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Key to northern European Mesochorinae
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. Ocelli large. (Body testaceous)
Eyes not or weakly emarginate. Ocelli 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.
Remaining taxa:
Astiphromma
Cidaphus
Dolichochorus
Mesochorus
Discarded taxa:
Info
This key covers all known northern European genera of Mesochorinae.
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 genus Astiphromma Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae). Spixiana 38(1): 85–132.
Schwenke, W. (1999). Revision der europäischen Mesochorinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Ichneumonidae). Spixiana Supplement 26: 1–124.
