The genus Orientopius Fischer, 1966 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) is reported for the first time from Europe and the West Palaearctic region, its biology (parasitoids of Phytobia spp.) is given for the first time and a new species (O. europaeus sp. n.) is described from France and Bulgaria.
The genus Orientopius Fischer, 1966 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) is reported for the first time from Europe and the West Palaearctic region, its biology (parasitoids of Phytobia spp.) is given for the first time and a new species (O. europaeus sp. n.) is described from France and Bulgaria.
van Achterberg, C., Gumez, J., Martinez, M. & Rasplus, J. 2012. Orientopius Fischer (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) new for Europe, with first notes on its biology and description of a new species. <em>Journal of Hymenoptera Research</em>, 28: 123-134.