Rhyssinae Morley 1913
Creators: name: Varga, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae

description: Key to species of the Rhyssinae in Ukrainian Carpathians
1. Clypeus with apical tubercle (fig. 3, 1). Metasoma always with white coloration. OTI 4.5–5.0. Rhyssa. .... 4
— Clypeus without apical tubercle, weakly concave (fig. 3, 2). If metasoma with white coloration, than OTI at least 8.0. .. ................................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Paramere without a groove paralleling its inner edge. Tergites 3–6 of male moderately concave apically, without a median longitudinal submembranous area. Metasoma entirely black. Tergites 3–5 of female transversely aciculate Rhyssella.. ........................................................................................................................ 3
— Paramere with a strong groove close to and paralleling the apical 0.7 of its lower inner edge. Tergites 3–6 of male strongly concave apically and with a median apical longitudinal submembranous area. Mesosoma always with, metasoma with (female) or without (male) white coloration. Tergites 3–5 of female smooth.. ...................................................................................................................................................... Megarhyssa rixator
3. Scutellum black. ................................................................................................................ Rhyssella approximator
— Scutellum yellow. ..................................................................................................................... Rhyssella obliterata
4. Females. ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
— Males (male of Rhyssa kriechbaumeri is unknown). ........................................................................................... 7
5. Face black, at most with two central white spots (fig. 4, 1). Propodeum black (fig. 4, 2). ................................ ................................................................................................................................................. Rhyssa kriechbaumeri
— Face black centrally, at least with two white stripes on eye orbits (fig. 5, 1). Propodeum at least with two lateral white spots (fig. 5, 2). ................................................................................................................................... 6
6. Central flagellomeres whitish. Clypeus yellow. .......................................................................... Rhyssa amoena
— Antennal flagellum without a pale band. Clypeus from reddish-brown to black. ........... Rhyssa persuasoria
7. Clypeus, scape and pedicel (fig. 6, 2), fore and mid coxae, trochanters and trochantelli yellow. .................... ............................................................................................................................................................ Rhyssa amoena
— Clypeus from reddish-brown to black. Scape and pedicel black (fig. 6, 1). At least mid coxa and trochanter with red and/or black spots. .................................................................................................... Rhyssa persuasoria
description: Published as part of Varga, A., 2014, A Review Of The Subfamily Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) From The Ukrainian Carpathians, pp. 27-34 in Vestnik Zoologii 48 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0003, http://zenodo.org/record/6403915