Mesostoinae

Subfamily of wasps

Mesostoinae
Scientific 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.^[1] The members of this family display sexual dimorphism, males are brachypterous, which means that they have reduced, non-functional wings.^{[citation needed]}

Biology

The Mesostoini and Hydrangeocolini include primary gall formers on Banksia^[2] and parasites of the gall-forming Cecidomyiidae. The Avgini include parasitoids of leaf-mining and leaf-rolling Lepidoptera.^[1]

Genera

This subfamily contains the following thirteen genera:^[1]

Avgini (Austrohormiini)

Apoavga
Austrohormius
Canberria
Doryctomorpha
Hormiitis
Neptihormius
Proavga

Hydrangeocolini

Aspilodemon
Hydrangeocola

Mesostoini

Andesipolis
Opiopterus
Mesostoa
Praonopterus

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4216.2.1.
^ 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.