DIPLAZONTINAE Viereck, 1918
(diplazontine ichneumon wasps)

Interactions where DIPLAZONTINAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is parasitoid of (mostly aphidivorous) larva Major SYRPHIDAE hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly Diptera A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Diplazontinae/Diplazontinaediplazontine ichneumon waspslarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly(mostly aphidivorous) larvaMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British faunaSystematic Entomology 7: 311-320.

DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Bioblapsis cultiformis
a diplazontine ichneumon
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Campocraspedon caudatus
a diplazontine ichneumon
Species 1 trophisms
Diplazon
a genus of diplazontine ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 16 trophisms
Enizemum
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Homotropus
a genus of diplazontine ichneumons
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Phthorima
a genus of diplazontine ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 5 trophisms 1 references
Sussaba
a genus of diplazontine ichneumon wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Syrphoctonus
a genus of diplazontine ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Syrphophilus tricinctorius
a diplazontine ichneumon
Species 2 trophisms
Tymmophorus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Woldstedtius
a genus of diplazontine ichneumon wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ashkan Masnadi-Yazdinejad, A. & Jussila, R. 2008 Contribution to the knowledge of ichneumonid wasps of Iran. Subfamilies Ichneumoninae, Pimplinae and Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Band 29: 1-28.
Beirne, B.P. 1941 British species of Diplazonini (Bassini auctt.) with a study of the genital and post genital abdominal sclerites in the male (Hym.: Ichneum) Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 91 Part 13: 661-712.
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E. 1982 A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna Systematic Entomology 7: 311-320.
Klopfstein, S. 2014 Revision of the Western Palaearctic Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Zootaxa Vol 3801 (1): 1-143.
Meyer, N.F. 1936 Tryphoninae Tables systématiques des Hyménoptères parasites (Fam. Ichneumonidae) de l’URSS et des pays limitrophes Vol 6.
Townes, H.K. 1971 *** The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 ***(Superseded) Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. Vol 17: 1-372.

DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Klopfstein, S., Quicke, D.L.J. & Kropf, C. 2010 The evolution of antennal courtship in diplazontine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae) BMC Evolutionary Biology Vol 10:218.

Phylogeny

Klopfstein, S., Langille, B., Spasojevic, T., Broad, G. R., Cooper, S. J. B., Austin, A. D. & Niehuis, O. 2019 Hybrid capture data unravels a rapid radiation in pimpliform parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimpliformes) Systematic Entomology Vol 44: 361-383.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to DIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps):

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