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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Parasitic Wood Wasps (Orussidae) » Orussus

Genus Orussus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Wood Wasp - Orussus occidentalis - male Orussidae, dorsal - Orussus minutus Orussus minutus - female Orussus minutus - female Orussidae, Parasitic Wood Wasp, head - Orussus minutus Wasp - Orussus occidentalis - female Orussus minutus? - Orussus minutus Orussus minutus? - Orussus minutus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)
Family Orussidae (Parasitic Wood Wasps)
Genus Orussus
Explanation of Names
Orussus Latreille 1796
Numbers
the most species rich and widely distributed genus of the family, with 5 spp. in our area and ~30 total(1)
Range
mainly northern hemisphere: Holarctic (15 spp.), Oriental (6), Afrotropical (5), Australasian (1)(1)
Food
Ectoparasites of woodboring insect larvae, usually Buprestidae (Coleoptera)(2)
Remarks
Females use echolocation to locate hosts and hence oviposition is restricted to dry, barkfree wood(2)
Internet References
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.Discovery of new species confirms Oriental origin of Orussus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Orussidae)
Vilhelmsen L., Blank S.M., Liu Z., Smith D.R. 2014. Insect syst. evol. 45: 51–91.
2.van Noort S. (2004-2015) WaspWeb: Wasps, bees and ants of Africa and Madagascar
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 25 March, 2005 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 1 July, 2021 - 2:16pm

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