Epirhyssa Cresson

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Rhyssinae)

Epirhyssa Cresson 1865. Type species: Epirhyssa speciosa Cresson 1865.

Epirhyssa ghesquierei Seyrig,1937

Epirhyssa leroyi Benoit,1951

Epirhyssa maynei Benoit,1952

Epirhyssa migratoria Seyrig,1932

Epirhyssa overlaeti Seyrig,1937

Epirhyssa uelensis Benoit,1951

Distribution

Afrotropical: Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar,  Holarctic: Russia, Mexico, U.S.A.,  Indo-Australian: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papa New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Neotropical: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad

Biology

Host: Hyblaea puera (Hyblaeidae)

Reference

Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 4:1-200.

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