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Diplazon tetragonus
(Thunberg, 1824)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary parasitoid. Known to oviposit in host egg or in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Episyrphus auricollis, Episyrphus balteatus, Eupeodes corollae, Eupeodes luniger, Neocnemodon vitripennis, Pipiza festiva, Platycheirus perpallidus, Platycheirus scutatus, Scaeva pyrastri, Sphaerophoria flavicauda, Sphaerophoria rueppelli, Sphaerophoria scripta, Syrphus ribesii and Syrphus torvus.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental realms with records from
79 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Diplazon tetragonus
(Thunberg, 1824)
Original name
Ichneumon tetragonus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Bassus
Diplazon
Synonyms
Diplazon albicoxus
Diplazon amoenus
Diplazon concinnus
Diplazon hortorius
Diplazon nemoralis
Diplazon tricinctus
Diplazon ustorius
Type
Uppsala Universitet, Zoologiska Institutionen, Entomologiska avdelningen
, Uppsala, Sweden (male, holotype)
This text has been automatically generated based on data from Taxapad (Yu et. al, 2016) and may contain errors or incoplete information.
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References
Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015 (Biological and taxonomical information), Taxapad Interactive Catalogue Database on flashdrive. Nepean, Ottawa.
