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Rhyssa Alaskensis
''Rhyssa'' is a genus of ichneumon wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Rhyssinae. Etymology The Latin name of the genus comes from the Greek and means "wrinkled". Description Female of this parasitic species drills deep into wood by its hair thin ovipositor (terebra) and lays its eggs on larvae living in timber, which become a food supply and an incubator for the progeny, until it is fully grown. Distribution Species of this genus are present in most of Europe, the Australian region, the Near East, in the Nearctic realm, the Indomalayan realm, and in North Africa. Selected species * * * * * * * * * * * * * References zipcodezoo.comBugGuideGenus ''Rhyssa'' Fauna Europaea {{Authority control Ichneumonoidea genera Ichneumonidae Taxa named by Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 25,000 species described . However, this likely represents less than a quarter of their true richness as reliable estimates are lacking, along with much of the most basic knowledge about their ecology, distribution, and evolution.Quicke, D. L. J. (2015). ''The braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps: biology, systematics, evolution and ecology''. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. It is estimated that there are more species in this family than there are species of birds and mammals combined. Ichneumonid wasps, with very few exceptions, attack the immature stages of holometabolous insects and spiders, eventually killing their hosts. They play an important role as regulators of insect populations, both in natural and semi-natural systems, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
