Mesochorus frondosus 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 : 228

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.2.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6313262
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scientific name	Mesochorus frondosus Schwenke, 1999
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Mesochorus frondosus Schwenke, 1999 View in CoL ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3–6 )

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, 2–20.vii.2014 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, idem, 20.vii–8.viii.2014 GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀, idem, 7.5 km SW of Stara Guta , 48.355129°N, 24.73943°E, 1500 m, subalpine zone, Malaise trap 4, 2–20.vii.2014 GoogleMaps ; 2 ♀♀, idem, 20.vii–8.viii.2014 GoogleMaps ; Transcarpathian Region : 1 ♀, Svydovets , 2–3 km NW of Kvasy, 48.090889°N, 24.155835°E, 850–900 m, beech forest, Malaise trap, 29.vi–15.vii.2014, leg. O. Varga ( SIZK) GoogleMaps .

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

Taxonomical remark. The Ukrainian specimens are smaller than the type material ( 1.8–2.2 mm vs. 2.5 mm in the holotype), but has the characteristic brown to black face and the typical shape of its ovipositor sheath.

nigripes -group sensu Schwenke (1999: 42–45)