Mesochorus (Mesochorus) alpigenus Strobl, 1904

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 228

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6313264
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scientific name	Mesochorus (Mesochorus) alpigenus Strobl, 1904
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Mesochorus (Mesochorus) alpigenus Strobl, 1904 View in CoL ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 3–6 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: Ivano-Frankivsk Region: 1 ♀, Gorgany, m. Syvulya , 12–13 km SW of Stara Guta, 48.531433 N, 24.132609 E, 1425 m, subalpine zone, sweeping, 14.vii.2012 GoogleMaps ; Transcarpathian Region: 1 ♀, Chornogora, Sheshul 6.7 km NE of Kvasy, 48.157193°N, 24.363658°E, 1450 m, subalpine zone, Malaise trap, 6–29.vi.2014 GoogleMaps ; 5 ♀♀, idem, 29.vi–18.vii.2014, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Europe; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. This species can be differentiated from the other members of the nigripes -group by its stout mesosoma which is only 1.3–1.4 × longer than high (at least 1.5 × in the other members).