Mesochorus (Mesochorus) varius Schwenke, 1999

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 235

Mesochorus (Mesochorus) varius Schwenke, 1999 ( Fig. 20 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: lvano-Frankivsk Region : 1 ♀, Mochary , 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, 48.505117°N, 24.352691°E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, Malaise trap 1, 15–31.viii.2014 ; 1 ♀, idem, 21.vii–10.viii.2015 ; Transcarpathian Region : 1 ♀, Vynogradiv , oak forest, 280 m, 48.138338°N, 23.073689°E, Malaise trap 1, 5– 23.vi.2016 ; 1 ♀, idem, 2–22.vii.2017 ; 1 ♀, idem, Malaise trap 2, 2–22.vii.2017, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) .

Distribution. Only known from Italy; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. Face reddish, with two sublateral longitudinal or M-shaped brown stripes; mesosoma red; side of pronotum yellow anteriorly and blackish posteriorly; metapleuron and propodeum blackish; legs creamyellow; tips of hind tibia and hind tarsomeres ± infuscate.

fulvus -group sensu Schwenke (1999: 68–71)

Figures

FIGURES 20–23. The Carpathian Mesochorus spp. 20—M. varius; 21—M. fulgurator; 22—M. pelvis; 23—M. angustatus.