Labenopimplinae are an extinct

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Labenopimplinae are known from the

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

of the Russian Far East and Turonian of

Orapa Orapa is a town located in the Central District of Botswana. It is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, the largest diamond-producing mine in the world, and is considered to be the diamond capital of the country. Nearby is another kimberlite min ...

, Botswana.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. The subfamily includes five

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with 13 species. The subfamily is highly polymorphic and combines features of the Labeninae and Pimplinae.

List of genera

*'' Armanopimpla'' *'' Labenopimpla'' *'' Micropimpla'' *'' Ramulimonstrum'' *'' Rugopimpla''

References

Ichneumonidae Fossil taxa described in 2010 Apocrita subfamilies {{Ichneumonidae-stub