Mesoleptus Gravenhorst, 1829
(a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Mesoleptus incessor
a phygadeuontine ichneumon
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 20 images 1 ident. refs
Mesoleptus laevigatus
a phygadeuontine ichneumon
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 		Species 48 images
Mesoleptus (unidentified)
Unidentified Mesoleptus Phygadeuontine Ichneumons
Male (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 27 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMesoleptus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyPHYGADEUONTINAE (phygadeuontine 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
Jussila, R., Sääksjärvi, I.E. & Bordera, S. 2010 Revision of the western Palaearctic Mesoleptus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Annales de la Société Entomologique de France Vol 46 (3-4): 499-518.

Mesoleptus (a genus of phygadeuontine 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 Mesoleptus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mesoleptus (a genus of phygadeuontine ichneumon wasps)
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