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus insularis Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (Mauritius)

Metaphycus inviscus Compere, 1940 (Australia, Israel, South Africa, Spain, U.S.Aloencyrtus) 

Metaphycus involucer Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus latifrons Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus lepelleyi Compere, 1940 (Kenya) 

Metaphycus limuruensis Compere, 1940 (Kenya) 

Metaphycus lineascapus Compere, 1940  (South Africa)

Metaphycus lounsburyi (Howard, 1898) (Afrotropical: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania; Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic)

Metaphycus luteolus (Timberlake, 1916) (Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic) 

Metaphycus lutus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus malgacinus (Risbec, 1957) (Madagascar) 

Metaphycus mineus Prinsloo, 1985 (Namibia) 

Metaphycus natalensis Compere, 1928 (South Africa)

Metaphycus neseri Annecke & Mynhardt, 1979 (South Africa)

Metaphycus nigripectus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus nigritulus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus obtusus Compere, 1940 (South Africa) 

Metaphycus oreius Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus praevidens (Silvestri, 1915) (Eritrea, Madagascar) 

Metaphycus prinslooi Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus proteae Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus reburrus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus saissetiae Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus scalptus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus scitulus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (Tanzania)

Metaphycus sigillatus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (South Africa)

Metaphycus solatus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus stanleyi Compere, 1940 (Afrotropical: Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda; Neotropical, Palaearctic) 

Metaphycus stramineus Compere, 1940 (South Africa, U.S.Aloencyrtus) 

Metaphycus subflavus Timberlake, 1927 (Egypt, Israel, South Africa) 

Metaphycus swirskii Annecke & Mynhardt, 1979 (France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kenya)

Metaphycus sylvaticus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (Zimbabwe)

Metaphycus tachardinae Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus truncatus Compere, 1940  (South Africa)

Metaphycus ustulatus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (Namibia, South Africa)

Metaphycus utibilis Annecke & Mynhardt, 1971 (South Africa)

Metaphycus vanderplanki Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa, Swaziland)

Metaphycus vernus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1972 (South Africa)

Metaphycus voakotrokae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar) 

Metaphycus xanthulus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981 (Namibia)

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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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