Mesochorus (Mesochorus) pictilis Holmgren, 1860

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 233

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)

Figures

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