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Rhyssa Ent.|ˈrɪsə|
[mod.L. (I. L. C. Gravenhorst Ichneumonologia Europæa (1829) III. 260), f. Gr. ῥυσ(σ)ός shrivelled, wrinkled.]
An ichneumon of the genus so called, the members of which prey upon larvæ of wood-boring insects, esp. in conifers, and are usu. black with white face and markings.
1908C. Morley Ichneumons Gt. Brit. III. 26 Rhyssae are found flying in pine woods, where the larvae of Sirices attack the solid timber. 1931Discovery Dec. 386/1 As a popular study of the woodwasp and its major parasite, Rhyssa, the film is in its essentials admirable. 1969R. F. Chapman Insects xxx. 629 The parasite Rhyssa (Hymenoptera) is able to detect the larva of its host Sirex (Hymenoptera) through several inches of wood as a result of olfactory stimulation. |