Meteorus
Genus of wasps / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a genus of wasps. For the plant genus previously known as Meteorus, see Barringtonia.
Meteorus is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae.[1] It comprises over 330 species worldwide.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Subfamily: | Euphorinae |
Genus: | Meteorus Haliday, 1835 |
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Meteorus wasps are distinguished from other braconid wasps by the presence of a second submarginal cell in the forewing and a petiolate first tergite.[3]