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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Cryptinae |
| Tribe: | Cryptini |
| Subtribe: | Mesostenina |
| Genus: | Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829 |
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Mesostenus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 60 described species in Mesostenus.[1][2][3][4][5]
Species
[edit]These 60 species belong to the genus Mesostenus:
- Mesostenus albinotatus Gravenhorst, 1829
- Mesostenus alvarengae Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus americanus Cresson, 1878
- Mesostenus angustus Townes, 1944
- Mesostenus ater Ratzeburg, 1852
- Mesostenus aureli Ciochia, 1973
- Mesostenus azerbajdzhanicus Abdinbekova, 1961
- Mesostenus cingulatellus Costa, 1886
- Mesostenus clitellatus Townes, 1962
- Mesostenus coreanus (Kim, 1955)
- Mesostenus corsicus (Szepligeti, 1916)
- Mesostenus crassifemur Thomson, 1888
- Mesostenus curvipes Taschenberg, 1876
- Mesostenus cuzcensis Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus dentifer Thomson, 1896
- Mesostenus eisenii Ashmead, 1894
- Mesostenus euoplus Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus fidalgoi Porter, 1974
- Mesostenus funebris Gravenhorst, 1829
- Mesostenus gracilis Cresson, 1864
- Mesostenus grammicus Gravenhorst, 1829
- Mesostenus gravenhorstii Spinola, 1840
- Mesostenus hypsipylaphagous Herrera-Florez et al., 2017
- Mesostenus kamileae Kaplan, 2024
- Mesostenus kozlovi Kokujev, 1909
- Mesostenus lanarius Gistel, 1857
- Mesostenus liogaster Townes, 1962
- Mesostenus longicaudis Cresson, 1872
- Mesostenus melanurus Cushman, 1929
- Mesostenus modestus Brues, 1906
- Mesostenus modicus Cresson, 1874
- Mesostenus nepomis Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus obtusus Momoi, 1966
- Mesostenus opuntiae Porter, 1977
- Mesostenus penetralis (Cameron, 1902)
- Mesostenus pertenuis Cresson, 1874
- Mesostenus pluvialis Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus punctatus (Szepligeti, 1908)
- Mesostenus roborowskii Kokujev, 1909
- Mesostenus rufalbator Aubert, 1959
- Mesostenus ruficoxis (Szepligeti, 1916)
- Mesostenus rufipes (Kim, 1955)
- Mesostenus rufoniger Meyer, 1922
- Mesostenus rufotinctus Provancher, 1874
- Mesostenus schmiedeknechti Ciochia, 1973
- Mesostenus sicarius Townes, 1962
- Mesostenus spec Gravenhorst, 1829
- Mesostenus subandinus Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus suigensis Uchida, 1930
- Mesostenus terani Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus thoracicus Cresson, 1864
- Mesostenus townesi Kanhekar & Nikam, 1989
- Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829
- Mesostenus tricarinatus Cameron, 1906
- Mesostenus truncatidens Schmiedeknecht, 1905
- Mesostenus turcator Aubert, 1972
- Mesostenus versicolor Viereck, 1912
- Mesostenus xerobates Porter, 1974
- Mesostenus xestus Porter, 1973
- Mesostenus yacochuyae Porter, 1973
References
[edit]- ^ "GBIF, Mesostenus". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "BugGuide.net, Mesostenus genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ Santos, Bernardo F. (2017). "Phylogeny and reclassification of Cryptini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with implications for ichneumonid higher-level classification". Systematic Entomology. 42 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12238. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ Carlson, Robert W. (2009). "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Mesostenus at iNaturalist
Media related to Mesostenus at Wikimedia Commons
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