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Meteorinae
Meteorinae is a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Several species have been used in biological control programs. The name for this group comes from the pupal stage, which, in species attacking Lepidopteran hosts, hangs suspended from a long thread of silk. Description and distribution Meteorines are characterized by an open 1st subdiscal cell and a four-sided 2nd subdiscal cell of the forewings. They have a distinctive petiolate waist. They are found worldwide, in habitats where their hosts can be found. Biology Meteorines are koinobiont endoparasitiods of Coleoptera or Lepidoptera larvae. Some species are known to have broad host ranges, meaning they can attack many species of hosts. Most are solitary, laying a single egg per host, but some are gregarious and many larvae develop within a single host. Many species are nocturnal as adults. Genera Two genera are found in North America, '' Meteorus'' and ''Zele''. Recent evidence suggests that ''Meteorus'' may be para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteorus
''Meteorus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It comprises over 330 species worldwide. ''Meteorus'' wasps are distinguished from other braconid wasps by the presence of a second submarginal cell in the forewing and a petiolate first tergite. Selected species *''Meteorus andreae'' Aguirrer & Shaw, 2011 *''Meteorus gyrator'' Thunberg, 1922 *''Meteorus laphygmae'' Viereck 1913 *''Meteorus pulchricornis'' Wesmael, 1835 *''Meteorus rubens'' Nees, 1811 *''Meteorus stellatus'' Fujie et al., 2021 *''Meteorus trachynotus ''Meteorus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It comprises over 330 species worldwide. ''Meteorus'' wasps are distinguished from other braconid wasps by the presence of a second submarginal cell in the forewing and a pet ...'' Viereck, 1912 References Braconidae {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braconidae
The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species. Classification The Braconidae are currently divided into about 47 subfamilies and over 1000 genera, which include ''Aerophilus'', ''Aleiodes'', '' Apanteles'', ''Asobara'', '' Bracon'', ''Cenocoelius'', '' Chaenusa'', ''Chorebus'', '' Cotesia'', '' Dacnusa'', '' Diachasma'', ''Microgaster'', ''Opius'', ''Parapanteles'', '' Phaenocarpa'', ''Spathius'', and ''Syntretus.'' These fall into two major groups, informally called the cyclostomes and noncyclostomes. In cyclostome braconids, the labrum and the lower part of the clypeus are concave with respect to the upper clypeus and the dorsal margin of the mandibles. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braconid
The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species. Classification The Braconidae are currently divided into about 47 subfamilies and over 1000 genera, which include ''Aerophilus'', ''Aleiodes'', ''Apanteles'', ''Asobara'', '' Bracon'', ''Cenocoelius'', '' Chaenusa'', ''Chorebus'', ''Cotesia'', '' Dacnusa'', '' Diachasma'', ''Microgaster'', ''Opius'', ''Parapanteles'', '' Phaenocarpa'', ''Spathius'', and ''Syntretus.'' These fall into two major groups, informally called the cyclostomes and noncyclostomes. In cyclostome braconids, the labrum and the lower part of the clypeus are concave with respect to the upper clypeus and the dorsal margin of the mandibles. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteorus (32239374503)
''Meteorus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It comprises over 330 species worldwide. ''Meteorus'' wasps are distinguished from other braconid wasps by the presence of a second submarginal cell in the forewing and a petiolate first tergite. Selected species *''Meteorus andreae'' Aguirrer & Shaw, 2011 *''Meteorus gyrator'' Thunberg, 1922 *''Meteorus laphygmae'' Viereck 1913 *''Meteorus pulchricornis'' Wesmael, 1835 *''Meteorus rubens'' Nees, 1811 *''Meteorus stellatus'' Fujie et al., 2021 *''Meteorus trachynotus ''Meteorus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It comprises over 330 species worldwide. ''Meteorus'' wasps are distinguished from other braconid wasps by the presence of a second submarginal cell in the forewing and a pet ...'' Viereck, 1912 References Braconidae {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echinode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swallowtail Butterfly
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus '' Ornithoptera''. Swallowtails have a number of distinctive features; for example, the papilionid caterpillar bears a repugnatorial organ called the osmeterium on its prothorax. The osmeterium normally remains hidden, but when threatened, the larva turns it outward through a transverse dorsal groove by inflating it with fluid. The forked appearance in some of the swallowtails' hindwings, which can be seen when the butterfly is resting with its wings spread, gave rise to the common name ''swallowtail''. As for its formal name, Linnaeus chose ''Papilio'' for the type genus, as ''papilio'' is Latin for "butterfly". For the specific epithets of the genus, Linnaeus applied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cutworm
