Genus Ophion Fabricius, 1798

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• Ophion Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Entomologia systematica emandata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus descriptionibus. Halfniae : Carolum Reichard Vol. 5 (Supplementum) 572 pp. [210].

  Type species:

   Ichneumon luteus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Curtis, J. 1836. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. London : Collins Vol. 13 pls 578-625. [600].
• Paniscus Schrank, F. von Paula 1802. Fauna Boica. Ingolstadt Vol. 2(2) 412 pp. [316].

  Type species:

   Ichneumon luteus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Stenophthalmus Szépligeti, G.V. 1905. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidea; In Wytsman, P. Bruxelles. Genera Insectorum 34: 1-68 [23].

  Type species:

   Stenophthalmus algiricus Szépligeti, 1905 by subsequent designation, see Viereck, H.L. 1914. Type species of the genera of ichneumon flies. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 83: 1-186 [137].
• Pachyprotoma Kohl, F.F. 1906. Hymenopteren. In, Penther, A. & Zederbauer, E. Ergebnisse einer naturwissenschaftlichen Reise zur Erdschias-Dagh (Kleinasien). Wien : Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum Vol. 20 pp. 220-246. [223].

  Type species:

   Ophion (Pachyprotoma) capitatus Kohl, 1906 by monotypy.
• Australophion Morley, C. 1912. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) with descriptions of new genera and species Part I. Tribes Ophionides and Metopiides. London : British Museum 88 pp. [4, 30].

  Type species:

   Ophion peregrinus Smith, 1876 by monotypy.
• Neophion Morley, C. 1912. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) with descriptions of new genera and species Part I. Tribes Ophionides and Metopiides. London : British Museum 88 pp. [4, 30].

  Type species:

   Neophion crassus viereck, 1914 by subsequent designation, see Viereck, H.L. 1914. Type species of the genera of ichneumon flies. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 83: 1-186 [100].
• Apatophion Shestakov, A. 1926. Ad cognitionem specierum tribus Ophionini. Konowia 5: 256-263 [262].

  Type species:

   Apatophion mirsa Shestakov, 1926 by original designation.
• Platophion Hellén, W. 1926. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ichneumoniden Finlands II. Subfam. Ophioninae und Anomaloninae. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 56: 1-27 [13].

  Type species:

   Platophion areolaris Brauns, 1889 by subsequent designation, see Cushman, R.A. 1947. A generic revision of Ichneumon-flies of the Tribe Ophionini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96: 417-482 [475].
• Potophion Cushman, R.A. 1947. A generic revision of Ichneumon-flies of the Tribe Ophionini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96: 417-482 [476].

  Type species:

   Potophion caudatus Cushman, 1947 by original designation.
• Psylonychia Cushman, R.A. 1947. A generic revision of Ichneumon-flies of the Tribe Ophionini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96: 417-482 [476].

  Type species:

   Stenophthalmus algiricus Szépligeti, 1905 by original designation.
• Apomesus Townes, H.K. 1971. The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 17: 1-372 [54].

  Type species:

   Apomesus longiceps Townes, 1971 by original designation.
• Mecetron Townes, H.K. 1971. The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 17: 1-372 [60].

  Type species:

   Stenophthalmus choaspese Uchida, 1954 by original designation.

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