Metopius Panzer, 1806
Type species: Sphex vespoides Scopoli, 1763; desig. by Viereck, 1912
Peltastes Illiger, 1807
Type species: Ichneumon necatorius Fabricius, 1793; desig. by Curtis, 1824
Peltopius Clément, 1927
Type species: Sphex vespoides Scopoli, 1763; desig. by Clément, 1930
Metopius browni Ashmead, 1905: 117; ƒtƒBƒŠƒbƒsƒ“
Metopius kakogawanus Matsumura, 1912: 100; •ºŒÉ�i‰ÁŒÃ�ì�j; synonymized by Michener, (1941)
Metopius (Ceratopius) rufus: Uchida, 1930: 248; ˆ¤•Q,ŒF–{,ŠØ�‘; misdet.
Metopius (Ceratopius) rufus browni: Michener, 1941: 11; “Œ‹ž,’†�‘
Metopius rufus: Iwata, 1958: 71; •ºŒÉ�iŽÂŽR�j
Metopius rufus: Ohmori, 1960: 17; �VŠƒ�i‰Á–Î�j
Metopius (Metopius) rufus browni: Minamikawa, 1969; •xŽR�i•xŽRŽs�j,•Ÿ‰ª�i’}ŒãŽs�j; ƒnƒXƒ‚ƒ“ƒˆƒgƒE
Metopius (Metopius) rufus browni: Momoi & Kusigemati, 1970: 402; “¿”V“‡�iHentona�j,�Ί_“‡�iMaesatoyama,ŠÏ‰¹�è,‰®—Ç•”,�Ί_�j,�¼•\“‡�i‘c“à,”’•l,‘匴�j
Metopius (Metopius) browni: Kusigemati, 1971: 222; •xŽR,’·–ì�H�i–ì�K�j,‹ž“s,•ºŒÉ�iŽÂŽR�j,‰ªŽR�i˜h‰H�j,�‚’m,ŒF–{�i–ì�K�j,‹{�è,ŽŽ™“‡�i–��è,�²‘½–¦�j,‰‚”ü‘哇,“¿”V“‡,—^˜_“‡,‰«“ê–{“‡,�Ί_“‡,�¼•\“‡; ƒnƒXƒ‚ƒ“ƒˆƒgƒE
Metopius (Metopius) browni: Kusigemati, 1986: 33; �VŠƒ�i‘º�ãŽs�£”g,’©“ú‘º�Î�Z�j
Metopius (Metopius) browni: Konishi & Nambu, 1997: 9; �é‹Ê�iŠŠ�ì�X—ÑŒö‰€,‰H�¶,ŒË“c“¹–ž�j
Metopius browni: Haneda et al., 1998: 327; •Ÿˆä�i�ŸŽRŽs”�â,‘å–ìŽs‹TŽR�j
Metopius browni: Konishi & Nakamura, 2000: 111; “‡�ª�i‰v“cŽs�j,�L“‡
Metopius (Metopius) browni: Konishi & Yamamoto, 2000: 747; ˆ¤•Q�i�¬“c’¬�j
Metopius (Metopius) rufus browni: Konishi & Maeto, 2000: 319; “Œ‹ž�i�c‹��j
Metopius browni: Nakamura, Kameyama & Katayama, 2001: 82; �L“‡�iŽOŽŸŽs�r�£,ŽOŽŸŽsŽOŒ´�j
Metopius browni: Maeto, 2003: 115; �L“‡�i�¯Œ´Žs–{‘º’¬�j
Metopius browni: Nagase, 2004: 1264; �_“Þ�ì�iŠ™‘qŽs“ñŠK“°�j
Metopius browni: Nakamura & Matsuda, 2005: 148; “‡�ª�i‰v“cŽsˆÀ•x’¬,‰v“cŽs’Ž’Ç’¬�j
Metopius (Metopius) browni: Konishi & Nakamura, 2005: 235; �L“‡�i�bŽR’¬‹ê’J,�L“‡Žs“ìŠÏ‰¹’¬�j
Metopius (Metopius) browni: Konishi, Matsumoto, Yoshida & Watanabe, 2014: 494; “Œ‹ž�i�c‹��j
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Ashmead WH (1905) New Hymenoptera from the Philippines. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 29(1416): 107-119.
Matsumura S (1912) Thousand insects of Japan. Supplement IV. Tokyo. 247 pp.