Mesochorus (Mesochorus) curvulus 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) curvulus Thomson, 1886 ( Fig. 4 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: lvano-Frankivsk Region : 1 ♀, Gorgany , m. Igrovets, 7 km SW of Stara Guta, 48.355468°N, 24.75256°E, 1375 m, border between coniferous forest and subalpine zone, Malaise trap 3, 2–20.vii.2014, leg. O. Varga ; Transcarpathian Region : 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Chornogora , 1500–1600 m, sweeping, 6.viii.1994 ; 3 ♀♀, idem, 7.viii.1994, leg. A. Kotenko ; 1 ♀, Chornogora , Sheshul 6–7 km NE of Kvasy, 48.157193 N, 24.363658 E, 1450 m, subalpine zone, Malaise trap 5, 10.viii–1.ix.2014 ; 1 ♀, Svydovets , 2–3 km NW of Kvasy, 48.090889°N, 24.155835°E, 850–900 m, beech forest, sweeping, 5.vi.2010 ; 1 ♀, idem, 24.viii.2013 ; 1 ♂, idem, Malaise trap 2, 7.v–5.vi.2014 ; 1 ♀, idem, 15.vii–10.viii.2014, leg. O. Varga ; 1 ♀, Dilove , on light, 7.viii.2008, leg. R. Bidychak ; 1 ♂, Vynogradiv , oak forest, 280 m, 48.138338°N, 23.073689°E, Malaise trap 1, 28.iv–19.v.2016, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) .

Distribution. Holarctic and Neotropical regions; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. The Ukrainian material belongs to the pale form of M. curvulus with yellowish face and reddish hind coxa, which have been described as Mesochorus cinctus ( Schwenke, 1999) , which were recently synonymized (Riedel 2019).

Figures

FIGURES 3–6. The Carpathian Mesochorus spp. 3—M. iwatensis; 4—M. curvulus; 5—M. frondosus; 6—M. alpigenus.