Mesostenus

Mesostenus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 50 described species in Mesostenus.

Mesostenus
Mesostenus thoracicus, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subtribe:	Mesostenina
Genus:	Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829

Species

These 58 species belong to the genus Mesostenus:

• Mesostenus albinotatus Gravenhorst, 1829 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus alvarengae Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus americanus Cresson, 1878 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus angustus Townes, 1944 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus ater Ratzeburg, 1852 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus aureli Ciochia, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus azerbajdzhanicus Abdinbekova, 1961 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus cingulatellus Costa, 1886 ^c
• Mesostenus clitellatus Townes, 1962 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus coreanus (Kim, 1955) ^c
• Mesostenus corsicus (Szepligeti, 1916) ^c
• Mesostenus crassifemur Thomson, 1888 ^c
• Mesostenus curvipes Taschenberg, 1876 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus cuzcensis Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus dentifer Thomson, 1896 ^c
• Mesostenus eisenii Ashmead, 1894 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus euoplus Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus fidalgoi Porter, 1974 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus funebris Gravenhorst, 1829 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus gracilis Cresson, 1864 ^{c b}
• Mesostenus grammicus Gravenhorst, 1829 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus gravenhorstii Spinola, 1840 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus hypsipylaphagous Herrera-Florez, Diaz & Quiroz-Gamboa, 2017 ^g
• Mesostenus kozlovi Kokujev, 1909 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus lanarius Gistel, 1857 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus liogaster Townes, 1962 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus longicaudis Cresson, 1872 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus melanurus Cushman, 1929 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus modestus Brues, 1906 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus modicus Cresson, 1874 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus nepomis Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus obtusus Momoi, 1966 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus opuntiae Porter, 1977 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus penetralis (Cameron, 1902) ^{c g}
• Mesostenus pertenuis Cresson, 1874 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus pluvialis Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus punctatus (Szépligeti, 1908) ^c
• Mesostenus roborowskii Kokujev, 1909 ^c
• Mesostenus rufalbator Aubert, 1959 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus ruficoxis (Szepligeti, 1916) ^{c g}
• Mesostenus rufipes (Kim, 1955) ^{c g}
• Mesostenus rufoniger Meyer, 1922 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus rufotinctus Provancher, 1874 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus schmiedeknechti Ciochia, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus sicarius Townes, 1962 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus subandinus Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus suigensis Uchida, 1930 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus terani Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus thoracicus Cresson, 1864 ^{c g b}
• Mesostenus townesi Kanhekar & Nikam, 1989 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus tricarinatus Cameron, 1906 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus truncatidens Schmiedeknecht, 1905 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus turcator Aubert, 1972 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus versicolor Viereck, 1912 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus xerobates Porter, 1974 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus xestus Porter, 1973 ^{c g}
• Mesostenus yacochuyae Porter, 1973 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

External links

• Media related to Mesostenus at Wikimedia Commons