Orionis Shaw, 1987

Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Kumar, H. M. Hemanth & Sushil, S. N., 2024, Review of the genera Orionis Shaw and Stenothremma Shaw (Braconidae) from India, with description of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 943 (1), pp. 218-238 : 236

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Key to Old World species of the genus Orionis Shaw, 1987 View in CoL View at ENA

1. Pronotum and propleuron yellow; first metasomal tergite dorsally weakly rugose or finely reticulate; m-cu of fore wing distad to 2-RS; [Oriental: Thailand] ......... O. orientalis Shaw & Shimbori, 2016

– Pronotum and propleuron black; other characters variable .............................................................. 2

2. First metasomal tergite dorsally entirely striate; POL 1.7−2 × Od, 0.8−0.9 ×OOL; m-cu of fore wing antefurcal of subinterstitial to 2-RS; ovipositor sheath narrow, 1.4−1.5 times as long as first tergite; [Eastern Palaearctic] .................................................................. O. flavifacies ( Belokobylskij, 2000)

– First metasomal tergite not always entirely striate; other characters variable .................................. 3

3. Second flagellar segment of ♀ much shorter than first segment and about twice as long as wide; ovipositor sheath about 2.0 × length of first tergite; hind coxa dorso-apically rugose-punctate; [ China and Korea] ...................................................................... O. erratus ( Chen & van Achterberg, 1997)

– Second flagellar segment of ♀ nearly as long as first segment and more than 2.5× as long as wide or 2.5–4.2 × as long as wide ( Figs 4B View Fig , 9G View Fig ); ovipositor sheath 0.9–1.6 × length of first tergite; sculpture of hind coxa variable ........................................................................................................................ 4

4. Apical third of antenna yellowish ( Figs 7–8 View Fig View Fig ); hind femur 6.6× as long as wide ( Figs 7–8 View Fig View Fig ); ovipositor sheath 0.9–1.5 × as long as first tergite; [POL slightly shorter than OOL ( Fig. 9B View Fig ); length of eye in dorsal view 1.9× temple]; [Oriental: South India] ............................................................................. ....................................................................... O. femorator Gupta, van Achterberg & Pattar sp. nov.

– Apical third of antenna dark brown; hind femur 4.3–5.8 × as long as wide ( Fig. 4B View Fig ); ovipositor sheath 1.3–1.6 × as long as first tergite; [Palaearctic] ....................................................................... 5

5. Hind coxa dorso-apically with curved striae; in dorsal view posterior part (= behind spiracles) of first tergite widened; hind femur 4.3–4.8× as long as wide; POL 0.7–0.9 × OOL; eye in dorsal view 1.3–1.6 × as long as temple; ovipositor sheath 1.4–1.6 × as long as first tergite; [West and East Palaearctic] ................................................................................... O. coxator (Belokobylskij, 1995)

– Hind coxa dorso-apically rugose-punctate; in dorsal view posterior part of first tergite parallel-sided ( Fig. 4C View Fig ); hind femur 5.8 × as long as wide; POL 1.1× OOL ( Fig. 3B View Fig ); eye in dorsal view 3.1× as long as temple ( Fig. 3B View Fig ); ovipositor sheath about 1.3× length of first tergite; [South Palaearctic] ... .................................................................. O. shillongensis Gupta, van Achterberg & Pattar sp. nov.