Banchinae


Banchinae is a subfamily of ichneumonid parasitoid wasps containing about 1,500 species; the genera Glypta and Lissonota are very large. The three tribes are all distributed worldwide.
In older treatments, the Lycorininae, Neorhacodinae and Stilbopinae are often included in the Banchinae; newer works usually consider them separate subfamilies.
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. 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, and the face is described as goat-like.

Genera

These 42 genera belong to the subfamily Banchinae:Agathilla Westwood, 1882Alloplasta Förster, 1869Amphirhachis Townes, 1969Apophua Morley, 1913Arenetra Holmgren, 1859Atropha Kriechbaumer, 1894Australoglypta Gauld, 1977Banchopsis Rudow, 1886Banchus Fabricius, 1798Cephaloglypta Obrtel, 1956Ceratogastra Ashmead, 1900Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, 1863Deleboea Cameron, 1903Diblastomorpha Förster, 1869Diradops Townes, 1946Exetastes Gravenhorst, 1829Glypta Gravenhorst, 1829Hadeleboea Ugalde & Gauld, 2002Hadrostethus Townes, 1969Hapsinotus Townes, 1970Helotorus Townes, 1978Himertosoma Schmiedeknecht, 1900Hylesicida Ugalde & Gauld, 2002Lampronota Curtis, 1832Leptobatopsis Ashmead, 1900Levibasis Townes, 1969Lissonota Gravenhorst, 1829Meniscomorpha Schmiedeknecht, 1907Mnioes Townes, 1946Occia Tosquinet, 1904Odinophora Förster, 1869Rhynchobanchus Kriechbaumer, 1894Rynchobanchus Kriechbaumer, 1894Shortia Gauld, 1984Sjostedtiella Szépligeti, 1908Sphelodon Townes, 1966Spilopimpla Cameron, 1904Syzeuctus Förster, 1869Teleutaea Förster, 1869Tetractenion Seyrig, 1932Tossinola Viktorov, 1958Zaglyptomorpha Viereck, 1913