Megarhyssa macrurus
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Megarhyssa macrurus, also known as the long-tailed giant ichneumonid wasp[1] or long-tailed giant ichneumon wasp,[2] is a species of large ichneumon wasp.[3] It is a parasitoid, notable for its extremely long ovipositor which it uses to deposit an egg into a tunnel in dead wood bored by its host, the larva of a similarly large species of horntail.
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Megarhyssa macrurus | |
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Megarhyssa macrurus female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Subfamily: | Rhyssinae |
Genus: | Megarhyssa |
Species: | M. macrurus |
Binomial name | |
Megarhyssa macrurus (Linnaeus, 1771) | |
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