The types of Mesochorus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae) described by W. Schwenke and deposited in the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut

Abstract

For this study, 24 holotypes and 2 paratypes of the genus Mesochorus Gravenhorst described by W. Schwenke and deposited in the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut/Müncheberg were re-described in detail and illustrated. The following new synonyms are established here: Mesochorus diluvius Schwenke, 1999 is a new synonym of Mesochorus ovimaculatus Schwenke, 1999; Mesochorus luminis Schwenke, 1999 is a new synonym of Mesochorus provocator Aubert, 1965; Mesochorus opacus Schwenke, 1999 is a new synonym of Mesochorus rubeculus Hartig, 1838; and Mesochorus pungens Schwenke, 1999 is a new synonym of Stictopisthus flavescens (Fonscolombe, 1852).