Diphyus
Diphyus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.
The genus was first described in 1890 by Joseph Kriechbaumer. in the animal kingdom for a cnidarian genus, but in the text he described the genus Diphyus. He immediately follows this description with a description of Diphyes tricolor, which he references later in 1891 with the name Diphyus tricolor. Thus, the species is Diphyus tricolor.
The genus has almost an cosmopolitan distribution.
Some species:
- Diphyus akaashii Diphyus adventor Diphyus albicoxalis Diphyus duodecimguttorius
- Diphyus higebutonis Diphyus iwatai Diphyus palliatorius Diphyus quadripunctorius Diphyus restitutor Diphyus salicatorius
- Diphyus suigensis (
- Diphyus tricolor Kriechbaumer, 1890
- ''Diphyus temmazanensis''