Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius, 1781)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
GenusDiplazon (a genus of diplazontine ichneumon wasps)
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)
Records of Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
26 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in Malaise trap
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - hind femur and tibia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
22 Aug 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping on garden lawn
Image 1: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
24 Jul 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Wormwood
Image 1: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
22 Aug 2017 OSGR: ST43 51° 10’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 11: Female - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Diplazon laetatorius (a diplazontine ichneumon)
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