Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon wasps)

Diphyus quadripunctorius (Müller, 1776)

Vierfleck-Höhlenschlupfwespe

Synonyms and other combinations:

Diphyus bipunctatus (Rudow, 1888) | Diphyus bipunctatus (Schrank, 1802) | Diphyus carens (Berthoumieu, 1896) | Diphyus citreus (Christ, 1791) | Diphyus constellatus (Geoffroy, 1785) | Diphyus desertorius (Panzer, 1806) | Diphyus indecoratus (Berthoumieu, 1896) | Diphyus infestorius (Fonscolombe, 1847) | Diphyus intratorius (Fabricius, 1793) | Diphyus jubilatorius (Muller, 1776) | Diphyus mediatorius (Panzer, 1801) | Diphyus natator (Zetterstedt, 1838) | Diphyus natatorius (Fabricius, 1798) | Diphyus notatorius (Marshall, 1872) | Diphyus pedatorius (Fabricius, 1793) | Diphyus schrammi (Pic, 1927) |

  • Diphyus quadripunctorius, female 2359
    Diphyus quadripunctorius (Müller, 1776)  Vierfleck-Höhlenschlupfwespe   
    Diphyus quadripunctorius, female, det. Camille Thirion
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-04-19 12:09:23
    Image number: 2359
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-04-19 12:09:23
    det. Camille Thirion
  • Diphyus quadripunctorius, female 2360
    Diphyus quadripunctorius (Müller, 1776)  Vierfleck-Höhlenschlupfwespe   
    Diphyus quadripunctorius, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-04-19 12:09:26
    Image number: 2360
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-04-19 12:09:26

Classification:
Diphyus quadripunctorius belongs to the subfamily Ichneumoninae, tribe Ichneumonini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Dicky S. Yu, Kees van Achterberg & Klaus Horstmann: World Ichneumonoidea 2011, Taxapad 2012
  2. Katty Baird, Mark R. Shaw: Overwintering behaviour of Diphyus quadripunctorius (Müller) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) in south-east Scotland, The Entomologist s monthly magazine 155(4):217-225, October 2019, DOI: 10.31184/M00138908.1554.4001