Meteorus rubens (Nees, 1811)
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeteorus rubens (a death wasp)
GenusMeteorus (a genus of braconid wasps)
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)
Records of Meteorus rubens (a death wasp) :
1: Meteorus rubens (a death wasp)
1 Oct 2018 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Molinia
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Meteorus rubens (a death wasp)
8 Sep 2018 OSGR: SU30 50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
2 females, at MV light trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings closed - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Meteorus rubens (a death wasp)
20 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at Actinic light sheet, at night
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Meteorus rubens (a death wasp)
4 Sep 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head, thorax and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - petiole - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - thorax - ventro-lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Meteorus rubens (a death wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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