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Opiinae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical opiine wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Opiinae)

  • Genus Ademon Haliday, 1833

  • Genus Biosteres Förster, 1862

    • Biosteres seyrigi (Fischer, 1963) (Madagascar)

    • Biosteres sulphureus (Szépligeti, 1913) (Madagascar)

  • Genus Bitomus Szépligeti, 1910

    • Bitomus curiosus (Szépligeti, 1914) (Kenya, Rwanda)

    • Bitomus granulellus Fischer, 1994 (Madagascar)

    • Bitomus peregrinus (Szépligeti, 1914) (Kenya, Tanzania)

  • Genus Desmiostoma Förster, 1862

    • Desmiostoma parvulum (Wesmael, 1835) (Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Findland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, U.S.A., United Kingdom)

  • Genus Diachasmimorpha Viereck, 1913

    • Diachasmimorpha brevistyli (Paoli, 1934) (Somalia)                

    • Diachasmimorpha carinata (Szépligeti, 1908) (Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania)    

    • Diachasmimorpha fullawayi (Silvestri, 1912) (Australia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guam, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Spain, Tanzania, Togo, U.S.A.)

    • Diachasmimorpha insignis (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

    • Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead, 1905) (Russia)

  • Genus Fopius Wharton, 1987

    • Fopius bevisi (Brues, 1926) (Kenya, South Africa, U.S.A.)         

    • Fopius caudatus (Szépligeti, 1913) (Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, U.S.A.)

    • Fopius ceratitivorus Wharton, 1999 (Guatemala, Kenya, South Africa)           

    • Fopius desideratus (Bridwell, 1919 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Uganda)      

    • Fopius longicauda (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)            

    • Fopius niger (Szépligeti, 1913) (Tanzania)            

    • Fopius okekai Kimani-Njogu & Wharton, 2002  (Kenya)          

    • Fopius ottotomoanus (Fullaway, 1957) (Cameroon)            

    • Fopius pyknothorax (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)           

    • Fopius rubrithorax (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)            

    • Fopius ruficornis (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)            

    • Fopius rufotestaceus (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)            

    • Fopius silvestrii (Wharton, 1987) (Cameroon, Costa Rica, Kenya)

  • Genus Opius Wesmael, 1835

    • Opius acuminatus Granger, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Rwanda)      

    • Opius africanus (Szépligeti, 1908) (Tanzania)           

    • Opius alutacipectus Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo

    • Opius ankaratrensis Fischer, 1963 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius atatanaensis Fischer, 1996 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius brachythorax Fischer, 1971 (Kenya)           

    • Opius brevicaudatus Granger, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar)       

    • Opius camerunensis Fischer, 1964 (Cameroon)           

    • Opius bururianus Fischer, 1968 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo)       

    • Opius castaneus Granger, 1949 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius cingulatigaster Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius circumscriptus Szépligeti, 1914 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar)

    • Opius colombina Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius comparativus Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius congoensis Fischer, 1968 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Rwanda)     

    • Opius contrarius Fischer, 1963 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius costaeburneae Fischer, 1964 (Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone)        

    • Opius crenulatus Szépligeti, 1914 (Kenya)           

    • Opius cyphus Papp, 1985 (Uganda)           

    • Opius dariae Fischer, 1972 (Burundi, South Africa)         

    • Opius delvillei Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo)        

    • Opius dewulfi Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)        

    • Opius dissitus Muesebeck, 1963 (China, Colombia, Honduras, Senegal, U.S.A.)

    • Opius divergifacialis Fischer, 1972 (Burundi)           

    • Opius diversicurrens Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius dschangensis Fischer, 1978 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius efoveolatus Szépligeti, 1913 (Kenya, Tanzania)          

    • Opius elisabethvillensis Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo)        

    • Opius entzi Papp, 1985 (Ghana)           

    • Opius euaffinis Fischer, 1963 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)       

    • Opius euplasticus Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius eutownesi Fischer, 1983 (Nigeria)           

    • Opius extendicella Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)       

    • Opius extrafactus Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius flavitarsis Szépligeti, 1913 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda)        

    • Opius flosshilda Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius fossulatus Szépligeti, 1914 (Kenya, Tanzania)          

    • Opius fukuensis Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia)       

