Metopius Panzer, 1806
(a genus of hymenopterans)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Metopius citratus a hymenopteran					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Metopius (a genus of hymenopterans)
Subfamily	METOPIINAE (metopiine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Metopius is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hackston, M.	2023	Family Ichneumonidae, subfamily Metopiinae key to British genera	https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/

Metopius (a genus of hymenopterans) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

METOPIINAE
(metopiine ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Metopius (a genus of hymenopterans)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Metopius (a genus of hymenopterans)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Metopius is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)