Mesochorus (Mesochorus) angustatus Thomson, 1886

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 237

Mesochorus (Mesochorus) angustatus Thomson, 1886 ( Fig. 23 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: lvano-Frankivsk Region : 1 ♀, Gorgany, m. Igrovets, 7 km SW of Stara Guta, 48.355468°N, 24.075256°E, 1375 m, border between coniferous forest and subalpine zone, Malaise trap 3, 24.v–13.vi.2014 ; Transcarpathian Region : 1 ♀, Chornogora, Sheshul 6–7 km NE of Kvasy, 1450 m, subalpine zone, Malaise trap 5, 29.vi–18.viii.2014, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) .

Distribution. Europe; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. A small species (body length 3.5 mm) with dark face and ± yellowish facial orbits; black mesosoma; brownish hind coxa and brownish or blackish metasoma; only indistinctly darkened apically hind tibia; and almost smooth ventrally mesopleuron. Ovipositor sheath c. 1.1 × longer than hind metatarsus.

Figures

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