    • Opius fuscicarpus Szépligeti, 1913 (Tanzania)           

    • Opius giganticornis Fischer, 1974 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius granulatigaster Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius graviceps Fischer, 1974 (South Africa)          

    • Opius gregnar Wharton, 1987 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius haeselbarthi Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius harlequin Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)       

    • Opius heinrichi Fischer, 1964 (Tanzania)           

    • Opius heterocephalus Fischer, 1971 (South Africa)          

    • Opius heterochromus Fischer, 1971 (South Africa)          

    • Opius heterogaster Fischer, 1971 (South Africa)          

    • Opius heteropterus Fischer, 1971 (South Africa)          

    • Opius hluluhwegamenicus Fischer, 1974 (South Africa)          

    • Opius ileifensis Fischer, 1983 (Nigeria)           

    • Opius importatus Fischer, 1971 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, U.S.A., Uganda)    

    • Opius inflatipectus Fischer, 1989 (Senegal)           

    • Opius inquirendus Silvestri, 1913 (Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands)

    • Opius ivondroensis Fischer, 1968 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius kallibasis Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius kalligaster Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius katonensis Fischer, 1961 (Tanzania)           

    • Opius katonicus Fischer, 1963 (South Africa, Uganda)         

    • Opius kibunguensis Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

    • Opius kisanganiensis Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius kovacsi Fischer, 1963 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia)       

    • Opius leroyi Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)        

    • Opius levis Wesmael, 1835 (Afrotropical: Ethiopia; Palaearctic)         

    • Opius liogaster Szépligeti, 1914 (Kenya, Tanzania)          

    • Opius lippensi Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)        

    • Opius lippensimilis Fischer, 2001 (Zambia)           

    • Opius lugens Haliday, 1837 (Afrotropical: Ethiopia; Palaearctic)         

    • Opius lukuganus Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)        

    • Opius luteipes (Szépligeti, 1914) (Kenya)           

    • Opius luteus Kriechbaumer, 1894 (South Africa)          

    • Opius major Szépligeti, 1914 (Kenya, Madagascar)          

    • Opius manifestarius Fischer, 1963 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania)

    • Opius maraquoanus Fischer, 1963 (Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda)

    • Opius margateensis Fischer, 1971 (South Africa)          

    • Opius martiarushensis Fischer, 1963 (Cape Verde Islands, Tanzania, Uganda)

    • Opius medioterebratus Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda)      

    • Opius meladermatus Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius melanagromyzae Fischer, 1966 (Botswana, Cape Verde Islands, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa, Uganda)

    • Opius melanarius Fischer, 1974 (South Africa)          

    • Opius minicornis Fischer, 1973 (South Africa)          

    • Opius minusculus Fischer, 1963 (Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Africa, Uganda)

    • Opius minutus (Szépligeti, 1907) (Kenya)           

    • Opius mokotoensis Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius mujenjensis Fischer, 1963 (Uganda)           

    • Opius nairobicus Fischer, 1983 (Kenya)           

    • Opius nigeriensis Fischer, 1983 (Nigeria)           

    • Opius nigrobrunneus Granger, 1949 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius nigromaculatus Szépligeti, 1914 (Tanzania)           

    • Opius nkuliensis Fischer, 1974 (Rwanda)           

    • Opius nondilatatus Fischer, 1996 (Senegal)           

    • Opius obscurifactus Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Opius obuduensis Fischer, 1983 (Nigeria)           

    • Opius pallicoxis Fischer, 1973 (South Africa)          

    • Opius palligaster Fischer, 1973 (South Africa)          

    • Opius palpalis Szépligeti, 1902 (Nigeria)           

    • Opius papagena Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)       

    • Opius paraplasticus Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius persimilis (Szépligeti, 1913) (Tanzania)           

    • Opius petiolatus Granger, 1949 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius pilgrimorum Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa)

    • Opius podomelas Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius praesentarius Fischer, 1963 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia)

    • Opius propofoveatus Fischer, 1973 (South Africa)          

    • Opius punctulatoides Fischer, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

    • Opius punctulatus Szépligeti, 1914 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)

    • Opius pusillus Szépligeti, 1913 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius retracticauda Fischer, 1972 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)      

    • Opius rugisternum Fischer, 1995 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius santuzzae Fischer, 1974 (Burundi)           

