Subtribe Mesostenina Ashmead 1900 (ichneumon wasp)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Alternative spelling: Mesostenini
Full reference: W. H. Ashmead. 1900. Classification of the ichneumon flies, or the superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23:1-220
Parent taxon: Cryptini according to B. F. Santos 2017
See also Ashmead 1900 and Wahl 2014
Sister taxa: Agrothereutina, Cryptina, Sphecophaga
Subtaxa: Mesostenus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 11 (Eocene of Colorado)