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Meteorus antefurcalis
Fahringer,1941 (Tanzania)
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Meteorus anthracnemis
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Reunion) |
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Meteorus ate
Nixon,1943 (South Africa)
Meteorus brevicornis
Granger,1949 (Kenya, Madagascar)
Meteorus caelebs
Saussure,1892 (Madagascar)
Meteorus capensis
Cameron,1905 (South Africa)
Meteorus capito
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Meteorus citimus
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Meteorus clytes
Nixon,1943 (South Africa)
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Meteorus comonile
Rousse & Braet, 2012 (Reunion)
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Meteorus conjunctus
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Meteorus croce
Nixon,1943 (South Africa)
Meteorus delusor
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Meteorus destructor
Saussure,1892 (Madagascar)
Meteorus ductor
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Meteorus durbanensis
Brues,1926 (South Africa)
Meteorus ealanus
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Meteorus fastidiosus
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Meteorus flavicornis
Szépligeti,1914 (Tanzania)
Meteorus kleini
Szépligeti,1918 (Namibia)
Meteorus komensis
Wilkinson,1927 (Uganda)
Meteorus laodice
Nixon,1943 (Madagascar, South Africa)
Meteorus lal
Nixon,1943 (South Africa)
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Meteorus laphygmarum
Brues,1926 (Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mauritius, ?Reunion, South Africa,
Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe) |
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Meteorus latipennis
de Saeger,1946 (Rwanda)
Meteorus latro
de Saeger,1946 (Rwanda)
Meteorus lipsis
Nixon,1943 (Ghana, Sierra Leone)
Meteorus longiradialis
Granger,1949 (Madagascar)
Meteorus margaroniae
Wilkinson,1927 (South Africa)
Meteorus neavei
Brues,1926 (Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar, Malawi)
Meteorus nereus
Nixon,1943 (Togo)
Meteorus ornatus
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Meteorus pachymetae
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Meteorus pictus
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda) |
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Meteorus pulchricornis
(Wesmael, 1835) (Reunion.
Widespread in Palearctic and Oriental regions, New
Zealand. Introduced into mainland USA)
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Meteorus russeithorax
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Meteorus sedulus
de Saeger,1946 (Rwanda)
Meteorus seyrigi
Granger,1949 (Madagascar)
Meteorus strictus
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Meteorus testaceus
Szépligeti,1914 (Cameroon, Madagascar, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)
Meteorus tricolor
Szépligeti,1913 (Tanzania)
Meteorus trilineatus
Cameron,1905 (South Africa)
Meteorus triptus
Nixon,1943 (South Africa)
Meteorus wittei
de Saeger,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Meteorus tydeus
Nixon,1943 (South Africa)
Meteorus variegatus
Granger,1949 (Madagascar)
Meteorus variipes
Granger,1949 (Madagascar) |
Diagnosis
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Flagellum with 21–29 segments, apical flagellomeres without spine.
Scape about 1.5x longer than wide and twice longer than pedicel.
Maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 3 articles, respectively.
Occipital carina complete dorsally, joining ventrally hypostomal
carina far from mandibular basis. Eye glabrous and large. Frons
concave and smooth. Tentorial pits large and deep. Clypeus slightly
convex, more than twice wider than high. Subocullar sulcus well
developed. Mandibles slender, largely overlapping each other when
closed, tapered towards apex, with a fine medio-longitudinal carina,
upper tooth much longer than lower tooth. Sternaulus wide and
rugose-crenulate. Epicnemial carina complete. Postpectal carina
absent. Notaulus deep and crenulate. Scuto-scutellar groove deep and
crenulate. Scutellum with small medio-posterior depression.
Propodeum irregularly rugose. Forewing with Rs about as long
as pterostigma, Rs+M and usually r-m present, M+Cu
fully tubular and pigmented. Hind wing with M+Cu much
longer than 1/M, Cu&cu-a subvertical, 2/Sc+R
very long, Rs spectral. Hind wing with R not apically
broadened. Tarsal claws simple and slender. Tergite I long and
slender, wider apically than basally, spiracles at or slightly
posterior to middle, ventral margins usually meeting at least
medially or sometimes basally fused. Remaining tergites smooth.
Tergites II and III with a lateral fold. All tergites with a single
subapical row of setae. Hypopygium simple, with sparse pilosity.
Ovipositor slender, straight, and apically acute, with a weak
subapical notch. Ovipositor sheath about twice longer than tergite I (Rousse &
Braet, 2012). |
Biology
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Solitary enparasitoids (koinobiont) of many families
of Lepidoptera or less frequently Coleoptera. |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
References
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Rousse, P. & Braet,
Y. 2012.
Braconid wasps (Hymenoptera) of Reunion. 1. Euphorinae (including Meteorini):
key to species and description of six new species. Zootaxa 3449:
26–46.
Shaw,
M.R. and T. Huddleston 1991. Classification and biology of braconid wasps
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Handbooks for the Identification of the British
Insects, Vol. 7, Part 11. Royal Entomological Society of London, London,
England. 126pp.
Shaw,
S.R. 1985. A phylogenetic study of the subfamilies Meteorinae and Euphorinae
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Entomography 3:277-370.
Shenefelt,
R.D. 1969. Braconidae 1. Hybrizoninae, Euphorinae, Cosmophorinae, Neoneurinae,
Macrocentrinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 4:1-176.
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Credits
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Phototographs by Agničle Touret-Alby © MNHN. Visit
the MNHN database
http://coldb.mnhn.fr |
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