Diphyus quadripunctorius ( Mueller , 1776)

Vas, Zoltan & Kutasi, Csaba, 2016, Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary - an overlooked taxon in hypogean research, Subterranean Biology 19, pp. 31-39 : 35

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae

Diphyus quadripunctorius ( Mueller, 1776)

Material examined.

Hungary, Veszprém County, Balatonederics, Csodabogyós Cave, Poroltó [Fire Extinguisher], DFE: 6 m, 17 December 2009-27 February 2010, leg. L.T. Katona, 3 ♀♀; same location, 27 February 2010-5 June 2010, leg. L.T. Katona, 1 ♀; same location, 5 June 2010-19 October 2010, leg. L.T. Katona & Zs. Csermák, 3 ♀♀; Hungary, Veszprém County, Szentgál, Kőlik Cave, Felső-terem [Upper-room], DFE: 3 m, 25 March 2011-29 July 2011, leg. L.T. Katona & A. Piri, 1 ♀; same cave, Cseppköves-terem [Dripstones Hall], DFE: 8 m, same date and collectors, 1 ♀; same cave, Nagy-terem [Great Hall], DFE: 9 m, same date and collectors, 1 ♀; same cave, Cseppköves-terem [Dripstones Hall], DFE: 8 m, 27 November 2011-24 March 2012, leg. Zs. Csermák & L.T. Katona, 1 ♀; same cave, Nagy-terem [Great Hall], DFE: 9 m, same date and collectors, 1 ♀.

Remarks.

Common and widespread species throughout the Western Palaearctic region ( Yu et al. 2012); the most common hymenopteran found in European caves and artificial subterranean environments such as cellars ( Novak et al. 2010). This species is a parasitoid of various caterpillar hosts (mainly Noctuidae and Geometridae ), and females overwinter as adults ( Constantineanu 1959, Yu et al. 2012).