Epirhyssa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Rhyssinae
Genus: Epirhyssa
Name

Epirhyssa Cresson, 1865

Type species: Epirhyssa speciosa Cresson, 1865, by subsequent designation of Viereck (1914: 52).
Synonyms

Rhyssonota Kriechbaumer, 1890
Type species: Rhyssonota tristis Kriechbaumer, 1890, by monotypy.
Hierax Tosquinet, 1903 [nec Vigors, 1826]
Type species: Hierax raptor Tosquinet, 1903, by monotypy. [syn. Gauld (1984: 58)]
Sychnostigma Baltazar, 1961 [nomen novum pro Hierax Tosquinet, 1903] [syn. Gauld (1984: 58)]

References

Cresson, E. 1865. Rhopalosoma. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4: 58. Reference page.
Gauld, I.D. 1984. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia. British Museum (Natural History).
Gómez, I.C., Sääksjärvi, I.E., Puhakka, L., Castillo, C. & Bordera, S. 2015: The Peruvian Amazonian species of Epirhyssa Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae), with notes on tropical species richness. Zootaxa 3937(2): 311–336. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.4. Reference page.
Hopkins, T., Roininen, H., van Noort, S., Broad, G.R., Kaunisto, K. & Sääksjärvi, I.E. 2019. Extensive sampling and thorough taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals two new species and demonstrates the limitations of previous sampling efforts. ZooKeys, 878: 33–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.878.37845 Open access Reference page.

Epirhyssa is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Africa, Japan and America.[1]
Species

Species:[1]

Epirhyssa alternata Cresson, 1865
Epirhyssa amaura Porter, 1978
Epirhyssa amazonica Mocsary, 1905

References

"Epirhyssa Cresson, 1865". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 May 2021.