Apanteles metacarpalis (Thomson, 1895)

Material examined: MALTA, Selmun, 3–10. ii.2013, 4 exx., emerged from Chrysoesthia atriplicella (Amesl) ( Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) mining in Atriplex halimus, MZ, NMS [parasitoid determined by Mark Shaw; host determined by Michael Zerafa].

Notes: New record for the Maltese Islands. This species is a koinobiont endoparasitoid of a limited range of species of the family Gelechiidae .