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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Cryptinae » Cryptini » Mesostenina » Mesostenus » Mesostenus thoracicus

Species Mesostenus thoracicus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Mesostenus Male - Mesostenus thoracicus - male A Beauty - Mesostenus thoracicus - female Another Saskatchewan Wasp in Ichneumonoidea - Mesostenus thoracicus - male Red and Orange Wasp Maybe Ichneumonoidea - Mesostenus thoracicus - female Cryptini - Mesostenus thoracicus - female Long Black Wasp - potential Cryptinae - Mesostenus thoracicus - female Hymenoptera. Ichneumonidae. - Mesostenus thoracicus - male Ichneumonoidea - Mesostenus thoracicus - male
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 Cryptinae
Tribe Cryptini
Subtribe Mesostenina
Genus Mesostenus
Species thoracicus (Mesostenus thoracicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mesostenus thoracicus Cresson, 1864
Mesostenus erythrogaster Ashmead, 1890
Explanation of Names
Mesostenus thoracicus Cresson, 1864
from the Latin thōrācicus ('thoracic, resembling a breastplate')
Identification
Postscutellum white and the hind tarsi paler than the color of the tibia. Males have a white band on the antennae and white hind tarsi.(1)

♀       ♂
Range
AC, to BC to FL, TX, and CA(2)
Food
Larval hosts: Acrobasis caryivorella Ragonot, 1887, Herpetogramma theseusalis (Walker, 1859), Anania extricalis (Guenée, 1854)(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American ichneumon-flies of the genus Mesostenus and related genera
Cushman, P.A. 1929. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 74(2761): 1-58.
2.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 10 April, 2010 - 1:08pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 23 October, 2021 - 7:39pm

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