Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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) » Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps (Diplazontinae)

Subfamily Diplazontinae - Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps

Wasp or sawfly - Diplazon laetatorius - female wasp - Diplazon laetatorius - female Ichneumonid wasp - female Diplazontinae Feeding on black aphids - Diplazon laetatorius Ichneumonidae, Diplazon deletus ? - Diplazon laetatorius - female Wasp on early red aphids - Diplazon laetatorius - female Ichneumon wasp - Diplazontinae - female
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
Internet References
Wikipedia
Himenopters de Ponent
Works Cited
1.Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae
2.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
Contributed by tom murray on 12 April, 2008 - 7:51am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 July, 2023 - 9:16pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo