Subfamily of wasps
Rhyssinae is a subfamily ofparasitoid wasps in the familyIchneumonidae . 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.
Females in genusMegarhyssa show very long ovipositors, withM. atrata reaching 14 cm in length.[ 3]
The oldest reliable discovery of the subfamily in fossil form was made in a GermanMessel pit (Eocene , about 47 Ma).[ 4]
The following genera belong to the subfamily Rhyssinae:
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
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