{{Short description|Genus of insects}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ichneumonidae - Rhyssa persuasoria.JPG | image_caption = ''Rhyssa persuasoria'' - Female | taxon = Rhyssa | authority = Gravenhorst, 1829 | synonyms = * ''Cryptocentrum'' Kirby, 1837 * ''Pararhyssa'' Walsh, 1873 }}
'''''Rhyssa''''' is a genus of ichneumon wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Rhyssinae.
==Etymology== The Latin name of the genus comes from the Greek and means "wrinkled".
==Description== Female of this parasitic species drills deep into wood by its hair thin ovipositor (terebra) and lays its eggs on larvae living in timber, which become a food supply and an incubator for the progeny, until it is fully grown.
==Distribution== Species of this genus are present in most of Europe, the Australian region, the Near East, in the Nearctic realm, the Indomalayan realm, and in North Africa.
==Selected species== {{Div col}} * ''Rhyssa alaskensis'' <small>Ashmead, 1902</small> * ''Rhyssa amoena'' <small>Gravenhorst, 1829</small> * ''Rhyssa crevieri'' <small>Provancher, 1880</small> * ''Rhyssa curvipes'' <small>Gravenhorst, 1829</small> * ''Rhyssa hoferi'' <small>Rohwer, 1920</small> * ''Rhyssa howdenorum'' <small>Townes, 1960</small> * ''Rhyssa kriechbaumeri'' <small>Ozols, 1973</small> * ''Rhyssa lineolata'' <small>Kirby, 1837</small> * ''Rhyssa nigricornis'' <small>Ratzeburg, 1852</small> * ''Rhyssa nigritarsis'' * ''Rhyssa persuasoria'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> * ''Rhyssa petiolata'' <small>Brues, 1906</small> * ''Rhyssa ponderosae'' <small>Townes 1960</small> {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://archive.today/20130210000914/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/R/Rhyssa_persuasoria/ zipcodezoo.com] * [http://bugguide.net/node/view/232389 BugGuide] Genus ''Rhyssa'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060928160531/http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution_table.php Fauna Europaea]
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Category:Ichneumonidae genera Category:Ichneumonidae Category:Taxa named by Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst