Banchinae is a subfamily of ichneumonid parasitoid wasps containing about 1,500 species; the genera Glypta and Lissonota are very large. The three tribes (Banchini, Glyptini and Atrophini) are all distributed worldwide.Townes & Townes (1978)
In older treatments, the Lycorininae, Neorhacodinae and Stilbopinae are often included in the Banchinae; newer works usually consider them separate subfamilies.Townes (1969, 1971), Townes & Townes (1978), Wahl (1999)
All banchines are koinobiont endoparasites of Lepidoptera. The Glyptini parasitise Tortricoidea. Atrophini parasitise a wider range of small moths. Species of Lissonota have long ovipositors able to reach deep wood-boring Lepidoptera such as Cossidae.Aubert (1978), Townes & Townes (1978) Banchinae and Campopleginae are the only subfamilies of Ichneumonidae known to have polydnaviruses.
Most Banchinae have a stalked diamond-shaped areolet. A lobe of the propodeum projects over the middle coxae. The propodeum has few ridges (carinae), and the face is described as goat-like.
Genera These 42 genera belong to the subfamily Banchinae:
Agathilla Westwood, 1882 Alloplasta Förster, 1869 Amphirhachis Townes, 1969 Apophua Morley, 1913 Arenetra Holmgren, 1859 Atropha Kriechbaumer, 1894 Australoglypta Gauld, 1977 Banchopsis Rudow, 1886 Banchus Fabricius, 1798 Cephaloglypta Obrtel, 1956 Ceratogastra Ashmead, 1900 Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, 1863 Deleboea Cameron, 1903 Diblastomorpha Förster, 1869 Diradops Townes, 1946 Exetastes Gravenhorst, 1829 Glypta Gravenhorst, 1829 Hadeleboea Ugalde & Gauld, 2002 Hadrostethus Townes, 1969 Hapsinotus Townes, 1970 Helotorus Townes, 1978 Himertosoma Schmiedeknecht, 1900 Hylesicida Ugalde & Gauld, 2002 Lampronota Curtis, 1832 Leptobatopsis Ashmead, 1900 Levibasis Townes, 1969 Lissonota Gravenhorst, 1829 Meniscomorpha Schmiedeknecht, 1907 Mnioes Townes, 1946 Occia Tosquinet, 1904 Odinophora Förster, 1869 Rhynchobanchus Kriechbaumer, 1894 Rynchobanchus Kriechbaumer, 1894 Shortia Gauld, 1984 Sjostedtiella Szépligeti, 1908 Sphelodon Townes, 1966 Spilopimpla Cameron, 1904 Syzeuctus Förster, 1869 Teleutaea Förster, 1869 Tetractenion Seyrig, 1932 Tossinola Viktorov, 1958 Zaglyptomorpha Viereck, 1913
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(1978): Les Ichneumonides ouest-palearctiques et leurs hotes 2. Banchinae et Suppl. aux Pimplinae ["The Western Palearctic ichneumon wasps and their hosts. 2. Banchinae and supplement to the Pimplinae"]. Laboratoire d'Evolution des Etres Organises, Paris & EDIFAT-OPIDA, Echauffour. [in French] (1969): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 (Lycorininae, Banchinae, Scolobatinae, Porizontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 13: 1-307. (1971): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 (Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthopelmatinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 17: 1-372. (1978): Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 7. Subfamily Banchinae, tribes Lissonotini and Banchini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 26: 1-614. (1999): Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Version of 1999-JUL-19. Retrieved 2008-JUN-18.
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