Rhyssa

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: Rhyssa
Species: R. persuasoria
Name

Rhyssa

Primary references
Links

BHL bibliography
Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Rhyssa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page.
Rhyssa – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhyssa.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Rhyssa is a genus of ichneumon wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Rhyssinae.
Contents

1 Etymology
2 Description
3 Distribution
4 Selected species
5 References

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

Rhyssa alaskensis Ashmead, 1902
Rhyssa amoena Gravenhorst, 1829
Rhyssa crevieri Provancher, 1880
Rhyssa curvipes Gravenhorst, 1829
Rhyssa hoferi Rohwer, 1920
Rhyssa howdenorum Townes, 1960
Rhyssa kriechbaumeri Ozols, 1973
Rhyssa lineolata Kirby, 1837
Rhyssa nigricornis Ratzeburg, 1852
Rhyssa nigritarsis
Rhyssa persuasoria Linnaeus, 1758
Rhyssa petiolata Brues, 1906
Rhyssa ponderosae Townes 1960

References

zipcodezoo.com
BugGuide Genus Rhyssa
Fauna Europaea