    • Opius scleroticus Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)       

    • Opius scutellocarina Fischer, 1996 (Senegal)           

    • Opius sepivalfus Wharton, 1987 (Malawi)           

    • Opius shabelliensis Fischer, 1996 (Somalia)           

    • Opius simplificatus Fischer, 1963 (Ethiopia)           

    • Opius subangulatus Granger, 1949 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius taddei Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

    • Opius tamino Fischer, 1972 (Rwanda)           

    • Opius terebrator (Szépligeti, 1911) (Malawi, Tanzania)          

    • Opius testaceipes (Szépligeti, 1913) (Tanzania)           

    • Opius testaceiventris Granger, 1949 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius testaceus (Szépligeti, 1914) (Togo)           

    • Opius toromojaensis Fischer, 1983 (Botswana)           

    • Opius torulatus Fischer, 1972 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius turiddui Fischer, 1974 (Democratic Republic of Congo)        

    • Opius ugandensis Fischer, 1963 (Uganda)           

    • Opius urundanus Fischer, 1968 (Burundi)           

    • Opius valki Fischer, 1996 (Senegal)           

    • Opius waterloti Granger, 1949 (Madagascar)           

    • Opius wellgunda Fischer, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa)

    • Opius woglinda Fischer, 1972 (South Africa)          

  • Genus Phaedrotoma Förster, 1862

    • Phaedrotoma artericus (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)          

    • Phaedrotoma atomarius (Fischer, 1963) (Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda)        

    • Phaedrotoma atomosa (Fischer, 1963) (Ethiopia, South Africa)         

    • Phaedrotoma brachyura (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa, Tanzania)

    • Phaedrotoma circur (Fischer, 1963) (Ethiopia)           

    • Phaedrotoma dembelana (Fischer, 1963) (Ethiopia, South Africa)

    • Phaedrotoma diacriticus (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)          

    • Phaedrotoma exigua (Wesmael, 1835) (Afrotropical: South Africa; Oriental, Palaearctic)       

    • Phaedrotoma glabroplasticus (Fischer, 1972) (Cameroon, South Africa)         

    • Phaedrotoma holorubrus (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)          

    • Phaedrotoma megaera (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)          

    • Phaedrotoma megaura (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)          

    • Phaedrotoma mujenjanica (Fischer, 1963) (South Africa, Uganda)

    • Phaedrotoma phaseoli (Fischer, 1963) (China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, U.S.A., Uganda)

    • Phaedrotoma rufimarginata (Fischer, 1963) (Uganda)           

    • Phaedrotoma umlalaziensis (Fischer, 1996) (South Africa)

  • Genus Pseudorhinoplus Fischer, 1972

    • Pseudorhinoplus cephalotus (Szépligeti, 1908) (Tanzania)

    • Pseudorhinoplus fulvus (Brues, 1926) (Uganda)

    • Pseudorhinoplus fuscipennis (Szépligeti, 1914) (Uganda)

  • Genus Psyttalia Walker, 1860

    • Psyttalia advenator (Fischer, 1963) (Uganda)                  

    • Psyttalia agreutretae (Wilkinson, 1927) (South Africa)                 

    • Psyttalia alleni (Fischer, 1964) (Zambia)                  

    • Psyttalia bisulcata (Szépligeti, 1914) (Togo)                  

    • Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti, 1910) (Algeria, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Guam,  Greece, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Tunisia, U.S.A.)

    • Psyttalia cosyrae (Wilkinson, 1927) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Réunion, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)      

    • Psyttalia dacicida (Silvestri, 1911) (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Italy)                

    • Psyttalia dexter (Silvestri, 1913) (Senegal)                  

    • Psyttalia distinguenda (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar, Réunion)

    • Psyttalia gigantura (Fischer, 1972) (Kenya, Thailand)                 

    • Psyttalia hemicauda (Fischer, 1972) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Psyttalia humilis (Silvestri, 1913) (Kenya, Namibia, South Africa. Also Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic regions)    

    • Psyttalia hypopygialis (Szépligeti, 1913) (Madagascar, Tanzania)

    • Psyttalia inconsueta (Silvestri, 1913) (Nigeria)                  

    • Psyttalia infuscata (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)                  

    • Psyttalia insignipennis (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar, Réunion, Singapore)

    • Psyttalia kirstenboschensis (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)

    • Psyttalia lounsburyi (Silvestri, 1913) (Kenya, Namibia, South Africa. Also Nearctic region (introduced

    • Psyttalia ngomeensis (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)                 

    • Psyttalia paralleni (Fischer, 1972) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

    • Psyttalia perproxima (Silvestri, 1913) (Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Togo, U.S.A.)          

