Banchinae

Taxobox
name = Banchinae

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image_caption = Unidentified "Lissonota" species from [http://www.entomart.be entomart.be]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta

ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Ichneumonoidea
familia = Ichneumonidae
subfamilia = Banchinae
subfamilia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Tribes
subdivision =
Atrophini
Banchini
Glyptini
Lissonotini

Banchinae are a subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae with about 1,500 species; the genera "Glypta" and "Lissonota" are very large. The tribes Banchini, Glyptini and Lissonotini are 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 families. [Townes (1969, 1971), Townes & Townes (1978), Wahl (1999)]

All Bachinae 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)]

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.

Footnotes

References

* (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 OrganisesVerify source|date=June 2008 , 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): [http://iris.biosci.ohio-state.edu/catalogs/ichneumonids/ Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)] . Version of 1999-JUL-19. Retrieved 2008-JUN-18.

External links

* [http://bitkikorumamuzesi.netfirms.com/ichneumonidae_anahtar.htm#Banchinae Diagnostic characters]
* [http://www.waspweb.org/Ichneumonoidea/Ichneumonidae/Banchinae/index.htm Waspweb]