Opiinae

Probable Opius, from here.

Belongs within: Braconidae.

The Opiinae are a large cosmopolitan group of braconid wasps that are endoparasitic on larval cyclorrhaphous Diptera. In members of the tribe Ademonini, which are parasitic on larvae of Ephydridae inhabiting aquatic plants, the forewing has vein SR1 incomplete and the marginal cell is open; members of other tribes have the marginal cell closed (Achterberg 1993).

Characters (from Achterberg 1993): Labial palp with four segments; occipital carina usually present laterally; pronope more or less developed; vein M+CU1 of forewing often at least partly unsclerotised.

<==Opiinae A93
    |  i. s.: Fopius arisanus ZS10
    |--Ademon [Ademonini] A93
    |    `--A. decrescens A93
    |--Biosterini A93
    |    |--Sternaulopius bisternaulicus A93
    |    `--Biosteres MS01
    |         |--B. haemorrhous MS01
    |         `--B. palaearcticus Szépligeti in Mocsáry & Szépligeti 1901 [=B. palaearsticus] MS01
    `--Opiini A93
         |--Apodesmia irregularis A93
         |--Diachasmimorpha comperei A93
         |--Coleopius grangeri A93
         `--Opius MS01
              |--O. celsus MS01
              |--O. cingulatus MS01
              |--O. fletcheri A71
              |--O. humilis A71
              |--O. ilicis A71
              |--O. longicaudatus A71
              |--O. obscurus Szépligeti in Mocsáry & Szépligeti 1901 MS01
              |--O. oophilus A71
              |--O. rossicus Szépligeti in Mocsáry & Szépligeti 1901 MS01
              |--O. tacitus MS01
              `--O. vandenboschi A71

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A93] Achterberg, C. van. 1993. Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen 283: 1–189.

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[MS01] Mocsáry, A., & V. Szépligeti. 1901. Hymenopterák [Hymenopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 121–169. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3^rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.

Last updated: 4 September 2017.