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Genus Meteorus

Little reddish-brown wasp - 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*The key to species in this source is outdated.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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