Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Author
Broad, Gavin R.
Author
Shaw, Mark R.
Author
Godfray, H. Charles J.
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
8151
8151
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8151
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8151
1314-2828--8151
Meteorinae Cresson, 1887
ZELINAE
Ashmead, 1900
ZEMIOTINAE
van Achterberg, 1976
Notes
Stigenberg et al. (2015)
included the meteorines as a basal tribe of
Euphorinae
, rather than as a separate subfamily, as was the preference of many authors, for example,
Shaw and Huddleston (1991)
. In light of their very different developmental biology (parasitoids of larval
Lepidoptera
and
Coleoptera
as opposed to parasitising adult insects) and sister-group position to the euphorines, we retain the subfamily rank for
Meteorinae
.