Mesocrina, Förster, 1862

Godfray, Charles J. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2024, Annotated Checklist of the European Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae), Zootaxa 5513 (1), pp. 1-73 : 63-64

Mesocrina Förster, 1863

Type species indagatrix Förster

PSEUDOMESOCRINA Königsmann, 1959 (type species: venatrix Marshall, 1895 )

Literature: Königsmann (1959b); van Achterberg (1983); Belokobylskij (1998); van Achterberg (2014); Godfray and van Achterberg (2024).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoids of Diptera in gilled fungi. Evidence— Females of an American and the two European species have been captured on fungi.

Notes: Förster described indagatrix in the new genus Mesocrina . Königsmann rejected the present interpretation of indagatrix and erected the genus Pseudomesocrina with type species venatrix Marshall to represent this taxon. van Achterberg (1983) argued for the traditional interpretation and synonymised Pseudomesocrina venatrix with Dapsilarthra (Mesocrina) indagatrix , treating Mesocrina as a subgenus. Papp (1991 [1990]) later raised Mesocrina to generic level which was accepted by other authors ( Belokobylskij 1998; van Achterberg 2014). Wharton (1980) suggested Mesocrina was nearer Alysia than the Dapsilarthra group and this is supported by recent molecular data ( Godfray & van Achterberg 2024; Jasso-Martinez et al. 2022) and putative host associations (above), hence we here exclude Mesocrina from the Dapsilarthra genus group. Eight (6 Palaearctic, 2 Nearctic) species.

chandleri Godfray & van Achterberg 2024

Literature: Godfray and van Achterberg (2024).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Diptera in gilled fungi. Evidence— Female captured on gilled fungus ( Godfray & van Achterberg 2024).

DNA Barcode: Yes.

indagatrix Förster, 1863

Synonymy: venatrix Marshall, 1895 .

Literature: van Achterberg (1983); Godfray and van Achterberg (2024).

Hosts: Hypothesis —Parasitoid of Diptera in gilled fungi. Evidence— Female captured on gilled fungus ( Godfray & van Achterberg 2024). Comments— Godfray and van Achterberg (2024) review earlier host records quoted by Königsmann (1959b) from phytophagous Diptera and argue they are likely misidentifications.

DNA Barcode: Yes.