Mesostoa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea

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

Familia: Braconidae
Subfamilia: Mesostoinae
Genus: Mesostoa
Species (3): M. austini – M. compressa – M. kerri

Name

Mesostoa van Achterberg, 1975

Synonymy

• Praonopterus Tobias, 1988

References

• Achterberg, C., van 1975: A new genus, Mesostoa gen. nov. from W. Australia, belonging to a new subfamily (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Entomologische Berichten, 35(10): 158–160.
• Austin, A.D.; Dangerfield, P.C. 1998: Biology of Mesostoa kerri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae), an endemic Australian wasp that causes stem galls on Banksia marginata. Australian journal of botany, 46: 559–569. DOI: 10.1071/BT97042
• Austin, A.D.; Wharton, R.A. 1992: New records of subfamilies, tribes and genera of Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Australia, with description of seven new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 116: 41–63. PDF
• Quicke, D.L.J.; Huddleston, T. 1989: The Australian braconid wasp subfamily Mesostoinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of a new species of Mesostoa. Journal of natural history, 23: 1309–1317. DOI: 10.1080/00222938900770691