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Opius Wesmael

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

Opius Wesmael, 1835.  Type species:

Classification

 

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)          

Opius species (South Africa)          

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoids of Cyclorrhapha (Diptera) larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

Fischer, M. 1971. Index of entomophagous insects, Hym., Braconidae, World Opiinae. Le François, Paris, France. 189 pp.

Fischer, M. 1972. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae I) Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xii + 620 pp.

Fischer, M. 1977. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae II-Amerika). Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xxvii + 1001 pp

Fischer, M. 1987. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae III-äthiopische, orientalische, autralische und oceanische Region. Das Tierreich 104, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xv + 734 pp.

van Achterberg, C. & Prinsloo, G.L. 2012. Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Opiinae, Alysiinae) reared from aquatic leaf-mining Diptera on Lagarosiphon major (Hydrocharitaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology 20: 124–133.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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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