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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Genus: | Meteorus |
| Species: | M. rubens
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| Binomial name | |
| Meteorus rubens (Nees, 1811)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Meteorus leviventris (Wesmael, 1835) | |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Quicke, Donald (22 December 2014). The Braconid and Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps: Biology, Systematics. Wiley and Sons. ISBN 9781118907054.
- ^ Renault, Sylvaine (2012). "RNA Viruses in Parasitoid Wasps". Parasitoid Viruses Symbionts and Pathogens.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Beckage, Nancy (2011). Parasitoid Viruses: Symbionts and Pathogens. p. 194.
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