''Diadegma contractum'' is a

wasp 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 ...

first described by

Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (December 17, 1814 – 1897) was a German entomologist who worked on Diptera and Hymenoptera, mainly the Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. Briscke was from Danzig, West Prussia. He was the author of ''Die Hymenopteren ...

in 1880. No subspecies are listed. Brischke, C.G.A. (1880) Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West- und Ost-Preussen., Schriften der

Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig The Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig (translated Danzig Research Society, la, Societas Physicae Experimentalis, pl, Gdańskie Towarzystwo Przyrodnicze) was a scientific organization, founded in 1743 in Danzig ( Gdańsk), Poland, which cont ...

. 4(4):108-210.''Taxapad Ichneumonoidea''. Yu D.S.K., 2009-05-04

References

contractum Insects described in 1880 {{Ichneumonidae-stub