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

Mesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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references
Mesoleius aceris
a hymenopteran
Species 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mesoleius (a genus of ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps):

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