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Genus Tetramesa

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Eurytomid - Tetramesa Parasitica - Tetramesa Wasp - Tetramesa - male Chalcidoidea - Tetramesa Parasitica - Tetramesa Eurytominae? - Tetramesa - female confusing eurytomid - Tetramesa - female hymenoptera - Tetramesa - 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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eurytomidae
Subfamily Eurytominae
Genus Tetramesa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Harmolita Motschulsky 1863

Explanation of Names

Tetramesa Walker 1848

Numbers

ca. 70 spp. in our area, ~200 worldwide(1)

Identification

"Nearly smooth mesonotum sculpture, subequal sized gastral tergites, and gently arched propodeum" (comment by Jeong Yoo)

Remarks

The members of this genus are commonly called jointworms. The larvae make galls in the stems of cereal grains and grasses (2).

Works Cited

1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 4 May, 2011 - 8:06am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 29 April, 2020 - 5:48am

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