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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Meteorinae » Meteorus

Genus Meteorus

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
Meteorus - female Cocoon - Meteorus Small Wasp - Meteorus - female Tiny Orange Wasps - Meteorus wasp - Meteorus - female Braconidae, ventral - Meteorus - female small wasp - Meteorus Meteorus, possibly M. rubens - Meteorus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)
Subfamily Meteorinae
Genus Meteorus
Numbers
40 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Abdominal tergites with a single row of setae, marginal cell of hind wing either narrowed or subparallel at apex (never broadened).


Wing venation
Print References
*The key to species in this source is outdated.
Muesebeck, C. F. W. 1923. "A revision of the North American species of ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Meteorus Haliday." Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 63 (2470):1–44, 2 figs.. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.63-2470.1 Full Text Here
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 May, 2006 - 5:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 1 June, 2022 - 8:01pm

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