Diphyus amatorius

Diphyus amatorius (Muller, 1776)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Ichneumoninae
Tribus: Ichneumonini

Species name

Diphyus amatorius (Muller, 1776)

Original name

Ichneumon amatorius Muller, 1776

Distribution

Palaearctic (Western and Eastern).

Image

Tereshkin, 2011, 2013

Main characters

Already segment 3 of flagellum square from lateral, other segments transverse. Female: body black with reach yellow-white pattern: internal orbits broadly, collar and hind corners of pronotum, tegulae, subalarum and scutellum completely, apical bands on tergites 2-6th and spot on 7th; tergite 2 of abdomen yellow-red; tibiae and tarsi of all the legs and apices of front and middle femora yellow-red.

Detailed description

Tereshkin, 2011

Hosts

Lepidoptera: Actinotia polyodon Cl., Epilecta linogrisea Den. & Schiff., Noctua fimbriata Schr., Noctua pronuba L., Polyphaenis sericata Esp., Anaplectoides virens Butler (Noctuidae); Macaria liturata Clerk (Geometridae); Dendrolimus albolineatus Mats., D. sibiricus Chetverikov (Lasiocampidae); Lymantria monacha L., L. dispar L. (Lymantriidae).

Biology

Eggs deposition: larvae. Emerge: pupae.

Hibernation

Females hibernate as adult.

Ecology

(For Eastern Europe):

Biotopical preference: Prefer forests ecosystems by decreasing: spruce, pine and oak forests. From opened ecosystems it is found on personal plots.

Seasonal activity: May — October (Tereshkin, 2011, 2014).

Literature

• Müller, O.F. 1776: Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina et synomyma imprimis popularium. Hafniae.: 1–282 (Ichneumon on pp. 151-160).

• Tereshkin, A. 2011: Illustrated key to the genera of the subtribe Amblytelina of Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 43(1): 597-711. PDF

• Tereshkin А.M. 2013: Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in Entomology on an example of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Minsk:Pravo i ehkonomika: 1–284. PDF

• Tereshkin А.M. 2013: Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in Entomology on an example of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 45(2): 1047–1277. PDF

• Tereshkin А.M. 2014. Data on fauna of subtribe Amblytelina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini): 1–24. http://tereshkin-ichn.narod.ru; http://tereshkin.info/. DOC

• Yu D.S., van Achterberg K. & K. Horstmann. 2012. World Ichneumonoidea. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution: URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160404092612/http://www.taxapad.com/