Rhyssa kriechbaumeri Ozols, 1973 (fig. 4)

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk Region: Bogorodchany District, Mochary, 48°50ʹ51.17ʹʹ N, 24°35ʹ26.91ʹʹ E, 300–350 m, mixed forest, 5 km NE of Bogorodchany, 1.05.2011, 3 ♀ , 31.05.2011, 1 ♀; Zhbyr, 48°47ʹ4.92ʹʹ N, 24°28ʹ46.45ʹʹ E, 400 m, mixed forest, 7–8 km SW of Bogorodchany, 26.05.2012, 1 ♀ ; Gorgany, 48°36ʹ54.56ʹʹ N, 24°09ʹ54.27ʹʹ E, 1050–1100 m, 4 km SW of Stara Guta, 8– 9.06.2012, 2 ♀ ; 48°33ʹ32.30ʹʹ N, 24°07ʹ41.34ʹʹ E, 1250–1300 m, 11–12 km SW of Stara Guta, 20– 22.05.2012, 1 ♀ ; Nadvirna District, Gorgany, Elmy, 48°24ʹ39.50ʹʹ N, 24°24ʹ50.28ʹʹ E, 800–900 m, coniferous forest, 15 km SW of Yaremche, 8.06.2013, 6 ♀ (Varga).

C o l o r a t i o n. Female. Head, mesosoma and metasoma generally black. Face entirely black or sometimes with two central white spots. Flagellum black. Pronotum at lower corner, tegula, subtegular ridge, scutellum and postscutellum white. White coloration of metasoma varies from spots to stripes on the apex of each tergite. Legs generally red, all coxae varying from red-brownish to black, hind tibia and tarsus fuscous.

M a l e. Unknown.

Remark. I collected one male with an entirely black propodeum and without white spots on the mesopleuron (except subtegular ridge), but I need to examine more material to find clear differences between this specimen and specimens of Rhyssa persuasoria .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Germany (Horstmann, 2002), Hungary (Kiss, 1926), Russia (Magadan Reg.) (Ozols, 1973), Switzerland (Kriechbaumer, 1887), f i r s t r e c o r d f r o m Ukraine.