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Tribe Mesoleiini

Mesoleius tenthredinis - female Ichneumon - Barytarbes - male Ichneumon - Mesoleius - female Ichneumon - Scopesis - female Ichneumon - Otlophorus - female ichneumon - Alexeter canaliculatus Orange ichneumon - Alexeter canaliculatus Himerta rubiginosa female - Himerta rubiginosa - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Ctenopelmatinae
Tribe Mesoleiini
Numbers
26 genera; ca. 90 spp. in 17 genera represented north of Mexico (the rest mostly Palearctic)(1)(2)
Range
Holarctic, Oriental(1)(2)