Mesochorinae is a worldwide

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of the

parasitic wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causi ...

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Ichneumonidae The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25 ...

. Mesochorinae are

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hyperparasitoid A hyperparasite, also known as a metaparasite, is a parasite whose host, often an insect, is also a parasite, often specifically a parasitoid. Hyperparasites are found mainly among the wasp-waisted Apocrita within the Hymenoptera, and in two othe ...

s of ectoparasitic or endoparasitic

Ichneumonoidea The superfamily Ichneumonoidea contains one extinct and three extant families, including the two largest families within Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. The group is thought to contain as many as 100,000 species, many of which have not ...

, and, less frequently, of

Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t ...

(Diptera). There are 10

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Genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Mesochorinae: * '' 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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

*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.

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