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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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
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