Ectroma-maderense
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Metanotalia maderensis
Metanotalia maderensis is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Encyrtidae, originally described by Walker in 1872 as Ectroma maderense. It is endemic to the Madeira archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. The genus Metanotalia is a small group within the Encyrtidae, a family known for their role as parasitoids of scale insects and other hemipteran pests. Specimens of this species are held in the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Encyrtidae collection, one of the largest collections of this family globally.