Diplazon tetragonus (Thunberg, 1824)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiplazon tetragonus (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 tetragonus (a diplazontine ichneumon) :
1: Diplazon tetragonus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
18 Sep 2021 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept from Nettles, alongside River
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and mesosoma - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head, mesosoma and metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head, mesosoma and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum and hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and petiole - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum and propodeum base - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - petiole - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - propodeum and petiole - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - scutellum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - antero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - T2-3 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Diplazon tetragonus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
23 Apr 2019 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, flying around Alexanders
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-parts - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head, thorax and petiole - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head, thorax, propodeum & metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - scutellum, subscutellum and propodeum - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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