''Meteorus'' is a genus of
parasitoid wasp
Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran Superfamily (zoology), 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, ...
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 ...
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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"; : ''terga'', associated adjective tergal) is the Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral, dorsal ('upper') portion of an arthropod segment other than the head. The Anatomical terms of location#Anterior ...
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Selected species
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Meteorus andreae''
Aguirrer & Shaw, 2011
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Meteorus gyrator''
Thunberg, 1922
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''Meteorus hyphantriae'' Riley, 1887
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Meteorus laphygmae''
Viereck 1913
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Meteorus pulchricornis''
Wesmael, 1835
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Meteorus rubens''
Nees, 1811
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Meteorus stellatus''
Fujie et al., 2021[
*'' Meteorus trachynotus'' Viereck, 1912
]
References
Euphorinae
Braconidae genera
Taxa named by Alexander Henry Haliday
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