''Rhyssa'' is a genus of ichneumon wasps belonging to the family
Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, 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 cu ...
subfamily
Rhyssinae
Rhyssinae is a subfamily of parasitoid wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. It contains eight genera and 259 described species, but there are likely many undiscovered species.
Genera
The following genera belong to the subfamily Rhyssinae:
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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
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...
, the
Australian region, the
Near East, in the
Nearctic realm, the
Indomalayan realm, and in
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...
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Selected species
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References
zipcodezoo.comBugGuideGenus ''Rhyssa''
Fauna Europaea
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Ichneumonoidea genera
Ichneumonidae