BANCHINAE Wesmael, 1845
(banchine ichneumon wasps)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Atrophini a tribe of banchine ichneumons	Tribe	24 subtaxa	769 images	9 ident. refs
Banchini a tribe of banchine ichneumons	Tribe	6 subtaxa	114 images	5 ident. refs
Glyptini a tribe of banchine ichneumons	Tribe	8 subtaxa	359 images	2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subfamily	BANCHINAE (banchine ichneumon wasps)
Family	ICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

BANCHINAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Brock J.P.	2017	The Banchine Wasps (Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) of the British Isles	Handbooks for the identification of British Insects, Vol. 7 Pt. 4, 150pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Brock, J.	2011	* Test Keys to Banchinae *(Superseded)
Kuslitzky, W.S.		Banchinae	Kuslitzky, W.S. Banchinae, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR
Townes, H.K.	1970	* The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 *(Superseded)	Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 13: 1-307.

BANCHINAE (banchine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ICHNEUMONIDAE
(ichneumon wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BANCHINAE (banchine ichneumon wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BANCHINAE (banchine ichneumon wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

BANCHINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)