Meteorus versicolor (Wesmael, 1835)
(a braconid wasp)

Interactions where Meteorus versicolor is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is parasitoid of larva UK/Ireland Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail Lepidoptera: Erebidae Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide, Storey, M.W., 2015
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Meteorus versicolor/Meteorus versicolora braconid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Euproctis chrysorrhoea/Euproctis chrysorrhoeabrown-taillarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Storey, M.W., 2015Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guidewww.bioimages.org.uk

Meteorus versicolor (a braconid wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Meteorus versicolor (a braconid wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeteorus versicolor (a braconid wasp)
GenusMeteorus (a genus of braconid wasps)
SubfamilyMETEORINAE (a subfamily of braconid wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meteorus versicolor (a braconid wasp)

Meteorus versicolor (a braconid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Meteorus versicolor (a braconid wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 23 images of Meteorus versicolor (a braconid wasp)
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