Genus Rhyssa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Rhyssa persuasoria, Possibly - Rhyssa - female

Rhyssid Wasp - First PA Datapoint - Rhyssa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconids and Ichneumons)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps)

Subfamily Rhyssinae

Genus Rhyssa

Explanation of Names

The generic name is from the Greek meaning "wrinkled."

Numbers

Seven nearctic species in the genus. One of four genera in the subfamily Rhyssinae.

Remarks

Females drill into dead wood to oviposit on horntails.

Print References

(1), 544.

Works Cited

1.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America By Stephen A. Marshall

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 10 October, 2008 - 5:09am

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