Cutworms are moth larvae that hide under litter or soil during the day, coming out in the dark to feed on plants. A larva typically attacks the first part of the plant it encounters, namely the stem, often of a seedling, and consequently cuts it down; hence the name ''cutworm''. Cutworms are not worms, biologically speaking, but caterpillars. Feeding and hiding Cutworm larvae vary in their feeding behaviour; some remain with the plant they cut down and feed on it, while others often move on after eating a small amount from a felled seedling; such a wasteful mode of feeding results in disproportionate damage to crops. Cutworms accordingly are serious pests to gardeners in general, but to vegetable and grain farmers in particular. For example, it has been suggested that in South Africa for one, ''Agrotis segetum'' is the second worst pest of maize.Smit, Bernard, "Insects in South Africa: How to Control them", Pub: Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1964. Note that the cutworm mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bark Beetle
A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was considered a distinct family (Scolytidae), but is now understood to be a specialized clade of the "true weevil" family (Curculionidae). Although the term "bark beetle" refers to the fact that many species feed in the inner bark (phloem) layer of trees, the subfamily also has many species with other lifestyles, including some that bore into wood, feed in fruit and seeds, or tunnel into herbaceous plants. Well-known species are members of the type genus ''Scolytus'', namely the European elm bark beetle ''S. multistriatus'' and the large elm bark beetle ''S. scolytus'', which like the American elm bark beetle ''Hylurgopinus rufipes'', transmit Dutch elm disease fungi (''Ophiostoma''). The mountain pine beetle ''Dendroctonus ponderosae'', southern pine beetle ''Dendroctonus frontalis'', and their near relatives are major pests of conifer forests in North America. A similarly aggressive spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spruce Budworm
''Choristoneura'' is a genus of moths in the family Tortricidae. Several species are serious pests of conifers, such as spruce and are known as spruce budworms. Species *''Choristoneura adumbratanus'' (Walsingham, 1900) *'' Choristoneura africana'' Razowski, 2002 *''Choristoneura albaniana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Choristoneura argentifasciata'' Heppner, 1989 *'' Choristoneura biennis'' Freeman, 1967 *'' Choristoneura bracatana'' (Rebel, in Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894) *''Choristoneura carnana'' (Barnes & Busck, 1920) *'' Choristoneura chapana'' Razowski, 2008 *'' Choristoneura colyma'' Razowski, 2006 *''Choristoneura conflictana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Choristoneura diversana'' (Hubner, 814-1817 *''Choristoneura evanidana'' (Kennel, 1901) *'' Choristoneura expansiva'' X.P.Wang & G.J.Yang, 2008 *'' Choristoneura ferrugininotata'' Obraztsov, 1968 *''Choristoneura fractivittana'' (Clemens, 1865) *''Choristoneura freemani'' Razowski, 2008, western spruce budworm *''Choristoneura fumiferana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown-tail
The brown-tail moth (''Euproctis chrysorrhoea'') is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to Europe, neighboring countries in Asia, and the north coast of Africa. Descriptions of outbreaks, i.e., large population increases of several years duration, have been reported as far back as the 1500s. The life cycle of the moth is atypical, in that it spends approximately nine months (August to April) as larvae (caterpillars), leaving about one month each for pupae, imagos and eggs. Larvae (caterpillars) are covered in hairs. Two red spots on the back, toward the tail, distinguish these species from other similarly hairy moth larvae. The winged adults have white wings and a hairy white body with a tuft of brown hair at the tip of the abdomen. Females lay one egg cluster, usually on the underside of a leaf of a host plant. The species is polyphagous, meaning that it feeds on many different species of trees, including pear, apple, maple and oak. This species was accidentally introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraphyly
In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In contrast, a monophyletic group (a clade) includes a common ancestor and ''all'' of its descendants. The terms are commonly used in phylogenetics (a subfield of biology) and in the tree model of historical linguistics. Paraphyletic groups are identified by a combination of synapomorphies and symplesiomorphies. If many subgroups are missing from the named group, it is said to be polyparaphyletic. The term was coined by Willi Hennig to apply to well-known taxa like Reptilia ( reptiles) which, as commonly named and traditionally defined, is paraphyletic with respect to mammals and birds. Reptilia contains the last common ancestor of reptiles and all descendants of that ancestor, including all extant reptiles as well as the extinct synapsids, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zele (wasp)
Zele () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, around 20 km east of Ghent. The municipality only comprises the town of Zele proper. In 2021, Zele had a total population of 21,333. The total area is 33.06 km2 which gives a population density. Famous inhabitants * Basile De Loose, painter (1809–1885) * Pierre de Decker, former Prime Minister of Belgium (1855–1857) (1812–1891) * Aloïs de Beule, sculptor (1861–1935) * Filip De Wilde, professional football player (b. 1964) * Lieven Maesschalck, physiotherapist (b. 1964) * Christophe Impens, Belgian record holder 1500 m run, semi-finalist at Atlanta Olympics (b. 1969) * Caroline Maes, professional tennis player (b. 1982) * Vanessa Van Cartier, drag queen and winner of Drag Race Holland ''Drag Race Holland'' is a Dutch reality competition streaming television series based on the American ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. The television series is produced by Vincent TV and World of Wonder. The sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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