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Mesitius

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae

Taxonomy
Mesitius was named by Spinola (1851). It is extant. It is the type genus of Mesitiini.

It was assigned to Bethylinae by Ashmead (1893), Kieffer (1905); to Bethylidae by Cockerell (1921), Antropov (2014); and to Mesitiinae by Azevedo et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Mesitius Spinola
1893Mesitius Ashmead p. 62
1905Mesitius Kieffer p. 384
1921Mesitius Cockerell p. 21
2014Mesitius Antropov p. 394
2018Mesitius Azevedo et al. p. 197

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyChrysidoidea
familyBethylidaeForster 1856
subfamilyMesitiinae()
genusMesitiusSpinola 1851

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Mesitius Spinola 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available