Megarhyssa | |
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Megarhyssa macrurus female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Apocrita |
Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Subfamily: | Rhyssinae |
Genus: | Megarhyssa Ashmead, 1858 |
Species | |
number uncertain |
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Synonyms | |
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Megarhyssa is a genus of large ichneumon wasps, with some species known for having the longest ovipositors of any insects. They are idiobiont endoparasitoids of the larvae of wood-boring horntail wasps.
Species within the genus include: