''Meteorus'' is a genus of
parasitoid wasp
Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causin ...
s in the family
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 ...
.
It comprises over 330 species worldwide.
''Meteorus'' wasps are distinguished from other
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 ...
wasps by the presence of a second submarginal cell in the forewing and a petiolate first
tergite
A ''tergum'' (Latin for "the back"; plural ''terga'', associated adjective tergal) is the dorsal ('upper') portion of an arthropod segment other than the head. The anterior edge is called the 'base' and posterior edge is called the 'apex' or 'mar ...
.
Selected species
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Meteorus andreae
''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 ...
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Aguirrer & Shaw, 2011
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Meteorus gyrator
''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 ...
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Thunberg, 1922
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Meteorus laphygmae
''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 ...
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Viereck 1913
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Meteorus pulchricornis
''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 ...
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Wesmael, 1835
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Meteorus rubens
''Meteorus rubens'' is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae which attacks significant crop pests including the black cutworm, ''Agrotis ipsilon
''Agrotis ipsilon'', the dark sword-grass, black cutworm, greasy cutworm, floodpla ...
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Nees, 1811
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Meteorus stellatus
''Meteorus stellatus'' is a species of parasitoid wasp, parasitising moths in the forests of the Okinawa-hontô and Amami-ôshima Islands, subtropical Japan.Enrico de Lazaro:
Alternatively:
Larvae
The species was identified due to its ...
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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
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