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Orthostigma (Africostigma) Fischer 1995

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Bleichestrasse 15, CH – 4058 Basel, Switzerland
  • 2. Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Rosentalstrasse 67, CH – 4058 Basel, Switzerland
  • 3. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2333 CR Leiden, Netherlands
  • 4. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 199034, Russia

Description

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, 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.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 133-200 in ZooKeys 1229 on pages 133-200, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.142489

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Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F6FE184F6AC45EF18FC2EBD6694D8F1D

Cites
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.3.6 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.142489.figure34 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1263621 (URL)
Figure: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.142489.figure35 (DOI)
Figure: https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1263622 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.142489 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D09D3D7D3996534F861724382A94E2CA (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/9EE07D11-A890-4009-BDA7-92ABF8540512 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F6FE184F6AC45EF18FC2EBD6694D8F1D (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/254667362 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/308331/taxon/F6FE184F6AC45EF18FC2EBD6694D8F1D.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZSSM
Event date
1963-09-19
Verbatim event date
1963-09-19
Scientific name authorship
Fischer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Orthostigma
Taxon rank
subGenus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Orthostigma (Africostigma) Fischer, 1995 sec. Peris-Felipo, Santa, Achterberg & Belokobylskij, 2025

References

  • Fischer M (1995) Uber die altweltlichen Orthostigma - Arten und Erganzungen zur Aspilota - Gattungsgruppe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Linzer biologische Beitrage 27 (2): 669-752.
  • Yu DS, van Achterberg C, Horstmann K (2016) Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Ottawa, Ontario.
  • 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