Meteorinae

Meteorinae
Meteorus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Braconidae
Subfamily:
Meteorinae

Meteorinae is a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps; however, since 2015, most scientists have treated this clade as the Tribe Meteorini in Euphorinae.[1][2] Several species have been used in biological control programs. The name for this group comes from the pupal stage, which, in species attacking Lepidopteran hosts, hangs suspended from a long thread of silk.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stigenberg2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Quicke, D.L. (2015). The braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps: biology, systematics, evolution and ecology. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118907085. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. ^ Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. p. 69.