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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

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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

A revision of the western Palaearctic species of the genus Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

By Huddleston T
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 41: 1-58, 1980

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includes the Holarctic species Meteorus rubens

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 17 August, 2021 - 4:37pm

A revision of the North American species of ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Meteorus Haliday.

By Muesebeck CFW
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 63 (2470):1–44, 1923

doi = 10.5479/si.00963801.63-2470.1
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I asked Dr. Scott Shaw about the validity of this 98 year old key. He replied "Muesebeck's key actually works pretty well. However, an important consideration is that some North American species are probably synonyms of European species." He recommended 2 keys to the Palearctic species (1)(2)

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 10 August, 2021 - 9:38pm

Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)...

By Stigenberg J, Ronquist F
Zootaxa 3084: 1–95, 2011

full title is "Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity"

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includes Holarctic species

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 17 August, 2021 - 4:39pm

Classification and Biology of Braconid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

By Shaw MR, Huddleston T
Royal Entomological Society of London, Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, volume 7 part 11, 1991

https://www.royensoc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Vol07_Part11.pdf

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 27 August, 2023 - 3:49pm

Illustrated Key to the Subfamilies of the Braconidae

By Cornelis van Achterberg
Zoologische Verhandelingen, 283(1): 1-189, 1993

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 2 February, 2023 - 1:10am

A revision of the parasitic wasps of the subfamily Braconinae occurring in America north of Mexico

By C.F.W. Muesebeck
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 69 (2642):1-73, 1927

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Also includes Agathidinae under an older definition of Braconinae.

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 2 December, 2022 - 6:30pm

Notes on Braconidae (Hymenoptera) associated with jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) and descriptions of new species

By Paul M. Marsh
The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 65(1): 58-67, 1989

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 10 November, 2022 - 4:41am

Phylogeny of the subfamilies of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)

By Quicke, D.L.J. and C. van Achterberg
Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 258 15.x.1990, 1990

This morphological phylogenetic analysis is interesting to compare with later combined morphological and molecular analyses, and molecular analyses.

PDF URL: http://dare.uva.nl/cgi/arno/show.cgi?fid=148935

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Contributed by Joe on 24 April, 2015 - 11:14pm

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