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

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.

Figures

Figure 34. Orthostigma (Africostigma) karkloofense Fischer, 1995 (holotype, female) A habitus, lateral view B head and mesosoma, lateral view C mandible D antenna E head, front view F head, dorsal view.

Figure 35. Orthostigma (Africostigma) karkloofense Fischer, 1995 (holotype, female) A mesonotum, dorsal view B propodeum C legs, metasoma and ovipositor, lateral view D first metasomal tergite, dorsal view E fore and hind wings.