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Mesostenus
2026-11-16 05:38:02 · The Daily Ledger
Mesostenus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 50 described species in Mesostenus.
Species
These 58 species belong to the genus Mesostenus:

Mesostenus albinotatus Gravenhorst, 1829 c g
Mesostenus alvarengae Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus americanus Cresson, 1878 c g
Mesostenus angustus Townes, 1944 c g
Mesostenus ater Ratzeburg, 1852 c g
Mesostenus aureli Ciochia, 1973 c g
Mesostenus azerbajdzhanicus Abdinbekova, 1961 c g
Mesostenus cingulatellus Costa, 1886 c
Mesostenus clitellatus Townes, 1962 c g
Mesostenus coreanus (Kim, 1955) c
Mesostenus corsicus (Szepligeti, 1916) c
Mesostenus crassifemur Thomson, 1888 c
Mesostenus curvipes Taschenberg, 1876 c g
Mesostenus cuzcensis Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus dentifer Thomson, 1896 c
Mesostenus eisenii Ashmead, 1894 c g
Mesostenus euoplus Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus fidalgoi Porter, 1974 c g
Mesostenus funebris Gravenhorst, 1829 c g
Mesostenus gracilis Cresson, 1864 c b
Mesostenus grammicus Gravenhorst, 1829 c g
Mesostenus gravenhorstii Spinola, 1840 c g
Mesostenus hypsipylaphagous Herrera-Florez, Diaz & Quiroz-Gamboa, 2017 g
Mesostenus kozlovi Kokujev, 1909 c g
Mesostenus lanarius Gistel, 1857 c g
Mesostenus liogaster Townes, 1962 c g
Mesostenus longicaudis Cresson, 1872 c g
Mesostenus melanurus Cushman, 1929 c g
Mesostenus modestus Brues, 1906 c g
Mesostenus modicus Cresson, 1874 c g
Mesostenus nepomis Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus obtusus Momoi, 1966 c g
Mesostenus opuntiae Porter, 1977 c g
Mesostenus penetralis (Cameron, 1902) c g
Mesostenus pertenuis Cresson, 1874 c g
Mesostenus pluvialis Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus punctatus (Szépligeti, 1908) c
Mesostenus roborowskii Kokujev, 1909 c
Mesostenus rufalbator Aubert, 1959 c g
Mesostenus ruficoxis (Szepligeti, 1916) c g
Mesostenus rufipes (Kim, 1955) c g
Mesostenus rufoniger Meyer, 1922 c g
Mesostenus rufotinctus Provancher, 1874 c g
Mesostenus schmiedeknechti Ciochia, 1973 c g
Mesostenus sicarius Townes, 1962 c g
Mesostenus subandinus Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus suigensis Uchida, 1930 c g
Mesostenus terani Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus thoracicus Cresson, 1864 c g b
Mesostenus townesi Kanhekar & Nikam, 1989 c g
Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829 c g
Mesostenus tricarinatus Cameron, 1906 c g
Mesostenus truncatidens Schmiedeknecht, 1905 c g
Mesostenus turcator Aubert, 1972 c g
Mesostenus versicolor Viereck, 1912 c g
Mesostenus xerobates Porter, 1974 c g
Mesostenus xestus Porter, 1973 c g
Mesostenus yacochuyae Porter, 1973 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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