Meteorus rubens

Species of wasp

Meteorus rubens

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Braconidae
Genus:  | Meteorus
Species:  |

M. rubens

Binomial name
Meteorus rubens

(Nees, 1811)

Synonyms[1]

Meteorus leviventris (Wesmael, 1835)

Meteorus rubens is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae which attacks significant crop pests including the black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon.[2][3] The wasps have been shown to be easily collected through the use of traps baited with mustard oils.[4] They have been shown to carry Rioviridae RNA viruses, one of only a few parasitoids to carry them.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Stigenberg, Julia; Ronquist, Fredrik (2011). "Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity". Zootaxa. 3084: 1–95. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3084.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
2. ^ Quicke, Donald (22 December 2014). The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps: Biology, Systematics. Wiley and Sons. ISBN 9781118907054.
3. ^ Renault, Sylvaine (2012). "RNA Viruses in Parasitoid Wasps". Parasitoid Viruses Symbionts and Pathogens.
4. ^ Pivnick, Kenneth (September 1993). "Response of Meteorus leviventris, (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to mustard oils in field trapping experiments". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 19 (9): 2075–2079. doi:10.1007/bf00983809. PMID 24249381. S2CID 19244165.
5. ^ Beckage, Nancy (2011). Parasitoid Viruses: Symbionts and Pathogens. p. 194.

Taxon identifiers

Meteorus rubens|

* Wikidata: Q2495396
* BioLib: 66541
* BOLD: 179508
* CoL: 42F2Y
* EoL: 3770723
* EPPO: METERU
* EUNIS: 203505
* Fauna Europaea: 338520
* Fauna Europaea (new): 8e3c93c8-0679-4b9b-8a33-790835ac3735
* GBIF: 1266412
* iNaturalist: 299238
* NBN: NHMSYS0021168556
* NCBI: 1031642
* Open Tree of Life: 697570

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