Female Megarhyssa greenei

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Giant ichneumons