Meteorinae is a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps; however, since 2015, most scientists have treated this clade as the Tribe Meteorini in Euphorinae.

The name for this group comes from the pupal stage, which, in species attacking Lepidopteran hosts, hangs suspended from a long thread of silk.

Recent evidence suggests that Meteorus may be paraphyletic with respect to Zele, but synonymyzing the two genera could potentially cause great confusion in the scientific literature.

[1] Many hosts of Meteorines are considered pests, especially of forests, making them good candidates for biocontrol projects.

Meteorus pulchricornus has been imported to North America on multiple occasions to attempt to control the gypsy moth.