Mesostenus obtusus Momoi, 1966

Kyohei Watanabe, 2019, Taxonomic and Zoogeographical Notes of Japanese Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Description of Five New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 48, pp. 81-113 : 99

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11205625
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11205688
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scientific name	Mesostenus obtusus Momoi, 1966
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Mesostenus obtusus Momoi, 1966 View in CoL

Mesostenus obtusus Momoi, 1966: 165 View in CoL .

Specimen examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 69453 , F, Kumamoto Pref., Aso City , 21. VII. 2013, R. Murao leg.

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu*).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Kyushu. This species resembles M. suigensis Uchida, 1930 , from Korea in the black body, the sculptured frons and the ovipositor with an obtuse apex, but it can be distinguished by the antenna with a white band (without a white band in M. suigensis ). Male of this species is unknown.