Mesochorus Gravenhorst, 1829
(a genus of mesochorine ichneumons)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Mesochorus discitergus
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Mesochorus giberius
a mesochorine ichneumon
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 		Species 55 images
Mesochorus lilioceriphilus
an ichneumon wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Mesochorus rubeculus
a mesochorine ichneumon
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Mesochorus semirufus
a mesochorine ichneumon
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 		Species 18 images
Mesochorus vitticollis
a mesochorine ichneumon
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Mesochorus (unidentified)
Unidentified Mesochorus Ichneumon Wasps
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 		Unidentified 14 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMesochorus (a genus of mesochorine ichneumons)
SubfamilyMESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Riedel, M. 2018 Contribution to the Palaearctic species of Mesochorus GRAVENHORST (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae): 1. The M. fulvus-group Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 50 (1): 687-716.
Riedel, M. 2018 The types of Mesochorus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae) described by W. Schwenke and deposited in the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Beiträge zur Entomologie Vol 68 (1): 1-29.

Mesochorus (a genus of mesochorine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mesochorus (a genus of mesochorine ichneumons)
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