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

Interactions where Diplazon tetragonus 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 egg Melanostoma a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Melanostoma/Melanostomaa genus of hoverfliesegg
larva larva is parasitoid of larva Melanostoma a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Melanostoma/Melanostomaa genus of hoverflieslarva
larva larva is parasitoid of egg Episyrphus balteatus Marmalade Hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Episyrphus balteatus/Episyrphus balteatusmarmalade hoverflyegg
larva larva is parasitoid of larva Episyrphus balteatus Marmalade Hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Episyrphus balteatus/Episyrphus balteatusmarmalade hoverflylarva
larva larva is parasitoid of egg Eupeodes corollae a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eupeodes corollae/Eupeodes corollaea hoverflyegg
larva larva is parasitoid of larva Eupeodes corollae a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Eupeodes corollae/Eupeodes corollaea hoverflylarva
larva larva is parasitoid of egg Sphaerophoria a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Sphaerophoria/Sphaerophoriaa genus of hoverfliesegg
larva larva is parasitoid of larva Sphaerophoria a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae 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/Diplazon tetragonus/Diplazon tetragonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Sphaerophoria/Sphaerophoriaa genus of hoverflieslarva

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.

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

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

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Diplazon tetragonus (a diplazontine ichneumon):

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