Megarhyssa

Megarhyssa is a genus of large ichneumon wasps, with some species known for having the longest ovipositors of any insects. They are idiobiont endoparasitoids of the larvae of wood-boring horntail wasps. The ovipositor can be mistaken for a large stinger.

Megarhyssa
Female Megarhyssa greenei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Superfamily:
Ichneumonoidea
Family:
Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:
Rhyssinae
Genus:
Megarhyssa

Ashmead, 1858
Species

number uncertain

Synonyms
  • Thalessa Holmgren, 1859
  • Megalorhyssa Schulz, 1906
  • Eurhyssa Derksen, 1941

Species

Species within the genus:[1][2]

  • Megarhyssa arisana
  • Megarhyssa atomistica
  • Megarhyssa atrata
  • Megarhyssa aurantia
  • Megarhyssa babaulti
  • Megarhyssa belulliflava
  • Megarhyssa bicolor
  • Megarhyssa bonbonsana
  • Megarhyssa cultrimacularis
  • Megarhyssa fulvipennis
  • Megarhyssa gloriosa
  • Megarhyssa greenei
  • Megarhyssa hainanensis
  • Megarhyssa indica
  • Megarhyssa insulana
  • Megarhyssa jezoensis
  • Megarhyssa laniaria
  • Megarhyssa lenticula
  • Megarhyssa longitubula
  • Megarhyssa macrurus
  • Megarhyssa middenensis
  • Megarhyssa mirabilis
  • Megarhyssa nortoni
  • Megarhyssa obtusa
  • Megarhyssa perlata
  • Megarhyssa praecellens
  • Megarhyssa recava
  • Megarhyssa rixator
  • Megarhyssa rotundamacula
  • Megarhyssa strimacula
  • Megarhyssa superba
  • Megarhyssa taiwana
  • Megarhyssa vagatoria
  • Megarhyssa verae
  • Megarhyssa weixiensis
  • Megarhyssa wugongensis

References
  1. Pook, Victoria; Sharkey, Michael; Wahl, David (2016-01-04). "Key to the species of Megarhyssa (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Rhyssinae) in America, north of Mexico". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 63 (1): 137–148. doi:10.3897/dez.63.7619. ISSN 1860-1324.
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Home". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018.


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