Megarhyssa, also known as giant ichneumonid wasps, giant ichneumons, or stump stabbers,[1] 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. The ovipositor can be mistaken for a large stinger.[2] This is a genus of holometabolous insects within subfamily Rhyssinae that includes 37 species and belongs to Ichneumonidae, the family of wasps with the highest biodiversity in the world.[3]
^Bug of the Month July 2014: Female Stump Stabbers laying eggs!!!, What's That Bug. Accessed 2015-06-07
^"Giant Ichneumon Wasp - M. atrata". www.insectidentification.org. InsectIdentification. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
^Ilgoo Kang; Huval, Forest; Carlton, Christopher E. (28 March 2023). "Megarhyssa spp., The Giant Ichneumons (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)".
Megarhyssa, also known as giant ichneumonid wasps, giant ichneumons, or stump stabbers, is a genus of large ichneumon wasps, with some species known for...
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bark of host trees. Megarhyssa macrurus, M. greenei, and M. atrata are the natural predators of this species. The female Megarhyssa seeks out the larvae...
some species of long-horned grasshoppers. In the ichneumon wasp genus Megarhyssa, the females have a slender ovipositor (terebra) several inches long that...
Members of this subfamily, including those of Rhyssa and the allied Megarhyssa, are also known collectively as giant ichneumonid wasps or giant ichneumons...
drill its ovipositor through several centimeters of solid wood (e.g., Megarhyssa species). After hatching, the ichneumonid larva consumes its still living...
of the Atlas beetle Chalcosoma atlas. The female giant ichneumon wasp Megarhyssa macrurus is 12.5 centimetres (5 in) long including its very long but slender...
on the larvae of horntails and wood-boring beetles. Females in genus Megarhyssa show very long ovipositors, with M. atrata reaching 14 cm in length. The...
are slender, and the females of many species (particularly in the genus Megarhyssa) have extremely long ovipositors for laying eggs. The ichneumonid wasps...
Megarhyssa macrurus (Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid, ovipositing into its host through the wood of a tree. The body of a female is c. 2 inches (50 mm) long...
the parasitic wasp genus Megarhyssa will lay its own eggs within the larvae of the Tremex wasp. The larvae of Megarhyssa, when hatched, proceed to eat...
These include Ibalia leucospoides (Ibaliidae); Schletterius cinctipes, Megarhyssa nortoni (Ichneumonidae); and Rhyssa persuasoria. While I. leucospoides...
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