Diphyus longigena (Thomson, 1888)
(an ichneumon wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiphyus longigena (an ichneumon wasp)
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)
Records of Diphyus longigena (an ichneumon wasp) :
1: Diphyus longigena (an ichneumon wasp)
30 Jun 2022 OSGR: NM70 56° 10’ N, 5° 40’ W Vice County: Argyllshire (VC 98) Scotland
Male, in wet marsh surrounded by woodland
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - antenna - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennal bases - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - hind coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - mesosoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - mesosternum and mid coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - petiole and T2 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - postpetiole and gastrocoeli - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - tyloids - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver background
2: Diphyus longigena (an ichneumon wasp)
18 May 2021 OSGR: NN55 56° 40’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: Mid Perth (VC 88) Scotland
Female, on wood pile
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennal bases - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and basal flagellar segments - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and basal segments of antennae - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and mesosoma - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and mesosoma - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - mesosternum and posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - mesosternum - ventral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 16: Female - metasoma - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 17: Female - petiole and T2-3 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 18: Female - petiole, gastrocoeli and thyridia - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 19: Female - posterior coxae - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 20: Female - propodeum and petiole - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 21: Female - propodeum, petiole and T2 - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 22: Female - scutellum and propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 23: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 24: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 25: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 26: Female - hind femur and tibia - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Diphyus longigena (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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