Mesostenus

Mesostenus
Mesostenus thoracicus, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Cryptinae
Tribe:	Cryptini
Subtribe:	Mesostenina
Genus:	Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829
Synonyms
Stenaraeus Thomson, 1896

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]}

Mesostenus longicaudis, Canada

Species

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

1. "GBIF, Mesostenus" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
2. "BugGuide.net, Mesostenus genus Information" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
3. "Catalogue of Life, Mesostenus Gravenhorst, 1829" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
4. 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.
5. Carlson, Robert W. (2009). "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Mesostenus at iNaturalist
• Media related to Mesostenus at Wikimedia Commons