Mesochorus (Mesochorus) discitergus (Say, 1836)

Riedel, Matthias & Varga, Oleksandr, 2022, A checklist of the subfamily Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Ukrainian Carpathians, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 224-248 : 231

Mesochorus (Mesochorus) discitergus (Say, 1836) ( Fig. 10 )

Material examined. UKRAINE: lvano-Frankivsk Region : 1 ♀, Mochary, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, 48.505117°N, 24.352691°E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, Malaise trap 8, 15–31.viii.2014, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) .

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

Taxonomical remark. A very widespread and variable species ( Horstmann, 2003). Characteristic features are: mesopleuron usually dark, with scattered to moderately dense punctation; 2 nd tergite black basally, with halfmoonshaped yellow apical spot; apical tergites blackish dorsally; face yellow or brownish.

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. The Carpathian Mesochorus spp. 7—M. punctipleuris; 8—M. thomsonii; 9—M. politus; 10—M. discitergus.