Meteorus
Genus of wasps
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Meteorus is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae.[1] It comprises over 330 species worldwide.[2]
| Meteorus | |
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| Meteorus rubens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Subfamily: | Meteorinae |
| Genus: | Meteorus Haliday, 1835 |
Meteorus wasps are distinguished from other braconid wasps by the presence of a second submarginal cell in the forewing and a petiolate first tergite.[3]
Selected species
- Meteorus andreae Aguirrer & Shaw, 2011
- Meteorus gyrator Thunberg, 1922
- Meteorus hyphantriae Riley, 1887
- Meteorus laphygmae Viereck 1913
- Meteorus pulchricornis Wesmael, 1835
- Meteorus rubens Nees, 1811
- Meteorus stellatus Fujie et al., 2021[4]
- Meteorus trachynotus Viereck, 1912
