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 (Banchini, Glyptini and Atrophini) are all distributed worldwide.[1][2]

Banchinae
Unidentified Lissonota species from entomart.be
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Banchinae
Tribes
Atrophini Banchini Glyptini

Atrophini

Banchus volutatorius

Cryptopimpla.caligata

In older treatments, the Lycorininae, Neorhacodinae and Stilbopinae are often included in the Banchinae; newer works usually consider them separate families.[3]

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.[4] Banchinae and Campopleginae are the only subfamilies of Ichneumonidae known to have polydnaviruses.[5]

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 47 genera belong to the subfamily Banchinae:[6][7][8]

• Agathilla Westwood, 1882 ^{c g b}
• Alloplasta Förster, 1869 ^{c g}
• Amphirhachis Townes, 1969 ^{c g}
• Apophua Morley, 1913 ^{c g}
• Arenetra Holmgren, 1859 ^{c g b}
• Atropha Kriechbaumer, 1894 ^{c g}
• Australoglypta Gauld, 1977 ^{c g}
• Banchopsis Rudow, 1886 ^{c g}
• Banchus Fabricius, 1798 ^{c g b}
• Brachychroa Townes & Townes, 1978 ^{c g}
• Catadacus Townes, 1969 ^{c g}
• Cecidopimpla Brèthes, 1920 ^{c g}
• Cephaloglypta Obrtel, 1956 ^{c g}
• Ceratogastra Ashmead, 1900 ^{c g b}
• Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, 1863 ^{c g b}
• Diradops Townes, 1946 ^{c g b}
• Eudeleboea Blanchard, 1936 ^g
• Exetastes Gravenhorst, 1829 ^{c g b}
• Geraldus Fitton, 1987 ^{c g}
• Glypta Gravenhorst, 1829 ^{c g b}
• Glyptopimpla Morley, 1913 ^{c g}
• Helotorus Townes, 1978 ^{c g}
• Himertosoma Schmiedeknecht, 1900 ^{c g}
• Isomeris Townes, 1969
• Leptobatopsis Ashmead, 1900 ^{c g}
• Levibasis Townes, 1969 ^{c g}
• Lissonota Gravenhorst, 1829 ^{c g b}
• Lissonotidea Hellen, 1949 ^{c g}
• Loxodocus Townes, 1969 ^{c g}
• Mnioes Townes, 1946 ^{c g}
• Neoexetastes Graf, 1984 ^{c g}
• Odinophora Förster, 1869 ^{c g}
• Philogalleria Cameron, 1912 ^{c g}
• Rynchobanchus Kriechbaumer, 1894 ^{c g}
• Sachtlebenia Townes, 1963 ^{c g}
• Sjostedtiella Szépligeti, 1908 ^{c g}
• Sphelodon Townes, 1966 ^{c g b}
• Spilopimpla Cameron, 1904 ^{c g}
• Stilbops Förster, 1869 ^{c g}
• Syzeuctus Förster, 1869 ^{c g}
• Teleutaea Förster, 1869 ^{c g}
• Tetractenion Seyrig, 1932 ^{c g}
• Tossinola Viktorov, 1958 ^{c g}
• Tossinolodes Aubert, 1984 ^{c g}
• Townesion Kasparyan, 1993 ^{c g}
• Zaglyptomorpha Viereck, 1913 ^{c g}
• Zygoglypta Momoi, 1965

Data sources: i = ITIS,[9] c = Catalogue of Life,[10] g = GBIF,[11] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. Townes & Townes (1978)
2. Brock, J.P. (2017). "The Banchine Wasps (Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) of the British Isles". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society. 7 (4): 1–150. ISBN 9781910159019.
3. Townes (1969, 1971), Townes & Townes (1978), Wahl (1999)
4. Aubert (1978), Townes & Townes (1978)
5. Lapointe, Renée; Tanaka, Kohjiro; Barney, Walter E.; Whitfield, James B.; Banks, Jonathan C.; Béliveau, Catherine; Stoltz, Don; Webb, Bruce A.; Cusson, Michel (2007-06-15). "Genomic and Morphological Features of a Banchine Polydnavirus: Comparison with Bracoviruses and Ichnoviruses". Journal of Virology. 81 (12): 6491–6501. doi:10.1128/jvi.02702-06. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 1900126. PMID 17428854.
6. Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
7. "Biolib.cz, subfamily Banchinae taxon profile". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
8. "Classification of Afrotropical Hymenoptera (Wasps, Bees, Ants)". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
9. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
10. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-17.
11. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-17.

Other sources

• Aubert, J.F. (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]
• Townes, H.K. (1969): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 (Lycorininae, Banchinae, Scolobatinae, Porizontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 13: 1-307.
• Townes, H.K. (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.
• Townes, H.K. & Townes, M. (1978): Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 7. Subfamily Banchinae, tribes Lissonotini and Banchini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 26: 1-614.
• Wahl, David (1999): Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Version of 1999-JUL-19. Retrieved 2008-JUN-18.

External links

• Diagnostic characters
• Waspweb