Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829
(a cryptine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMesostenus transfuga (a cryptine ichneumon)
TribeCryptini (a tribe of cryptine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCRYPTINAE (cryptine 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)
Records of Mesostenus transfuga (a cryptine ichneumon) :
1: Mesostenus transfuga (a cryptine ichneumon)
30 Aug 2023 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, by general sweeping in rough grassland
Image 1: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - petiole and base of T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - petiole and base of T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - propodeum - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - propodeum, petiole and base of T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - tyloids - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head and antennal bases - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 21: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 22: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 23: Male - mesosoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 24: Male - mesosternum and anterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 25: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 26: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schmidt, K. & Zmudzinski, F. 2007 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der badischen Schlupfwespenfauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) 6. Unterfamilie Cryptinae Carolinea Vol 65: 189-224.

Mesostenus transfuga (a cryptine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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