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Key to northern European Mesochorinae
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Taxa:
Malar space
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Malar space with a distinct subocular sulcus.
Malar space without subocular sulcus.
Eyes
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Eyes strongly emarginate at the level of the antennae. Oceli large. (Body testaceus)
Eyes not or weakly emarginate. Oceli usually smaller.
Head
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Head triangular, malar space long. Nervellus of hind wing not intercepted.
Head rounder, malar space usually shorter. Nervellus of hind wing usually intercepted.
Info
This key covers all known northern European genera of Mesochorinae.
Likely taxa
Astiphromma
Cidaphus
Dolichochorus
Mesochorus
References
Medvedev, G. S. (Ed.) (1986).
Opredelitel nasekomykh evropeiskoi chasti SSSR. T. 3. Pereponchatokrylye. Ch. 3.
Akademiia nauk SSSR Zoologicheskii Institut. Nauka, Leningrad.
Riedel, M. (2015). Revision of the European species of the genusAstiphromma Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae).
Spixiana, 38
(1), 85-132.
Schwenke, W. (1999). Revision der europäischen Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Ichneumonidae).
Spixiana, 26
(suppl.), 1-124.
