Mesochorus (Mesochorus) pictilis Holmgren, 1860 (Fig. 13)

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, 31.viii–22.ix.2015 ; 1 ♀, idem, sweeping, 19.vii.2012; 1 ♀, Gorgany, pol. Playek, 1200 m, 48°36‘42.77“N, 24° 09‘10.69“E, sweeping, 24.v.2014, leg. O. Varga ; Transcarpathian Region: 1 ♀, Mala Ugolka, beech forest, 500–1000 m, 30.vii.1995, leg. A. Kotenko (SIZK) .

Distribution. Holarctic; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. The species can be recognized by the following characters: face wide, yellow, with inner eye margins slightly divergent ventrally, cream-yellow; postpetiolus without distinct longitudinal striation; 2 nd tergite apically and 3 rd tergite basally with apical yellow bands; 5 th tergite apically, 6 th and 7 th tergites entirely yellowish or ivory.

sylvarum -group sensu Schwenke (1999: 59-62)