Orthostigma (Africostigma), Fischer, 1995

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 (Africostigma)
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Subgenus Africostigma Fischer, 1995

Africostigma Fischer, 1995: 677 (as subgenus of Orthostigma); Yu et al. 2016; Peris-Felipo and Belokobylskij 2020: 411.

Type species.

Orthostigma (Africostigma) karkloofense Fischer, 1995 , by original designation (Figs 34 View Figure 34 , 35 View Figure 35 ).

Material examined.

Holotype ( Orthostigma (Africostigma) karkloofense ) South Africa: • ♀, Howick, Natal, Karkloof Forest , 19. ix. 1963 (Haeselbarth leg.) ( ZSSM) .

Diagnosis.

This Afrotropical subgenus includes two species from South Africa and shares the main diagnostic characters with Orthostigma but differs from all other subgenera by having the first flagellar segment of antenna shorter than the second one.

References

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

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

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