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Megarhyssa superba
(Schrank, 1781)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are
Tremex fuscicornis
,
Tremex magus
, Tremex magus alchymista,
Urocerus gigas
and
Xiphydria camelus
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
26 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Megarhyssa superba
(Schrank, 1781)
Original name
Ichneumon superbus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Eurhyssa
Megarhyssa
Pimpla
Rhyssa
Thalessa
Synonyms
Megarhyssa geminatoria
Megarhyssa maculata
Megarhyssa quadrator
Type
Naturhistorisches Museum
, Wien, Austria (female, neotype)
Type of
Eurhyssa
This text has been automatically generated based on data from Taxapad (Yu et. al, 2016) and may contain errors or incoplete information.
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References
Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015 (Biological and taxonomical information), Taxapad Interactive Catalogue Database on flashdrive. Nepean, Ottawa.