    • Psyttalia phaeostigma (Wilkinson, 1927) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Réunion, South Africa)          

    • Psyttalia phorelliae (Wilkinson, 1929) (South Africa)                 

    • Psyttalia prothoracalis (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)                 

    • Psyttalia puncticranium (Fischer, 1972) (South Africa)                 

    • Psyttalia pusilla (Szépligeti, 1913) (Tanzania)                  

    • Psyttalia sequentator (Fischer, 1963) (Cape Verde Islands, Hungary, Uganda)

    • Psyttalia somereni (Fischer, 1972) (Kenya)                  

    • Psyttalia subsulcata (Granger, 1949) (Jordan, Madagascar)

    • Psyttalia tshuapana (Fischer, 1972) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Psyttalia urogramma (Fischer, 1972) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

    • Psyttalia vittator (Brues, 1926) (South Africa)                 

    • Psyttalia yangambiana (Fischer, 1972) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Genus Rhynchosteres Fischer, 1965

    • Rhynchosteres brunigaster Fischer, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Rhynchosteres clypeatus (Bridwell, 1919) (Nigeria)    

    • Rhynchosteres mandibularis Kimani-Njogu & Wharton, 2002 (Kenya)

    • Rhynchosteres microps Fischer, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Rhynchosteres tuberculatus van Achterberg, 1983 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Rhynchosteres tubiformis Fischer, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Genus Sternaulopius Fischer, 1965

    • Sternaulopius bisternaulicus Fischer, 1965 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Genus Utetes Förster, 1862

    • Utetes africanus (Szépligeti, 1910) (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Italy, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa)

    • Utetes alutaceus (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)      

    • Utetes alutacigaster (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Utetes complicator (Fischer, 1963) (Ethiopia)      

    • Utetes extendithorax (Fischer, 1973) (South Africa)     

    • Utetes grahamstownensis (Fischer, 1973) (South Africa)     

    • Utetes hypersimilis (Fischer, 1963) (Ethiopia)      

    • Utetes kamogobesus (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)   

    • Utetes kenyaensis (Fischer, 1971) (Kenya)      

    • Utetes longiorifemur (Fischer, 1973) (South Africa)     

    • Utetes mediorufus (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)      

    • Utetes melanosoma (Szépligeti, 1914) (Kenya)      

    • Utetes muhavuranus (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)  

    • Utetes natalicus (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)     

    • Utetes prophylacticus (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)   

    • Utetes punctinotorius (Fischer, 1973) (South Africa)     

    • Utetes pygmisoma (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)   

    • Utetes rutshuranus (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Utetes signatigaster (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Utetes somaliacola (Fischer, 2000) (Somalia)      

    • Utetes trichomaticus (Fischer, 1973) (South Africa)

  • Genus Xynobius Förster, 1862

    • Xynobius allogastricus (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius arichisi (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa) 

    • Xynobius demetrii (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius diaplasticus (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius eburnicornis (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Xynobius erythrorius (Fischer, 1973) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius humilithorax (Fischer, 1963) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

    • Xynobius grangeri (Fischer, 1963) (Cameroon, Madagascar)

    • Xynobius kanywaraensis (Fischer, 2000) (Uganda)

    • Xynobius knysnaensis (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius malkini (Fischer, 1963) (Angola)

    • Xynobius mandrakensis (Fischer, 1968) (Madagascar, South Africa)

    • Xynobius quirini (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius rugosiphilus (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Xynobius rustenburgensis (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius sixti (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius speciosigaster (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Xynobius sternocarinatus (Fischer, 2000) (Uganda)

    • Xynobius stranus (Fischer, 1968) (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa)

    • Xynobius trudperti (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

    • Xynobius ugandanus (Fischer, 1963) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

    • Xynobius zephyrini (Fischer, 1971) (South Africa)

Credits

 Photographs © Kees van Achterberg (Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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