Subfamily Rhyssinae

Classification · Identification · Remarks · Internet References

Megarhyssa female ovipositing - Megarhyssa macrurus - female

Giant Ichneumon found on diseased silver maple tree, SE Pennsylvania, July 31, 2005 - Megarhyssa atrata - female

Ichneumon wasp - Megarhyssa nortoni - female

Giant Ichneumon Wasps - Megarhyssa macrurus - male - female

Giant Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa atrata - female

Unidentified Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - female

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

Identification

Large size, very long ovipositor, cylindrical abdomen becoming dorsolaterally compressed apically, hind coxae length more than twice their width.

Remarks

Ectoparasitoids.

Internet References

American Entomological Institute. Description, Biology, classification.

American Entomological Institute, classification.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 February, 2006 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 19 August, 2009 - 11:56am

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