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Hover fly parasite (Diplazon laetatorius)
Photo#228237
Copyright © 2008
Rob Curtis
7015210 -
Diplazon laetatorius
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 18, 2008
Size: ~5/16"
Contributed by
Rob Curtis
on 23 September, 2008 - 10:24pm
Last updated 28 October, 2008 - 10:37pm
Moved
Moved from
Common Sawflies
.
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Tom Bentley
, 28 October, 2008 - 10:37pm
Diplazon laetatorius
Diplazon laetatorius
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Rob Curtis
, 6 October, 2008 - 1:05pm
Oh!
I was going by v belov's ID but I see that this is a carbon copy of the one IDed as
Diplazon laetatorius
. You are right. Your move or mine? Do you know anything else about this species that we could add to the info page?
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Beatriz Moisset
, 6 October, 2008 - 1:50pm
Here is some info given to me
Here is some info given to me:
"Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius): (Ichneumonidae: Diplazontinae). This species likely has the greatest geographic range of any ichneumonid (and perhaps any hymenopteran) having been recorded from the Canadian Arctic to Argentina, from Norway to South Africa and Japan to New Zealand including many remote oceanic Islands. As with the subfamily, the vast majority of host records of D. laetatorius are from Syrphidae (20 genera). Its wide range is likely a result of human agriculture that has spread it along with aphids and aphidophagous syrphids. Because it parasitizes aphidophagous syrphids it can be considered a pest. It is thelytokous throughout most of its range and males are extremely rare. "
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Rob Curtis
, 29 October, 2008 - 7:48am
Thanks
I added it to the info page. Found a couple of links.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 29 October, 2008 - 9:21am
Moved
Moved from
Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 6 October, 2008 - 12:56pm
Tenthredinidae
smtg in Tenthredininae, i guess
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v belov
, 23 September, 2008 - 11:42pm