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Meteorini

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

Taxonomy
Meteorinae was named by Cresson (1887). It is extant. Its type is Meteorus.

It was reranked as the tribe Meteorini by Statz (1938), Tobias (1987), Belokobylskij (2014) and Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón (2021).

It was assigned to Helconoidae by Statz (1938); to Braconidae by Brues (1939); and to Euphorinae by Tobias (1987), Belokobylskij (2014) and Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón (2021).

Subtaxa
Meteorus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Meteorinae Cresson
1938Meteorini Statz p. 81
1939Meteorinae Brues
1987Meteorini Tobias p. 851
2014Meteorini Belokobylskij p. 378
2021Meteorini Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón p. 1263

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyBraconidaeNees 1811
subfamilyEuphorinae()
tribeMeteorini(Cresson 1887)
tribeMeteorini(Cresson 1887)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Meteorini Cresson 1887
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G. Meteorus Haliday 1835
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†Meteorus applanatus Belokobylskij 2014
†Meteorus arasnitsyni Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón 2021
†Meteorus brevis Brues 1933
†Meteorus crassicornis Brues 1933
†Meteorus crassitergum Belokobylskij 2014
†Meteorus elongatus Brues 1933
†Meteorus longicornis Statz 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 38.00000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Meteorus applanatus, Meteorus crassitergum (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Meteorus arasnitsyni (122591) Meteorus crassicornis, Meteorus interstitialis, Meteorus elongatus, Meteorus brevis (123927) Meteorus interstitialis (124849 127170)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Meteorus longicornis (122010)