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Subfamily of wasps

Rhyssinae
Temporal range: 47–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Eocene - Present
Rhyssella nitida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Rhyssinae
Morley, 1913

Rhyssinae is a subfamily of parasitoid wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. It contains eight genera and 259 described species, but there are likely many undiscovered species.

Rhyssella humida

All possess long ovipositors, which are used by females to bore into tree trunks to lay eggs on the larvae of horntails and wood-boring beetles.

Females in genus Megarhyssa show very long ovipositors, with M. atrata reaching 14 cm in length.

Fossil record

The oldest reliable discovery of the subfamily in fossil form was made in a German Messel pit (Eocene, about 47 Ma).

Genera

The following genera belong to the subfamily Rhyssinae:

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

  1. Kim, Ki-Beom; Kang, Gyu-Won; Lee, Jong-Wook (2018-03-01). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Rhyssinae Morley (Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae) with seven newly recorded species from South Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 11 (1): 123–131. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2017.11.005. ISSN 2287-884X.
  2. Noort, Simon Van; Rousse, Pascal (2014-07-25). "A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the descriptions of five new species". European Journal of Taxonomy (91). doi:10.5852/ejt.2014.91. ISSN 2118-9773.
  3. Le Lannic, Joseph; Nénon, J.-P. (1999-10-18). "Functional morphology of the ovipositor in Megarhyssa atrata (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) and its penetration into wood". Zoomorphology. 119 (2): 73–79. doi:10.1007/s004350050082. ISSN 0720-213X.
  4. Seraina Klopfstein; Sonja Wedmann; Tamara Spasojevic (2018-06-06). "Seven remarkable new fossil species of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit". PLOS ONE. 13 (6): e0197477. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1397477S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197477. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5991363. PMID 29874268.
  5. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  6. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  7. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  8. "Rhyssinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.

Further reading

External links

  • Media related to Rhyssinae at Wikimedia Commons
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