Diphyus quadripunctorius (Muller, 1776)
(Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon)

Diphyus quadripunctorius (Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Diphyus quadripunctorius (Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiphyus quadripunctorius (Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon)
GenusDiphyus (a genus of ichneumon wasps)
TribeIchneumonini (a tribe of ichneumonine ichneumons)
SubfamilyICHNEUMONINAE (ichneumonine 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 Diphyus quadripunctorius (Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon)

Diphyus quadripunctorius (Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Penado, A., Sampaio, M., Madeira, M., Selfa, J. & Rosa, G.M. 2013 Where to spend the winter in Serra da Estrela? the first record of Diphyus quadripunctorius (Mueller, 1776) overwintering in a subterranean habitat in Portugal Entomological News Vol 123 (1): 81-85.

Hibernation

Novaka, T., Thirion, C. & Janžekovič, F. 2010 Hypogean ecophase of three hymenopteran species in Central European caves Italian Journal of Zoology Vol 77 (4): 469-475.
Sebald, H. & Weber, D. 2013 Schlupfwespen (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) aus Höhlen des Großherzogtums Luxemburg Ferrantia Vol 69: 249-254.
Vas, Z. & Kutasi, C. 2016 Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary – an overlooked taxon in hypogean research Subterranean Biology Vol 19: 31-39.
Weber, D. 2013 Die Höhlenfauna Luxemburgs Ferrantia Vol 69: 4-95.

Over-wintering

Baird, K. & Shaw, M.R. 2019 Overwintering behaviour of Diphyus quadripunctorius (Müller) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) in south-east Scotland Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 155: 217-225.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Diphyus quadripunctorius (Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 71 images of Diphyus quadripunctorius (Four-spotted Cave Ichneumon)
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