Orthostigma, Ratzeburg, 1844

Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Santa, Fernando, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2025, Review of the genera and subgenera of the subtribe Aspilotina (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with a new illustrated key, ZooKeys 1229, pp. 133-200 : 133-200

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scientific name	Orthostigma
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Subgenus Orthostigma sensu stricto

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Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844: 53; Königsmann 1969: 2; Shenefelt 1974: 997; Wharton 1980: 85; Tobias 1986: 117; van Achterberg 1988: 44; Chen and Wu 1994: 99; Fischer 1995: 670; Belokobylskij 1998 a: 209; Fischer 2002: 102; Wharton 2002: 91; Belokobylskij and Tobias 2007: 10; Yu et al. 2016; Zhu et al. 2017: 68; Peris-Felipo and Belokobylskij 2020: 412. View in CoL

Type species.

Aphidius flavipes Ratzebrug, 1844 , by monotypy.

Material examined.

Several species from Palaearctic region were studied. For example:

– Orthostigma beyarslani Fischer, 1995 : Spain: • ♀, Alicante, Torrevieja, Natural Park of Lagunas de la Mata-Torrevieja , 25. v. 2004 ( ENV) .

– Orthostigma laticeps (Thompson, 1895) : Spain: • ♀, Alicante, Alcoi, Natural Park of Carrascal de La Font Roja , 20. v. 2004 ( ENV) .

– Orthostigma maculipes (Haliday, 1838) : Spain: • ♀, Castellon, Pobla de Benifassà, Natural Park of Tinença de Benifassà , 26. ix. 2005 ( ENV) .

– Orthostigma mandibulare Tobias, 1962 : Russia: Holotype: • ♀, Leningradskaya oblast’. Tolmachevo, border of forest near floodplain of Ostrovenka River , 19. viii. 1960, Tobias [leg] ( ZISP).

– Orthostigma pumilum (Nees, 1834) : Spain: • ♀, Castellon, Pobla de Benifassà, Natural Park of Tinença de Benifassà , 17. vi. 2004 ( ENV) .

– Orthostigma sculpturatum (Tobias, 1962) : Spain: • ♀, Castellon, Pobla de Benifassà, Natural Park of Tinença de Benifassà , 28. viii. 2006 ( ENV) .

Diagnosis.

Main characters for the subgenus Orthostigma are the long first flagellar segment (longer than second segment), the notauli only anteriorly present on the mesoscutum and fore wing with vein 2 - SR present and more or less distinctly sclerotised.

Remarks.

This is the largest subgenus with about 60 known species from the Holarctic, Oriental, and Australasian regions.

References

Belokobylskij SA (1998 a) 9. Alysiinae (Alysiini). In: Lehr PA (Ed.) Key to insects of the Russian Far East. Vol. 4. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 3. Dal’nauka, Vladivostok, 162–298. [In Russian]

Belokobylskij SA, Tobias VI (2007) Fam. Braconidae. Subfam. Alysiinae. Group of genera closed to Aspilota. In: Lelej AS (Ed.) Key to the Insects of the Russian Far East. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Vol. IV, pt 5. Dal’nauka, Vladivostok, 9–133. [In Russian]

Chen JH, Wu ZS (1994) The Alysiini of China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). China Agricultural Press, Fuzhou, 218 pp. [In Chinese, with English summary]

Fischer M (1995) Uber die altweltlichen Orthostigma – Arten und Erganzungen zur Aspilota – Gattungsgruppe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 27 (2): 669–752.

Fischer M (1995) Uber die altweltlichen Orthostigma - Arten und Erganzungen zur Aspilota - Gattungsgruppe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Linzer biologische Beitrage 27 (2): 669-752.

Fischer M (2002) Übersicht über die Gattungen der Aspilota - Genusgruppe mit Neubeschreibung von Grandilota nov. gen. sowie Redeskription von Regetus Papp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oesterreichischer Entomologen 54 (3–4): 99–108.

Königsmann E (1969) Beitrag zur Revision der Gattung Orthostigma (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 16: 1–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.19690160102

Peris-Felipo FJ, Belokobylskij SA (2020) Whartonstigma subgen. nov., a new subgenus of the genus Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844 from Australasia (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Zootaxa 4845 (3): 410–424. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4845.3.6

Ratzeburg JTC (1844) Die Ichneumonen der Forstinsecten in forstlicher und entomologischer Beziehung, Zweiter Band. Nicolaischen Buchandlung, Berlin, 224 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11094

Shenefelt RD (1974) Pars II. Braconidae 7. Alysiinae. In van der Vecht, J. and Shenefelt R. D., Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 937–1113.

Tobias VI (1986) Subfamily Alysiinae. In: Medvedev GS (Ed.) Opredelitel’ nasekomykh Evropeyskoy chasti SSSR [Key to insects of the USSR European part], Vol. 3, Part 5, Nauka, Leningrad, 100–231. [In Russian] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46334

van Achterberg C (1988) The genera of the Aspilota - group and some descriptions of fungicolous Alysiini from the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 247: 1–88.

Wharton RA (1980) Review of New World Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with discussion of generic relationships within the tribe. University of California Publications in Entomology 88: 1–104.

Wharton RA (2002) Revision of the Australian Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Invertebrate Systematics 16: 7–105. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT01012

Yu DS, van Achterberg C, Horstmann K (2016) Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Ottawa, Ontario.

Zhu J, van Achterberg C, Chen X-X (2017) An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with three genera new for China. ZooKeys 722: 37–779. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.722.14799

Figures

Figure 36. Orthostigma (Orthostigma) mandibulare (Tobias, 1962) (female) A habitus, lateral view B head and mesosoma, lateral view C mandible D antenna E head, front view F head and messonotum, dorsal view.

Figure 37. Orthostigma (Orthostigma) mandibulare (Tobias, 1962) (female) A propodeum, and metasomal tergites, dorsal view B legs, metasoma and ovipositor, lateral view C fore and hind wings.