Mesochorinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Mesochorinae
Genera: Artherola - Astiphromma - Chineater - Cidaphus - Latilumbus - Lepidura - Mesochorus - Thamester - Varnado
Name

Mesochorinae Förster, 1869
References

Förster, A. 1869. Ueber die Gallwespen. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 19: 327–370. BHL Reference page.
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 4521(1): 52–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.1.2 Paywall Reference page.
Khalaim, A.I. 2008: Fossil ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Biamo (Russia), Oligocene. Alavesia, 2: 101–112. PDF
Kusigemati, K. 1987: Some Ephialtinae, Banchinae, Porizontinae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, and Acaenitinae of Formosa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Memoirs of the Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific, 8(1): 21–33.
Schwenke, W. 1999: Revision der europaeischen Mesochorinae: (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Ichneumonidae). Spixiana supplement, 26: 1–124.
Short, J.R.T. 1976: A description and classification of some final-instar larvae of the Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Systematic entomology, 1: 195–200.
Suh, K.-I.; Lee, J.-W.; Whitfield, J.B. 1999: Phylogeny of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) based on partial mitochondrial DNA sequences. Korean journal of entomology, 29: 31–35.
Wahl, D.B. 1993: Cladistics of the genera of Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Systematic entomology, 18: 371–387.

Mesochorinae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Mesochorinae are koinobiont hyperparasitoids of ectoparasitic or endoparasitic Ichneumonoidea, and, less frequently, of Tachinidae (Diptera). There are 10 genera.
Mesochorinae
Genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Mesochorinae:[1][2]

Artherola Wahl, 1993 c g
Astiphromma Förster, 1869 c g b
Chineater Wahl, 1993 c g
Cidaphus Förster, 1869 c g b
Latilumbus Townes, 1971 c g
Lepidura Townes, 1971 c g
Mesochorus Gravenhorst, 1829 c g b
Planochorus Schwenke, 2004 c g
Thamester Wahl, 1993 c g
Varnado Wahl, 1993 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]
References

"Synoptic Lists of World Genera and Family-group Names". American Entomological Institute, Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
"Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
"GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-16.

"Mesochorinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-16.

Townes, H.K. (1971): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 (Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthopelmatinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 17: 1–372.