Lycorina Explained

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

They are parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera in leaf rolls. Distribution is worldwide.^[2]

References

• (1969): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 (Lycorininae, Banchinae, Scolobatinae, Porizontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 13: 1–307.
• (1978): Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 7. Subfamily Banchinae, tribes Lissonotini and Banchini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 26: 1–614.
• (1999): Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Version of 19-JUL-1999. Retrieved 2008-JUN-18.

Notes and References

1. Townes (1969), Wahl (1999)
2. Townes & Townes (1978)