Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844

Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844: 53; Shenefelt 1974: 997; Wharton 1980: 85; van Achterberg 1988b: 44; Chen and Wu 1994: 99; Belokobylskij 1998: 209. Type species: Aphidius flavipes Ratzeburg, 1844.

Synonym.

Delocarpa Foerster, 1863; Ischnocarpa Foerster, 1863; Afrostigma Fischer, 1995 (subgenus); Patrisaspilota Fischer, 1995 (subgenus).

Biology.

Medium-sized genus, containing parasitoids of Phoridae . The records of Agromyzidae, Cecidomyiidae, and Drosophilidae are probably erroneous.

Species.

Orthostigma cratospilum (Thomson, 1895) (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma imperator van Achterberg & Ortega, 1983 (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma laticeps (Thomson, 1895) (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma lokei Hedqvist, 1973 (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma longicorne Königsmann, 1969 (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma longicubitale Königsmann, 1969 (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma lucidum Königsmann, 1969 (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma mandibulare (Tobias, 1962) (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma pumilum (Nees, 1834) (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma pusillum (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma sculpturatum Tobias, 1962 (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma sibiricum (Telenga, 1933) (Chen and Wu 1994)

Orthostigma sordipes (Thomson, 1895) (Chen and Wu 1994)