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giant ichneumon, sabre wasp (Rhyssa persuasoria)
Subject: giant ichneumon, sabre wasp (Rhyssa persuasoria)
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giant ichneumon, sabre wasp (Rhyssa persuasoria)


Description
English: Rhyssa persuasoria
Date July 2006, La Thuile, Aosta, Italy
Author Hectonichus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hectonichus
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ichneumonidae_-_Rhyssa_persuasoria.JPG

Rhyssa persuasoria, the giant ichneumon (also known as the sabre wasp), is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Rhyssinae. It is found in most of Europe, in North America, in the Australasian ecozone, in the Near East, in the Nearctic ecozone, in North Africa and in the Oriental ecozone. Main hosts of Rhyssa persuasoria are the larvae of Horntail or Wood Wasps (Urocerus gigas, Siricidae species, a type of xylophagous sawfly), as well as larvae of Longhorn Beetle (Spondylis buprestoides, Monochamus sutor) and Great Capricorn Beetle (Cerambyx cerdo). Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Ichneumonidae, Subfamily: Rhyssinae, Species: Rhyssa persuasoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Ichneumon matutinus Christ, 1791
Rhyssa gloriosa Rudow, 1889
Rhyssa marginalis Brulle, 1846
Rhyssa matutina (Christ, 1791)

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