Orthostigma
Ratzeburg, 1844
A of braconid wasps in the Alysiinae, established by Ratzeburg in 1844. The genus has been subdivided into multiple subgenera including Whartonstigma and Patrisaspilota, with described from Europe, Papua New Guinea, and broader Australasia. Taxonomic revisions indicate substantial morphological diversity within the genus, though biological data remain limited.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Orthostigma: /ˌɔːrθəˈstɪɡmə/
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Distribution
Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland); Australasia (Papua New Guinea).
Similar Taxa
- Alysiinae (subfamily)Orthostigma is distinguished from other alysiine by specific morphological characters of the mesosoma and metasoma; detailed requires examination of carination patterns and wing venation.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Beitrag zur Revision der Gattung Orthostigma. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)
- Beitrag zur Revision der Gattung Orthostigma. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)
- Whartonstigma subgen. nov., a new subgenus of the genus Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844 from Australasia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae)
- Revision of the Oriental subgenus Patrisaspilota Fischer, 1995 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae: Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844) with description of a new species from Papua New Guinea
- The first record of Orthostigma cratospilum (Thomson, 1895) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae) in Poland, with a note on its host and a description of the female