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Rhyssa

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Rhyssa
Rhyssa persuasoria - Female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Rhyssinae
Genus: Rhyssa
Gravenhorst, 1829
Synonyms
  • Cryptocentrum Kirby, 1837
  • Pararhyssa Walsh, 1873

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

Etymology

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The Latin name of the genus comes from the Greek and means "wrinkled".

Description

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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

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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

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References

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