''Banchus'' is a genus of parasitoid
wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...
s belonging to the family
Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family (biology), family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 2 ...
.
The genus was first described by Fabricius in 1798.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Banchus dilatatorius''
* ''
Banchus falcatorius''
References
Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae genera
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