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Mesostenina

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Taxonomy
Mesostenini was named by Ashmead (1900). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subtribe Mesostenina by Wahl (2014) and Santos (2017).

It was assigned to Cryptinae by Ashmead (1900); and to Cryptini by Wahl (2014) and Santos (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Mesostenini Ashmead p. 25
2014Mesostenina Wahl
2017Mesostenina Santos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyIchneumonidae()
Ichneumoniformes
subfamilyCryptinae()
tribeCryptini
subtribeMesostenina()
subtribeMesostenina()

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.

Subtr. Mesostenina Ashmead 1900
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G. Mesostenus Gravenhorst 1829
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Mesostenus modestus Brues 1906
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Mesostenus modestus (122975)