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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Banchinae » Atrophini » Diradops » Diradops bethunei

Species Diradops bethunei

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Black & white ichneumonid at lights - Diradops bethunei - female wasp - Diradops bethunei - male Ichneumon - Diradops bethunei - female Diradops bethunei ? - Diradops bethunei - female Diradops bethunei Wasp - Diradops bethunei Ichneumon Wasp - Diradops bethunei Ichneumon Wasp - Diradops bethunei What kind of ichneumoid wasp? - Diradops bethunei
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 Banchinae
Tribe Atrophini
Genus Diradops
Species bethunei (Diradops bethunei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diradops bethunei (Cresson, 1869)
Meniscus bethunei
Size
13 mm body length (guide images)
Identification
See comments under images.
Range
Eastern North America.
Season
summer; North Carolina: May-August (1), October (guide images)
Life Cycle
Parasitoid of Lochmaeus manteo
Print References
Brimley, p. 408--Meniscus bethunei (1)
Works Cited
1.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 4 September, 2012 - 2:29pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 4 September, 2012 - 10:33pm

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