Mesochorus (Mesochorus) punctipleuris 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 : 228

Mesochorus (Mesochorus) punctipleuris Thomson, 1886 ( Fig. 7 )

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, 10–31.viii.2015 ; 1 ♀, Gorgany , pol. Playek, 1200 m, 48°36‘42.77“N, 24° 09‘10.69“E, sweeping, 13.vii.2012 ; Transcarpathian Region : 2 ♀♀, Svydovets, 2–3 km NW of Kvasy, 48.144694°N, 24.270809°E, 900 m, beech forest, Malaise trap, 10.viii–1.ix.2014 ; 1 ♀, Chornogora, Sheshul 6–7 km NE of Kvasy, 48.157193 N, 24.363658 E, 1450 m, subalpine zone, sweeping, 9.vii.2011, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) .

Distribution. Holarctic; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. This species has been described as Mesochorus amplitudinis ( Schwenke, 1999) , but was synonymized with M. punctipleuris by Horstmann (2002: 87). It is characterized by the yellowish mid coxa; yellow basally and only narrowly infuscate apically hind tibia and rather short ovipositor sheath (0.80–0.85 × as long as hind metatarsus).

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. The Carpathian Mesochorus spp. 7—M. punctipleuris; 8—M. thomsonii; 9—M. politus; 10—M. discitergus.