MESOCHORINAE Förster, 1869
(mesochorine ichneumon wasps)

MESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Astiphromma
a genus of mesochorine ichneumons
Genus 1 references
Cidaphus
a genus of ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 4 references
Mesochorus
a genus of mesochorine ichneumons
Genus 2 subtaxa 1 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyMESOCHORINAE (mesochorine 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Araujo, R.O., Vivallo, F. & Santos, B.F. 2018 Ichneumonid wasps of the subfamily Mesochorinae: new replacement names, combinations and an updated key to the World genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Zootaxa Vol 4521 (1): 52-60.
Horstmann, K. 2006 Revisionen einiger europäischer Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Linzer biol. Beitr. Vol 38 (2): 1449-1492.
Lawton, F.D. 1981 An introduction to the Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Proc. Trans. Br. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol 14: 93-97.
Schwenke, W. 2004 Eine neue Gattung und 19 neue Arten und Geschlechter europäischer Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 25 (4): 81-88.
Schwenke, W. 2002 Neue europäische Mesochorinae-Arten (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae) Vol 23 (7): 85-92.
Schwenke, W. 1999 Revision der europäischen Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Ichneumonidae) Spixiana Supp. 26: 1-124.
Townes, H.K. 1971 The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.

Key To Genera

Hackston, M. Family Ichneumonidae, subfamily Mesochorinae key to British genera

MESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Regional

Riedel, M. & Kolarov, J. 2021 Contribution to Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Bulgaria and North Macedonia Acta zool. bulg. Vol 73 (2): 187-200.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to MESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 115 images of MESOCHORINAE (mesochorine ichneumon wasps)
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