Labeninae

Labeninae are predominantly found in Australia and South America. A few species of Labena and Grotea are found in North America. Research suggests that the family originated on Gondwana before the break-off of Australia.

Some species from the tribe Labenini have been reared from wood-boring beetles of the Coleopteran families Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Curculionidae.{{Cite journal|last=Herrera-Flórez|first=Andrés|date=2012-08-01|title=A new species of Apechoneura Kriechbaumer (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Colombia|journal=ZooKeys|issue=213|pages=41–49|doi=10.3897/zookeys.213.3309|pmid=22933853|pmc=3426873|issn=1313-2970|doi-access=free}} Members of the tribe Groteini parasitize solitary bees; Labium wasps are known to parasitise ground-nesting, solitary bees,{{Cite journal|last1=Batley|first1=Michael|last2=Brandley|first2=Barry|date=March 2014|title=Phenology of the Australian solitary bee species 'Leioproctus plumosus' (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)|url=http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=176016863110823;res=IELHSS|journal=Australian Entomologist, the|language=EN|volume=41|issue=1|pages=7}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.andrewisles.com/pages/books/30522/tarlton-rayment/a-cluster-of-bees-sixty-essays-on-the-life-histories-of-australian-bees|title=A cluster of bees: sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees by Tarlton Rayment|last=Tarlton|first=Rayment|website=Andrew Isles Natural History Books|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-18}} while Grotea are known parasitoids of cavity-nesting, solitary bees.{{Cite journal|last1=Flores-Prado|first1=Luis|last2=Niemeyer|first2=H M|date=2012-05-30|title=Host Location by Ichneumonid Parasitoids is Associated with Nest Dimensions of the Host Bee Species|journal=Neotropical Entomology|volume=41|issue=4|pages=283–287|doi=10.1007/s13744-012-0048-6|pmid=23950063|s2cid=5100022|issn=1519-566X}} Species of Poecilocryptus are thought to be phytophagous, due to adaptations of the larval head capsule. However, as with much of the Ichneumonidae, knowledge of many labenine species' ecology, biology, and evolution is extremely limited or completely lacking.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

These genera belong to the subfamily Labeninae:

• Grotea Cresson, 1864 ^{c g b}
• Labium Brullé, 1846 ^{c g}
• Ozlabium Gauld & Wahl, 2000 ^{c g}

• Apechoneura Kriechbaumer, 1890 ^{c g}
• Certonotus Kriechbaumer, 1889 ^{c g}
• Gauldianus Lanfranco, 2000 ^{c g}
• Labena Cresson, 1864 ^{c g b}
• Torquinsha Gauld & Wahl, 2000 ^{c g}

• Alaothyris Gauld, 1984 ^{c g}
• Poecilocryptus Cameron, 1901 ^{c g}
• Urancyla Gauld, 1984 ^{c g}

• Xenothyris Townes, 1969 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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{{cite book |editor-last1=Krombein |editor-first1=Karl V. |editor-last2=Hurd |editor-first2=Paul D. Jr. |editor-last3=Smith |editor-first3=David R. |editor-last4=Burks |editor-first4=B.D. |chapter=Ichneumonidae |last=Carlson |first=Robert W. |date=1979 |title=Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico |volume= 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica) |url= |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |pages=385–386}}

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{{cite journal |last=Ward |first=D. |date=2014 |title=Poecilocryptus zealandicus sp. n.(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from New Zealand |journal=New Zealand Entomologist |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=37–39 |doi=10.1080/00779962.2011.9722206}}

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• Townes, H.K. (1969) Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 (Ephialtinae, Tryphoninae, Labiinae (=Labeninae), Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, Agriotypinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 11: 1–300.

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Category:Ichneumonidae

Category:Apocrita subfamilies

Category:Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead

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