Abstract
The revision of the Afrotropical Ophioninae is updated, based on the examination of about 800–900 individuals in the South African and European museum collections. A robust interactive matrix key was built to provide quick and reliable identifications. The key is available online at http://www.waspweb.org. Two new species are described: Dicamptus maxipol sp. n. and Enicospilus gauldetmitchellorum sp. n. Numerous new distribution and biological records are provided, and noticeable morphological intra-specific variations are detailed. Enicospilus batus Gauld & Mitchell, syn. n. is considered as a junior synonym of Enicospilus luebberti (Enderlein).
Highlights
The subfamily Ophioninae is one of the two major subfamilies of Ichneumonidae that have been extensively revised in the Afrotropical region
The revision of the Ophioninae is mainly due to Gauld and Mitchell (1978) where they keyed and provided detailed descriptions for the nearly 200 species they treated in the collections of the major natural history museums housing African material
Several expeditions led by the Iziko South African Museum in southern and tropical Africa produced a large amount of new ophionine material available for investigation
Summary
The subfamily Ophioninae is one of the two major subfamilies of Ichneumonidae that have been extensively revised in the Afrotropical region. The revision of the Ophioninae is mainly due to Gauld and Mitchell (1978) where they keyed and provided detailed descriptions for the nearly 200 species they treated in the collections of the major natural history museums housing African material.
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