Megarhyssa

Female Megarhyssa greenei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Rhyssinae
Genus: Megarhyssa
Species: M. atrata – M. gratiosa – M. greenei – M. macrurus – M. nortoni

Name

• Megarhyssa Ashmead, 1900
  • Type species: Ichneumon clauatus Fabricius, 1798 (= perlatus Christ, 1791), by subsequent designation (Ashmead 1900).

Synonyms

• Thalessa Holmgren, 1859 (Preoccupied by Thalessa Adams, 1853 (Mollusca))
  • Type species: Ichneumon clauatus Fabricius, 1798 (= perlatus Christ, 1791), by subsequent designation (Ashmead 1900).
• Megarhyssa Ashmead, 1900: 368. (Replacement name for Thalessa Holmgren, 1859)
• Megalorhyssa Schulz, 1906: 115. Unjustified emendation for Megarhyssa.
• Eurhyssa Derksen, 1941
  • Type species: Ichneumon superbus Schrank, 1781, by subsequent designation (Townes & Townes 1951).

References

• Khalaim, A.I.; Ruíz-Cancino, E. 2013: A new species of Megarhyssa Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae) from tropical Mexico with a key to Mexican species. Zootaxa 3619(2): 195–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.2.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Giant ichneumons