Lycorina

Lycorininae is a monotypic subfamily of ichneumon wasps. The mere thirty species or so comprise the single genus Lycorina.^[1] In older sources, they may be included in the Banchinae.^[2]

They are parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera in leaf rolls. Distribution is worldwide.^[1]

Footnotes

References

• 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. & 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 19-JUL-1999. Retrieved 2008-JUN-18.