Mesochorus (Mesochorus) faciator Horstmann, 2003

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 231

Mesochorus (Mesochorus) faciator Horstmann, 2003 ( Fig. 12 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: lvano-Frankivsk Region : 1 ♀, Mochary, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, 48.505117°N, 24.352691°E, 300–310 m, mixed forest, Malaise trap 1, 22.ix–10.x.2015 ; Transcarpathian Region : 1 ♂, Svydovets, 2–3 km NW of Kvasy, 48.090889°N, 24.155835°E, 850–900 m, beech forest, 24.vi–14.vii.2013 ; 1 ♀, 6.5 km N of Mala Ugolka , 48.153958°N, 23.370084°E, 750 m, beech forest, Malaise trap 6, 8.vii–6.viii.2015, leg. O. Varga ; 1 ♀, Dilove , on light, vii–viii.2008, leg. R. Bidychak ( SIZK) .

Distribution. Europe; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. This species differs from Mesochorus discitergus by the following characters: mesopleuron usually reddish or yellowish, with dense coarse punctures; 2 nd tergite blackish, with large triangular apical yellow spot; apical tergites usually yellowish, with weak brownish spots; face yellowish.

Figures

FIGURES 12–15. The Carpathian Mesochorus spp. 12—M. faciator; 13—M. pictilis; 14—M. atriventris; 15—M. cf. pini.