Abstract
The euphorine braconid genus Orionis Shaw, 1987 is found to be more diverse in the Old World than had previously been recognised. Orionis was regarded previously as largely Neotropical, with one Oriental species (Orionis orientalis Shimbori & Shaw, 2016) known from Thailand, but we recognise an additional three species from the Oriental and Palaearctic regions. Three species of Euphorinae are transferred to Orionis Shaw, 1987 and are new combinations: Orionis coxator (Belokobylskij, 1995), comb. nov., Orionis erratus (Chen & van Achterberg, 1997), comb. nov., and Orionis flavifacies (Belokobylskij, 2000), comb. nov. Previously known from the Far Eastern Palaearctic, O. coxator has surprisingly been found in Europe, in Belgium, England and the Netherlands. The inclusion of these species in Orionis, whereas most previous species have been described from the Neotropics, is justified by Bayesian analysis of the D2 region of 28S, Cytochrome Oxidase I barcode sequences, and morphology.
Highlights
On 29th September 2020, GRB caught a braconid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) at an actinic light in his garden in South-east England (Fig. 1)
Three species of Euphorinae are transferred to Orionis Shaw
from the Far Eastern Palaearctic, O. coxator has surprisingly been found in Europe
Summary
On 29th September 2020, GRB caught a braconid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) at an actinic light in his garden in South-east England (Fig. 1). It seemed to be either a species of Meteorus Haliday or Perilitus Nees but was atypical for either placement. Perplexed as to what this could be, and sure it was nothing he had seen before, GRB sent a Copyright Gavin R. Broad & Julia Stigenberg / Journal of Hymenoptera Research 88: 133–145 (2021)
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