Diplazon laetatorius

Diplazon laetatorius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Diplazon
Species:
D. laetatorius
Binomial name
Diplazon laetatorius
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms[1]

Ichneumon laetatorius Fabricius, 1781
Bassus laetatorius
Anomalon attractus
Bassus albovarius
Bassus cinctipes
Bassus tripicticrus
Bassus venustulus
Bassus balearicus
Bassus laetatorius terminalis
Bassus laetatorius senegalensis
Bassus laetatorius ikiti
Bassus generosus

Diplazon laetatorius is a hover fly parasitoid wasp in the Diplazontinae subfamily of the Ichneumonid wasp family (Ichneumonidae).[2] It was first described as Ichneumon laetatorius in 1781 by Johan Christian Fabricius.[3]

Ecology

Adult Diplazon laetatorius feed on floral nectar, with a preference for flowers in the umbellifer family. Females lay their eggs on or near the eggs and larvae of hoverflies (Syrphidae). The developing parasitoid larvae consume the host from within, eventually completing development and emerging as adult wasps.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Diplazon laetatorius". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Species Diplazon laetatorius - Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp". bugguide.net. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ Johan Fabricius (1781), Species insectorum : exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin : adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus (in Latin), doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.11658, Wikidata Q111607848
  4. ^ "Diplazon laetatorius". BugGuide. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
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