Meteorus luteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Braconidae
Subfamilia: Euphorinae
Tribus: Meteorini
Genus: Meteorus
Species: Meteorus luteus

Name

Meteorus luteus (Cameron, 1911: 341) [As Protelus lutens]

• Original genus: Protelus
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: lectotype
  • Fixation: designated by Huddleston, 1983: 410
  • Description: [adult] female
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'AUSTRALIA, New South Wales, Sydney'
• ZooBank: [1]

• Note: The reasons given by Huddleston, 1983: 410, for considering Protelus lutens to be an incorrect original spelling, are weak and probably invalid.

References

• Cameron, P. 1911. On a collection of parasitic Hymenoptera (chiefly bred), made by Mr W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S., in New South Wales, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 36: 333–346. BHL. Reference page. 
• Huddleston, T. 1983. Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Australia and New Guinea. Systematic Entomology 8(4): 393–420. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1983.tb00491.x Reference page.  [See p. 410, and fig. 52; Meteorus luteus (Cameron) comb. n., lectotype designation, redescription (female, male)]