Misplaced Pages

Mesostoinae

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Subfamily of wasps

Mesostoinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Mesostoinae
van Achterberg, 1975

The Mesostoinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps with a Gondwanan distribution. The members of this family display sexual dimorphism, males are brachypterous, which means that they have reduced, non-functional wings.

Biology

The Mesostoini and Hydrangeocolini include primary gall formers on Banksia and parasites of the gall-forming Cecidomyiidae. The Avgini include parasitoids of leaf-mining and leaf-rolling Lepidoptera.

Genera

This subfamily contains the following thirteen genera:

Avgini (Austrohormiini)

Hydrangeocolini

Mesostoini

References

  1. ^ Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio; Souza-Gessner, Carolina DA Silva Souza; Penteado-Dias, Angelica Maria; Shaw, Scott Richard (2017). "A revision of the genus Andesipolis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae) and redefinition of the subfamily Mesostoinae". Zootaxa. 4216 (2): zootaxa.4216.2.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4216.2.1. PMID 28183125.
  2. Austin, A.D.; Dangerfield, P.C. (1998). "Biology of Mesostoa kerri Austin and Wharton (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae), an endemic Australian wasp that causes stem galls on Banksia marginata". Australian Journal of Botany. 46 (3): 559–569. doi:10.1071/BT97042.

Further reading

Data related to Mesostoinae at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Mesostoinae
Stub icon

This Ichneumonoidea-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: