Meteorus andreae Aguirre & Shaw, 2011

Aguirre, Helmuth, de Almeida, Luis Felipe, Shaw, Scott Richard & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2015, An illustrated key to Neotropical species of the genus Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae), ZooKeys 489, pp. 33-94 : 74

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Meteorus andreae Aguirre & Shaw, 2011

Material examined.

One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Volcán Cacao, Cerro Pedregal, 1000 m, collected II–IV.1989, I. Gauld and D. Janzen leg., UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San José, Cerro de la Muerte, 26 km N San Isidro, 2100 m, collected II–V.1991, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, San Vito, Estac. Biol. Las Alturas, 1500 m, collected XII.1991, P. Hanson leg., UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, La Cangreja, 1950 m, collected VII.1991, P. Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San José, Cerro de la Muerte, 2100 m, collected II–V.1992, P Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Cartago, Cerro de la Muerte, 3000 m, collected XII.1988-I.1989, P. Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM. One male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, San José, San Isidro, 2100 m, collected II–IV.1993, P. Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM. One female (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Alajuela, San Ramón, 1200 m, collected collected II.1997, P. Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM. One male (point mounted), COSTA RICA, Alajuela, San Ramón, 1200 m, collected VII.1997, P. Hanson leg., Malaise, UWIM.

Comments.

Meteorus andreae is one of the most common species of Meteorus in Costa Rica with approximately 200 specimens collected across five out of seven provinces, ranging from 745-3000 m above the sea level. It was originally described from Colombia in the departments of Cauca, Huila and Nariño, spanning between 1885-2640 m ( Aguirre et al. 2011).