Orionis Shaw 1987

Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio, Shaw, Scott Richard, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva & Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria, 2016, A review of the genus Orionis Shaw (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) and first records of the genus from South America and the Oriental Region, Zootaxa 4208 (3), pp. 249-260 : 250-251

Orionis Shaw 1987

Type-species Perilitus eximius Muesebeck 1955

Diagnosis. Eyes extremely large and bulging anteriorly, with minute setae; frons excavated medially; occipital carina complete; female flagellum only weakly thickened apically, most basal flagellomeres wider apically; malar space very short; malar suture present; labial palps 3-segmented and maxillary palp 5-segmented. Mesopleuron mostly smooth with shallow and wide rugose sternaulus; propodeum areolate, with more or less deep medial impression. Fore wing vein RS not strongly curved, reaching wing margin near apex, vein R1 distinctly longer than stigma; fore wing venation mostly complete for Euphorinae , except for vein r-m (as typical of other Perilitini ); vein m-cu arising shortly basad to clearly distad vein 2RS. Metasoma with petiole long and fused ventrally, slightly shorter than remainder terga and at most 3 × wider apically than basally; spiracles on petiole very prominent and near middle; ovipositor straight to slightly curved and equal to or longer than petiole.

Distribution. Central and South America, and Thailand.