Mesochorus ( Stictopisthus ) moravicus ( SCHWENKE , 1999)

Mesochorus ( Stictopisthus) moravicus ( SCHWENKE, 1999) (fig. 64)

O r i g i n a l: Stictopisthus moravicus SCHWENKE, 1999: 33 , ³.

H o l o t y p e: (³) “Litovel ( Moravia) 6.58 ex Archips cr.” (ZSM), type examined.

D e s c r i p t i o n: ³. Body length 3.4 mm. Flagellum missing. Temple moderately and roundly narrowed behind eye, dorsally 0.8× as long as eye. OED 1.3× ocellar diameter. Face coarsely punctate, its width 1.2× combined length of face and clypeus and 1.1× eye length, sides convergent ventrally. Mandible with two equal teeth. MI 0.5.

Mesosoma moderately depressed, c 2.1× as long as high. Mesopleuron coarsely and rather densely punctate, speculum smooth and shining. Propodeum completely carinate, but area basalis and area superomedia confluent. Area superomedia slender, 2.3× as long as wide, costula reaching at its middle. Area petiolaris as long as wide. Hind femur 3.8× as long as wide. Areolet sessile frontally. Vein 1cu-a postfurcal by 0.4× of their length; distal part of metacarpus length c. 0.8× width of pterostigma.

1 st tergite 2.3× as long as wide; postpetiole coarsely aciculate. 2 nd tergite 0.9× as long as wide. Thyridium transverse, comma-shaped. Stylet long, not clubbed apically, c. 1.7× as long as 2 nd hind tarsomere.

Color: Body reddish-yellow. Mesoscutum with brownish spot antero-medially and with brownish lateral stripes; propodeum brown in basal 2/3. 1 st tergite black; 1 st sternite yellow basally; 2 nd tergite brown, with yellow band in apical 0.4; 3 rd tergite completely yellow; following tergites brownish. Pterostigma hyaline.

♀ unknown.

Host: Archips crataegana (HÜBNER, 1799) (Lep., Torticidae) (ZSM).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Only known from Czech Republic ( Moravia).