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Key to northern European Ophioninae
Ophioninae
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Taxa:
Discosubmarginal cell
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Discosubmarginal cell with at least one sclerotized spot.
Discosubmarginal cell without sclerotized spots.
3rs-m
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Vein 3rs-m strongly curved outwards above the base of vein M. (Head and body black or yellow and black).
Vein 3rs-m not curved outwards above the base of vein M. (Head and body at least partially testaceous).
2r+Rs
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Vein 2r+Rs of forewing thickened and sinuate but not strongly angled below stigma.
Vein 2r+Rs of forewing thickened and strongly angled below stigma.
Vein 2r+Rs of forewing not sinuate and if rarely thickened below stigma not strongly curved.
Ramellus
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Ramellus long.
Ramellus very short or absent.
Antennae
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Antennae strongly clavate.
Antennae not clavate.
Occipital carina
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Occipital carina interrupted medially.
Occipital carina complete.
Remaining taxa:
Enicospilus (most)
Enicospilus (part)
Eremotylus
Heinrichiella obscura
Hellwigia elegans
Ophion (most)
Ophion (part)
Stauropoctonus bombycivorus
Discarded taxa:
Info
This key covers all northern European genera of Ophioninae. Note that
Hellwigia elegans
is often considered to belong to
Campopleginae
.
References
Gauld, I.D. & Wahl, D.B. (2002). Key to genera of New World Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). American Entomological Institute.
Johansson, N. (2018). Review of the Swedish
Enicospilus
(Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Ophioninae) with description of three new species and an illustrated key to species. European Journal of Taxonomy 483.
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.483
Johansson, N. & Cederberg, B. (2019). Review of the Swedish species of Ophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of 18 new species and an illustrated key to Swedish species. European Journal of Taxonomy 550: 1–136.
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.550
Shaw, M.R. & Voogd, J. (2019). Notes on the biology, morphology and generic placement of “Hellwigia”
obscura
Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 69: 39–53.
https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.69.33662
