Merostenus
Creators: name: Gibson, Gary A. P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eupelmidae
Merostenus

description: Merostenus (Merostenus Walker, 1837)
Merostenus (Merostenus) alhazeni (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus alhazeni Girault, 1918: 197 –198. Holotype ♀ (QMBA, examined) [all that remains of holotype is the head with one antenna; subgeneric assignment is based on fl2–fl7 being white]. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) andriescui (Fusu) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) andriescui Fusu, 2013: 6 –9. Canary Islands.
Merostenus (Merostenus) arboris (Girault) n. comb. from Tineobius arboris Girault, 1921a: 2, and Reikosiella arboris sensu Bouček, 1988: 557. Holotype ♀ (QMBA, examined). Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) bekiliensis (Risbec) n. comb. from Anastatus bekiliensis Risbec, 1952: 107 –108, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) bekiliensis sensu Fusu et al., 2015: 463. Madagascar.
Merostenus (Merostenus) bekilyi (Risbec) n. comb. from Macreupelmus bekilyi Risbec, 1952: 126 –127, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) bekilyi sensu Gibson, 2016. Madagascar.
Merostenus (Merostenus) bilingae (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus bilingae Girault, 1923b: 6. Holotype ♀ (QMBA, examined). Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) bilongifasciatus (Girault) n. comb. from Cerambycobius bilongifasciatus Girault, 1923a: 97, and Hirticauda bilongifasciata sensu Bouček, 1988: 558. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) bolivari (Kalina) n. comb. from Eupelmus bolivari Kalina, 1988: 22 –23, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) bolivari sensu Fusu, 2013: 9. Algeria, France, Spain.
Merostenus (Merostenus) claudus (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus claudus Girault, 1915: 10 –11, and Reikosiella clauda sensu Bouček, 1988: 557. Holotype ♀ (QMBA, examined). Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) congoensis Gibson n. sp. Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Merostenus (Merostenus) cornutus (Fusu) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) cornuta Fusu, 2013: 12 –13. South Korea.
Merostenus (Merostenus) distigma Gibson n. sp. Kenya, Tanzania.
Merostenus (Merostenus) excavatus (Dalman). Palaearctic and Canada (introduced).
Merostenus (Merostenus) gordoni (Fusu) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) gordoni Fusu, 2013: 15 –18. Greece.
Merostenus (Merostenus) graecus (Fusu) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) graeca Fusu, 2013: 18 –19. Greece.
Merostenus (Merostenus) hungaricus (Erdős) n. comb. from Eupelmus hungaricus Erdős, 1959: 327 –330, E. (Eupelmus) hungaricus sensu Askew & Nieves-Aldrey, 2000: 53, 59, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) hungarica sensu Gibson in Nieves-Aldrey et al., 2003: 38. Western Europe.
Merostenus (Merostenus) insularis (Girault) n. comb. from Anastatus insularis Girault, 1915: 22, and Reikosiella insularis sensu Bouček, 1988: 557. Holotype ♀ (QMBA, examined). Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) koreanus (Fusu) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) koreana Fusu, 2013: 21 –23. South Korea.
Merostenus (Merostenus) longistylus Gibson n. sp. South Africa.
Merostenus (Merostenus) luxa (Narendran & Sheela) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) luxa Narendran & Sheela, 1996: 82 –84. India.
Merostenus (Merostenus) marxi (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus marxi Girault, 1932: 5, and Reikosiella marxi sensu Bouček, 1988: 557. Holotype ♀ (QMBA, examined). Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) mexicanus Gibson n. sp. Mexico.
Merostenus (Merostenus) micropterus Gibson n. sp. Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Merostenus (Merostenus) muironi (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus muironi Girault, 1925: 3, and Hirticauda muironi sensu Bouček, 1988: 558. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) muramura (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus muramura Girault, 1921b: 187, Hirticauda muramura sensu Bouček, 1988: 558, and Reikosiella muramura sensu Narendran, 1996: 85. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) pachyscapha (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus pachyscapha Girault, 1915: 16, Hirticauda pachyscapha sensu Bouček, 1988: 558, and Reikosiella pachyscapha sensu Narendran, 1996: 85. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) pasteuri (Girault) n. comb. from Anastatus pasteuri Girault, 1915: 24, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) pasteuri sensu Gibson et al., 2012: 55. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) pax (Girault) n. comb. from Cerambycobius pax Girault, 1913: 92 –93, Hirticauda pax sensu Bouček, 1988: 558, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) pax sensu Gibson, 1995: 259, 261. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) platyscapus n. sp. South Africa.
Merostenus (Merostenus) puellus (Girault) n. comb. from Finlayia puella Girault, 1934: 1, and Hirticauda puella sensu Bouček, 1988: 558. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) quilonicus (Narendran) n. comb. from Australoodera quilonica Narendran, 1996: 82 –83, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) quilonica sensu Gibson, 2004: 154. India.
Merostenus (Merostenus) reticulatus Gibson n. sp. Kenya.
Merostenus (Merostenus) rostratus (Ruschka) n. comb. from Eupelmus rostratus Ruschka, 1921: 291 –293, and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) rostrata sensu Fusu, 2013: 23. Western Europe.
Merostenus (Merostenus) silvarum (Girault) n. comb. from Eupelmus silvarum Girault, 1923b: 6, and Reikosiella silvarum sensu Bouček, 1988: 558. Holotype ♀ (QMBA, examined). Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) speculum Gibson n. sp. Burundi.
Merostenus (Merostenus) tricolor (Girault) n. comb. from Anastatus tricolor Girault, 1915: 22 –23, and Eupelmus tricolor sensu Girault, 1924: 1 [combination by inference through Girault’s listing of specific epithet under Eupelmus atriflagellum Girault], and Reikosiella (Hirticauda) tricolor sensu Gibson et al., 2012: 55. Australia.
Merostenus (Merostenus) tripotinorum (Fusu) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) tripotinorum Fusu, 2013: 28 –30. South Korea.
Merostenus (Merostenus) vanharteni (Fusu) n. comb. from Reikosiella (Hirticauda) vanharteni Fusu, 2013: 30 – 32. United Arab Emirates.
description: Published as part of Gibson, Gary A. P., 2017, Synonymy of Reikosiella Yoshimoto under Merostenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a checklist of world species and a revision of those species with brachypterous females, pp. 1-65 in Zootaxa 4255 (1) on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.556479