Key to northern European Banchinae

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This key covers all Banchinae genera and some species listed as occurring in northern Europe. Due to the taxonomically unstable nature of the subfamily and the limited available literature I only felt comfortable providing species level identification for some of the smaller genera. It's also worth noting that the key is focused on females. Identification of males belonging to most genera should be possible, though distinguishing male Helotorus, Lissonota and Cryptopimpla is currently not supported.



References

Broad, G. R., Shaw, M. R., & Fitton, M. G. (2018). Ichneumonid wasps : (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): their classification and biology. Handbooks for the identification of British insects Vol. 7, part 12. Royal Entomological Society of London

Brock, J. P. (2017). The Banchine wasps (Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) of the British isles. Handbooks for the identification of British insects Vol. 7, part 4. Royal Entomological Society of London

Johansson, N. (2024). Review of the Swedish species of Lissonota Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) with an illustrated key to the females of the Western Palaearctic. Entomologisk tidskrift - supplement

Watanabe, K., Maeto, Kaoru. (2014). Revision of the Genus Teleutaea Förster, 1869 from Japan (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 20 (1): 27–41.

SLU Artdatabanken (2024). Artfakta: Banchinae. https://artfakta.se/taxa/1000043 [2024-08-22]

Finlands Artdatacenter (2024). LAJI.FI: Banchinae. https://laji.fi/en/taxon/MX.309182 [2024-08-22]