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, 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