Mesochorus (Mesochorus) gladiator Schwenke, 1999

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 244

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:462D5161-912D-4B5C-9F40-20203E5CFDCD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6313340
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scientific name	Mesochorus (Mesochorus) gladiator Schwenke, 1999
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Mesochorus (Mesochorus) gladiator Schwenke, 1999 View in CoL ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 36–39 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: Transcarpathian Region : 1 ♀, Vynogradiv, oak forest, 280 m, 48.138338°N, 23.073689°E, Malaise trap 1, 2–17.v.2018, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Northern and Central Europe; first record for Ukraine.

Taxonomical remark. This species is characterized by the rugulo-punctate black face with reddish facial orbits; strongly punctate mesopleuron; strongly pectinate hind claw; and infuscate hind coxa. The holotype was redescribed by Riedel (2019: 83). In addition: flagellum with 37 flagellomeres; 1 st flagellomere 5.5 × longer than wide and 0.66 × as long as eye; preapical flagellomere 2.0 × longer than wide.