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Illustrated key to the European genera of Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with the description of two new Palaearctic genera and two new species.

Cornelis Van Achterberg
Published in: ZooKeys (2023)
An illustrated key to the European genera of the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) is presented and two new genera are described and illustrated: Cavopius gen. nov. (type species: Opius (Agnopius) daghoides Zaykov & Fischer, 1983) from West and East Palaearctic regions and Pseudosteres gen. nov. (type species: Biosteresadanaensis Fischer & Beyarslan, 2005) from West Palaearctic region. Two new species are described and illustrated: Cephaloplitesgijswijti sp. nov. from Greece and Cavopiusdepressorius sp. nov. from S. Korea. Opius (Hypocynodus) kilisanus Fischer & Beyarslan, 2005 is a new synonym of Cephaloplitesmocsaryi Szépligeti, 1897. The following new combinations are proposed: Cavopiusdaghestanicus (Telenga, 1950), comb. nov. , C.daghoides (Zaykov & Fischer, 1983), comb. nov. , Pseudosteresadanaensis (Fischer & Beyarslan, 2005), comb. nov. , P.arenaceus (Jakimavičius, 1986), comb. nov. , P.christenseni (Papp, 1982), comb. nov. , P.pseudarenaceus (Fischer & Beyarslan, 2005), comb. nov. , and P.riphaeus (Tobias, 1986), comb. nov. Keys to species are provided for Cavopius gen. nov. , Cephaloplites Szépligeti, 1897, and Pseudosteres gen. nov.
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