Orthostigma (Patrisaspilota), Fischer, 1995

Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Stigenberg, Julia, Quicke, Donald L. J. & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2019, Revision of the Oriental subgenus Patrisaspilota Fischer, 1995 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae: Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844) with description of a new species from Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4629 (3), pp. 365-378 : 366

Subgenus Patrisaspilota Fischer, 1995

Patrisaspilota Fischer 1995: 721 ; 2002: 102; 2004: 78; 2010: 636; Wharton 2002: 981 (as synonym of Orthostigma ); Yu et al. 2016.

Type species. Patrisaspilota memoranda Fischer 1995 (= Orthostigma multicarinatum Tobias 1990 ).

Diagnosis of subgenus. Mandibles small, simple, tridentate, weakly curved outwards, with complete transverse curved carina on anterior third or submedially; upper (first) tooth smallest, narrow and pointed, middle (second) rather long and acuminate, lower (third) tooth widest, evenly rounded. Paraclypeal fovea short, far removed from edge of eyes. Mesoscutum always with midpit; notauli rather well developed usually almost complete and joined posteriorly with mesoscutal pit or sometimes at least reaching half of mesoscutum; precoxal sulcus present, usually wide; propodeum with different types of sculpture, usually without areas. Fore wing: marginal cell not shortened; vein 2-SR present and distinctly sclerotized; veins m-cu and cu-a always postfurcal; first subdiscal cell closed postero-apically by vein CU1a. Metasoma more or less distinctly compressed laterally. Ovipositor sheath not longer than metasoma, often up-curved.

Remarks. Members of this subgenus are characterised by their completely or almost completely developed notauli (plesiomorphic state of the character) similar to genera Alitha Cameron, 1906 and Carinthilota Fischer 1975 . This type of notauli consists of lines of closely spaced pits reaching or nearly reaching the mesoscutal pit. The presence of almost complete notauli in different alysiine taxa ( Orthostigma , Dinotrema Foerster 1863 , Phaenocarpa Foerster 1863 ) is considered as a subgeneric character.

Hosts. Unknown ( Yu et al. 2016).