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Subfamily Rhyssinae

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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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