Mesoleiini sensu Förster, 1869 Förster, 1869
(a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeMesoleiini sensu Förster, 1869 (a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons)
SubfamilyCTENOPELMATINAE (ctenopelmatine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R. & Kasparyan, D.R. 2003 Some genera of British and European Mesoleiini (Hym., Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae) in the National Museums of Scotland, including a new species of Mesoleius and a further twenty species new to Britain Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 139: 17-28.

Mesoleiini sensu Förster, 1869 (a tribe of ctenopalmatine ichneumons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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