METEORINAE Cresson, 1887
(a subfamily of braconid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Meteorus
a genus of braconid wasps
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Larva (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 7 subtaxa 136 images 2 ident. refs
Zele
a genus of braconid wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 38 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyMETEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hackston, M. Family Braconidae, subfamily Meteorinae key to British species
Stigenberg, J. & Ronquist, F., remastered by Storey, M. 2016 Keys to the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) https://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm
Stigenberg, J. & Ronquist, F. 2011 Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity Zootaxa 3084: 1-95.
Storey, M.W. 2016 The Ichneumon Files http://www.bioimages.org.uk/ichneumon_files.htm

METEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for METEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for METEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid wasps)
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