Labenopimplinae Explained

Labenopimplinae are an extinct subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Labenopimplinae are known from the Cenomanian of the Russian Far East^[1] and Turonian of Orapa, Botswana.^[2] The subfamily includes five genera with 13 species. The subfamily is highly polymorphic and combines features of the Labeninae and Pimplinae.

List of genera

• Armanopimpla
• Labenopimpla
• Micropimpla
• Ramulimonstrum
• Rugopimpla

Notes and References

1. Kopylov, D.S. 2010. A new subfamily of ichneumon wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Russian Far East. Paleontological Journal 44 (4): 422–433.
2. Kopylov, D.S., Brothers, D.J. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2010. Two new labenopimpline ichneumonids (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Africa. African Invertebrates 51 (2): 423-430.