The Afrotropical banchine fauna (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) comprises 12 genera. One of these, Cryptopimpla Taschenberg, 1863, is a predominately northern hemisphere genus represented by 47 described species of which only one is known from the Afrotropical region. We describe nine new species of this rare Afrotropical genus: Cryptopimpla elongatussp. n., Cryptopimpla fernkloofensissp. n., Cryp...

Sparganocosma docsturnerorum Brown, new genus and new species, is described and illustrated from Área de Conservación (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica. The new genus shares a long, crescent- or ribbon-shaped signum in the corpus bursae of the female genitalia with Aesiocopa Zeller, 1877, Amorbia Clemens, 1860, Amorbimorpha Kruse, 2011, Coelostathma Clemens, 1860, Lambertiodes Diakonoff, 1959, P...

The parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae currently includes approximately 37 subfamilies worldwide. Banchinae subfamily is a cosmopolitan group with three tribes: Atrophini, Banchini and Glyptini, this last characterized with oblique grooves on tergites II-IV, a dorsal subapical notch on the ovipositor, and a median apical impression in the subgenital plate. From the latter tribe, the genus Sph...

a survey was performed to investigate the fauna of ichneumonidae in fars province during 2012 to 2013. totally, 14 species belonging to 13 genera and six subfamilies were collected and identified including: exetastes adpressorius (thunberg, 1822) (banchinae); diadegma semiclausum (hellén, 1949) (campopleginae); cryptus inculcator (linnaeus, 1758); dichrogaster saharator (aubert, 1964) (cryptina...

The Japanese species of the genus Amphirhachis Townes, 1970 are revised. Four species are found from Japan and two them, A. fujieisp. n. and A. miyabisp. n. are here described as new. A key to world species of this genus is provided.