Mesoleius Holmgren, 1856
(a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)

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ID refs
Mesoleius aceris
a hymenopteran
Species 1 ident. refs
Mesoleius pyriformis
a ctenopelmatine ichneumon
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 		Species 28 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)
TribeMesoleiini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine 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
Kasparyan, D.R. 2001 Palaearctic ichneumon wasps of the genus Mesoleius (s. str.) Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). II. Entomological Review Vol 81: 642-665.
Kasparyan, D.R. 2000 Palaearctic ichneumon wasps of the genus Mesoleius (s. str.) Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). I. Entomological Review Vol 80: 144-168.
Meyer, N.F. 1936 Tryphoninae Tables systématiques des Hyménoptères parasites (Fam. Ichneumonidae) de l’URSS et des pays limitrophes Vol 6.

Mesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)
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