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Subfamily Diplazontinae - Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps

5007993 Braconid or Ichneumon? - Diplazon laetatorius Ichneumonid? - Diplazon laetatorius - female Wasp - female Wasp with red and black abdomen - Diplazon laetatorius Aaleiodes ? - female wasp - Diplazon laetatorius - female Diplazontinae Diplazontinae - Homotropus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Diplazontinae (Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps)
Numbers
~104 spp. in 12 genera north of Mexico; 20 genera worldwide(1)(2)
1. Bioblapsis (1 sp.)
2. Campocraspedon (2 spp.)
3. Diplazon (18 spp.)
4. Enizemum (8 spp.)
5. Phthorima (6 spp.)
6. Promethes (4 spp.)
7. Sussaba (10 spp.)
8. Syrphoctonus (40 spp.)
9. Syrphophilus (5 spp.)
10. Tymmophorus (6 spp.)
11. Woldstedtius (3 spp.)
12. Xestopelta (1 sp.)
Identification
With 3-toothed mandibles and a box-like first tergite.
Habitat
worldwide(1)
Remarks
Larval host: aphidophagous (aphid-eating) Syrphidae
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