Diplazon laetatorius

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Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius, 1781)

Description

Biology

A solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in host egg or in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from adult or from host pupa.

There are 75 recorded hosts.

Biology compiled from Taxapad^[1].

Distribution

Known from the Palaearctic, Neotropical, Australian, Afrotropical, Nearctic and Oriental regions, with records from 200 countries and regions. Records from GBIF and the Bugweb collection are shown on the map.

Country records from Taxapad^[1], Dyntaxa^[2], FinBIF^[3] and Artsnavnebasen^[4].

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GBIF records Bugweb specimensGBIF ↗GBIF occurrence records are shown as reported and may include misidentifications.

Accepted name

Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius, 1781)

Original name

Ichneumon laetatorius^[5]

Taxonomic level

species

Combination history

Anomalon
Bassus
Crypturus
Diplazon
Ichneumon
Pimpla
Promethes

Synonyms

Diplazon albovarius^[6]
Diplazon attractus^[7]
Diplazon balearicus^[8]
Diplazon cinctipes^[9]
Diplazon dichrous^[10]
Diplazon generosus^[11]
Diplazon ikiti^[12]
Diplazon senegalensis^[13]
Diplazon sycophanta^[14]
Diplazon terminalis^[15]
Diplazon tripicticrus^[16]
Diplazon varipes^[17]
Diplazon venustulus^[18]

Type

female

Type of

Diplazon^[19]

Sources (19)

[1]Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016). Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. ↑ a b c
[2]SLU Artdatabanken (2026). Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Uppsala, Sweden. https://artfakta.se ↑
[3]Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (2026). The FinBIF checklist of Finnish species, version 1.36. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Helsinki, Finland. https://laji.fi ↑
[4]Artsdatabanken (2026). Nortaxa (Artsnavnebasen), version 1.292. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Trondheim, Norway. https://artsdatabanken.no ↑
[5]Fabricius, J.C. (1781). Species insectorum. Tom. I. Hamburgii et Kilonii 552 pp. cited from Taxapad ↑
[6]Wollaston, T.V. (1858). Brief diagnostic characters of undescribed Madeiran insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3)1:18-28. cited from Taxapad ↑
[7]Say, T. (1835). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston Journal of Natural History 1(3): 210–305. cited from Taxapad ↑
[8]Kriechbaumer, J. (1894). Himenópteros nuevos de Mallorca recogidos por Dr. Fernando Moragues. Anales de Historia Natural Soc. Españ 23: 239–253. cited from Taxapad ↑
[9]Holmgren, A.E. (1868). Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi 6: 391–442. cited from Taxapad ↑
[10]Schrank, F. von Paula (1781). Enumeratio insectorum austriae indigenorum. Augustae Vindelicorum 548 pp. cited from Taxapad ↑
[11]Cameron, P. (1898). Notes on a collection of Hymenoptera from Greymouth, New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 42(1): 1–53. cited from Taxapad ↑
[12]Cheesman, L. Evelyn (1936). Hymenoptera of the New Hebrides and Banks Islands. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(7): 169–195. cited from Taxapad ↑
[13]Vayssière, P. & Mimeur, J. (1925). Au sujet des Pucerons ennemis du Cotonnier, du Mil du Sorgho en A.O.F. Agronomie Coloniale 12(88): 121–152. cited from Taxapad ↑
[14]Cresson, E.T. (1868). A list of the Ichneumonidae of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 89–114. cited from Taxapad ↑
[15]Davis, G.C. (1895). A monograph of the tribe Bassini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22: 17–30. cited from Taxapad ↑
[16]Walsh, B.D. (1873). Descriptions of North American Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis 3: 65–166. cited from Taxapad ↑
[17]Smith, F. (1878). Descriptions of new species of Hymenopterous insects from New Zealand, collected by Prof. Hutton, at Otago. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 1–7. cited from Taxapad ↑
[18]Saussure, H. de (1892). Hymenopteres. In: «Grandidier» A. "Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar 20." Paris. 590 pp. cited from Taxapad ↑
[19]Viereck, H.L. (1914). Type species of the genera of Ichneumon flies. United States National Museum Bulletin. No.83. 186 pp. cited from Taxapad ↑

Host and distribution record sources (475)

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