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Banchinae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical banchine wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Banchinae)

  • Subfamily: Banchinae

    • Genus Apophua Morley, 1913

      • Apophua bredoi (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Apophua cornea (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Apophua hispida (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Apophua leucotretae (Wilkinson,1931) (Zimbabwe)

      • Apophua micacea (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Apophua micaceamima (Benoit,1959) (South Africa)

      • Apophua parasitica (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Apophua sanguinea (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Apophua schoutedeni (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Apophua semicarinata (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Apophua suzannae (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Apophua temporalis (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

      • Apophua testacea (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

    • Genus Atropha Kriechbaumer, 1894

      • Atropha amabilis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Atropha babaulti Seyrig,1935 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha bredoi Benoit,1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha fragilis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Atropha gibbosa Benoit,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha gracilis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Atropha leucostoma (Cameron,1912) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

      • Atropha luteipes Benoit,1953 (Zimbabwe)

      • Atropha luteoclypeata Benoit,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha magnifica Benoit,1955 (Burundi)

      • Atropha mansuetor Benoit,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha olbrechtsi Benoit,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha quadriannulata Kriechbaumer,1894 (South Africa)

      • Atropha sectator Benoit,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha terribilis Benoit,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Atropha tricolor (Szépligeti,1908) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Tanzania)

      • Atropha vernalis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

    • Genus Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, 1863

      • Cryptopimpla rubrithorax Morley,1916 (South Africa)

    • Genus Exetastes Gravenhorst, 1829

      • Exetastes annulator Morley,1916 (South Africa)

      • Exetastes discretus (Morley,1917) (South Africa)

      • Exetastes madecassus Seyrig,1934 (Madagascar)

      • Exetastes peronatus Cameron,1906 (South Africa)

      • Exetastes rubrinotum Morley,1915 (Ethiopia)

      • Exetastes violaceipennis (Cameron,1906) (South Africa)

    • Genus Himertosoma Schmiedeknecht, 1900

      • Himertosoma aberrans (Tosquinet,1896) (South Africa)

      • Himertosoma acuticauda (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma alaotrum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma ambaniandrum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma ankovum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma annulatum (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma antsirabicum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma basilewskyi (Benoit,1955) (Rwanda)

      • Himertosoma bebourense (Benoit, 1957) (Reunion)

      • Himertosoma betrokanum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma betsileum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma betsimisarum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma brincki (Benoit,1959) (South Africa)

      • Himertosoma coloratum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma compressicauda (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma decoratum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma densepunctatum (Benoit,1956) (South Africa)

      • Himertosoma flavoorbitale (Cameron,1906) (South Africa)

      • Himertosoma forticauda (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma humerale (Seyrig,1935) (Kenya)

      • Himertosoma imerinum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma infantile (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma interruptum (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma juvenile (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma kivuense (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Himertosoma longicaudatum (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Himertosoma madecassum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma magnificum (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma mandrakanum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma marlieri (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Himertosoma pauliani (Benoit,1955) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma pictum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma pulchrum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma recalcitrans (Benoit,1956) (South Africa)

      • Himertosoma retuliger (Benoit,1959) (South Africa)

      • Himertosoma rogezianum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma rufinum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma rufipes (Cameron,1905) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Himertosoma rufum (Szépligeti,1908) (Burundi, Tanzania)

      • Himertosoma rutshuruense (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Himertosoma schoutedeni (Benoit,1954) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Himertosoma senile (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma seyrigi Townes,1970 (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma splendidum (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma stramineum (Morley,1926) (South Africa)

      • Himertosoma striata (Seyrig) (Reunion)

      • Himertosoma sulcatum (Szépligeti,1908) (Tanzania)

      • Himertosoma tanosum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma tsiavikum (Seyrig,1934) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma vakinankaratrum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma variegatum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma vatondranganum (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Himertosoma zairense (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Lissonota Gravenhorst, 1829

      • Lissonota benoiti Townes,1973 (South Africa)

      • Lissonota deversor Gravenhorst,1829 (Afrotropical: South Africa; Palaearctic)

      • Lissonota halidayi Holmgren,1860 (Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom)

      • Lissonota pectinata (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Lissonota spilocephala Cameron,1906 (South Africa)

    • Genus Sjostedtiella Szépligeti, 1906

      • Sjostedtiella angustifrons Benoit,1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sjostedtiella bicoloriceps Benoit,1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sjostedtiella claripennis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Sjostedtiella erythrostoma Morley,1926 (South Africa)

      • Sjostedtiella fumipennis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Sjostedtiella griseipennis Seyrig,1934 (Madagascar)

      • Sjostedtiella impressa Benoit,1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sjostedtiella montana Seyrig,1934 (Madagascar)

      • Sjostedtiella musaia Benoit,1952 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sjostedtiella nigripectus (Brullé,1846) (South Africa)

      • Sjostedtiella nimbipennis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Sjostedtiella pictipennis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Sjostedtiella plicata Morley,1914 (Uganda)

      • Sjostedtiella pulchella Szépligeti,1908 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania)

      • Sjostedtiella rubrithorax Benoit,1952 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sjostedtiella rufescens (Tosquinet,1896) (Togo)

      • Sjostedtiella schoutedeni Benoit,1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sjostedtiella unirufa Morley,1926 (South Africa)

      • Sjostedtiella versicolor Benoit,1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Sjostedtiella vitripennis Seyrig,1934 (Madagascar)

      • Sjostedtiella vittinota Morley,1926 (South Africa)

    • Genus Spilopimpla Cameron, 1904

      • Spilopimpla alluaudi (Seyrig,1935) (Uganda)

      • Spilopimpla annulicornis (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Spilopimpla antennalis (Seyrig,1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda)

      • Spilopimpla arambourgi (Seyrig,1935) (Kenya)

      • Spilopimpla bara (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Spilopimpla bicolor (Szépligeti,1908) (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania)

      • Spilopimpla chappuisi (Seyrig,1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)

      • Spilopimpla concolor (Szépligeti,1908) (Tanzania)

      • Spilopimpla facialis (Seyrig,1935) (Kenya)

      • Spilopimpla flaviceps (Cameron,1906) (South Africa)

      • Spilopimpla grabensis (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Spilopimpla impura (Seyrig,1932) (Madagascar)

      • Spilopimpla jeanneli (Seyrig,1935) (Kenya)

      • Spilopimpla leleupi (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Spilopimpla mayumbensis (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Spilopimpla rubricosa (Morley,1917) (South Africa)

      • Spilopimpla rufithorax Cameron,1904 (South Africa)

      • Spilopimpla seynaevei (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

      • Spilopimpla spinata (Benoit,1953) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Syzeuctus Förster, 1869

      • Syzeuctus aequatorialis Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus africanus (Cameron,1904) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus annulatus (Brullé,1846) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus canis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Syzeuctus capensis (Holmgren,1868) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus catagraphus (Tosquinet,1896) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus congoensis (Benoit,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus cribrosimimus Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus cribrosoideus Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus cribrosus (Kriechbaumer,1894) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast)

      • Syzeuctus curvilineatus (Cameron,1904) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus distinctus Benoit,1959 (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus electus (Tosquinet,1896) (Ethiopia)

      • Syzeuctus elongatus Benoit,1959 (Senegal, South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus ephialtinus Roman,1910 (Tanzania)

      • Syzeuctus felis Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Syzeuctus fulvipalpis (Cameron,1906) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus fuscicornis (Cameron,1906) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus gaullei Seyrig,1932 (Comoros, Madagascar)

      • Syzeuctus globiceps Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone)

      • Syzeuctus hessei Benoit,1959 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus interstitialis (Cameron,1905) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus ituriensis Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus kenyensis (Seyrig,1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)

      • Syzeuctus kivuensis Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus kwiluensis Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus lacustris Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Syzeuctus lemur Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Syzeuctus lineaticeps (Cameron,1906) (Lesotho, South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus longiceps Benoit,1959 (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus marshalli (Cameron,1906) (Zimbabwe)

      • Syzeuctus meridionalis Benoit,1959 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus multipictus (Saussure,1892) (Madagascar)

      • Syzeuctus namaquensis Benoit,1959 (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus nanus Benoit,1959 (Namibia)

      • Syzeuctus peringueyi (Cameron,1905) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus rodhaini Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

      • Syzeuctus rostratus (Cameron,1906) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus ruberrimus Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)

      • Syzeuctus senegalensis Benoit,1959 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo)

      • Syzeuctus spilostoma (Cameron,1905) (South Africa)

      • Syzeuctus tonganus (Kriechbaumer,1894) (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania)

      • Syzeuctus tricolor Szépligeti,1908 (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

      • Syzeuctus zairensis Benoit,1959 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Tetractenion Seyrig, 1932

      • Tetractenion acaule Seyrig,1932 (Madagascar)

      • Tetractenion luteum Seyrig,1935 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)

    • Genus Tossinola Viktorov, 1958

      • Tossinola lamellata (Benoit,1955)

    • Genus Zygoglypta Momoi, 1965

      • Zygoglypta minor (Seyrig,1935)

Reference

Yu D.S., van Achterberg, K., Horstmann, K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad. www.taxapad.com

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