''Diphyus'' is a genus of parasitoid

wasps A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...

belonging to the family

Ichneumonidae The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25 ...

. The genus was first described in 1890 by

Joseph Kriechbaumer Joseph Kriechbaumer (21 March 1819, Tegernsee- 2 May 1902), Munich was a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera especially Ichneumonidae. A Doctor of Philosophy, Kriechbaumer was Kurator (Director) of the Munich Natural History Museu ...

. (In the contents, the new genus is listed as ''Diphyes'', a genus name which had already been used (1817) in the animal kingdom for a

cnidarian Cnidaria ( ) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water, freshwater and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroid (zoology), hydroids, ...

genus, but in the text he described the genus ''Diphyus''. He immediately follows this description with a description of ''Diphyes tricolo''r, which he references later in 1891 with the name ''Diphyus tricolor''. Thus, the species is ''Diphyus tricolor''. The genus has almost an

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

. Some species: * ''Diphyus akaashii'' (Uchida, 1955) * '' Diphyus adventor'' (Berthoumieu, 1892) * '' Diphyus albicoxalis'' (Uchida, 1927) * '' Diphyus duodecimguttorius'' (Uchida, 1955) *'' Diphyus higebutonis'' * ''

Diphyus iwatai ''Diphyus iwatai'' is a parasitoid wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. It was first described in 1955 by Toichi Uchida, as ''Amblyteles iwatai''. He described it from specimens found on Takadaisan (in Korea) and in Tamba (Japan). This wasp is fo ...

'' * '' Diphyus palliatorius'' (Gravenhorst, 1829) * '' Diphyus quadripunctorius'' * '' Diphyus restitutor'' (Wesmael, 1859) * ''

Diphyus salicatorius ''Diphyus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The genus was first described in 1890 by Joseph Kriechbaumer. (In the contents, the new genus is listed as ''Diphyes'', a genus name which had already been used ( ...

'' (Gravenhorst, 1820) *''

Diphyus suigensis ''Diphyus suigensis'' is a parasitoid wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. It was first described in 1927 by Toichi Uchida, as ''Amblyteles suigensis''. This wasp is endemic to Korean Peninsula Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia ...

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Diphyus tricolor ''Diphyus tricolor'' is a parasitoid wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. It was first described in 1890 by Joseph Kriechbaumer as ''Diphyes tricolor,'' a description which immediately followed his description of the new genus, ''Diphyus.'' This ...

'' Kriechbaumer, 1890 *''

Diphyus temmazanensis ''Diphyus temmazanensis'' is a parasitoid wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. It was first described in 1955 by Toichi Uchida, as ''Limerodops temmazanensis''. This wasp is endemic to the Korean Peninsula, where it is found on Cheonmasan, and J ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3028865 Ichneumonidae Ichneumonidae genera Taxa named by Joseph Kriechbaumer