Rhyssinae
Temporal range: Eocene - Present
Rhyssella nitida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Rhyssinae

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.[1][2]

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.

Fossil record

The oldest reliable discovery of the subfamily in fossil form was made in a German Messel pit (Eocene, about 47 Ma).[3]

Genera

The following genera belong to the subfamily Rhyssinae:

  • Cyrtorhyssa Baltazar, 1961 i c g
  • Epirhyssa Cresson, 1865 i c g b
  • Lytarmes Cameron, 1899 i c g
  • Megarhyssa Ashmead, 1900 i c g b
  • Myllenyxis Baltazar, 1961 i c g
  • Rhyssa Gravenhorst, 1829 i c g b
  • Rhyssella Rohwer, 1920 i c g b
  • Triancyra Baltazar, 1961 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]

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. ↑ 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0197477. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5991363. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  6. ↑ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Rhyssinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-07.

Further reading

  • Media related to Rhyssinae at Wikimedia Commons
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