Mesochorus (Mesochorus) rubeculus Hartig, 1838

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 238

Mesochorus (Mesochorus) rubeculus Hartig, 1838 ( Fig. 25 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: lvano-Frankivsk Region : 1 ♂, Gorgany, m. Igrovets, 7 km SW of Stara Guta, 48.355468°N, 24.075256°E, 1375 m, border between coniferous forest and subalpine zone, Malaise trap 3, 13.vi–2.vii.2014 ; 2 ♂♂, idem, 7.5 km SW of Stara Guta , 1500 m, 48.355129°N, 24073943°E, subalpine region, Malaise trap 4, 13.vi–2.vii.2014, leg. O. Varga ; Transcarpathian Region : 1 ♀, Rakhiv, beech forest, 450–500 m, sweeping, 15–16.vii.1995 ; 1 ♀, Chornogora , 1500–1600 m, 48.094552°N, 24.245614°E, coniferous forest, sweeping, 6.viii.1994, leg. A. Kotenko ( SIZK) .

Distribution. Europe; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. A species of the angustatus -group with very narrow temple and large ocelli (distance between lateral ocellus and eye 0.3–0.4 × ocellar diameter); mesopleuron with fine and scattered punctures ventrally; reddish hind coxa; and brown pterostigma.

Figures

FIGURES 24–27. The Carpathian Mesochorus spp. 24—M. marginatus; 25—M. rubeculus; 26—M. tachypus; 27—M. crassimanus.