Life Insecta Hymenoptera Symphyta Orussoidea Orussidae

About 20 species.[MVi3]

• Orussus abietinus (Scopoli, 1763) Europe, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Siberia, Japan. See [maps] Loissahiainen

  • Sphex abietinus Scopoli, 1763; Ent. Carniolica: 296
  • Oryssus coronatus Fabricius

  • Orussus abietinus; [MVi3], 43, f. 55-56; [iNaturalist]

  Larva preys on (larvae of) Dicerca alni? [MVi3]

• Orussus unicolor (Latreille, 1811) Germany, France, Hungary, Italy. See [maps]

  • Oryssus unicolor Latreille, 1811; Enc. meth. 8: 561

  • Orussus unicolor; [MVi3], 44, f. 57; [iNaturalist]
• Orussus taorminensis Trautmann, 1922 Sicily

  • Orussus taorminensis; [MVi3], 43 (note); [iNaturalist]
  • Orussus taorminensis Trautmann, 1922;
• Orussus moroi Guiglia, 1954 Italy (Piemonte). See [maps]

  • Orussus moroi; [MVi3], 43 (note)
  • Orussus moroi Guiglia, 1954;
• Orussus occidentalis (Cresson, 1879) NA. See [maps]

  • Orussus occidentalis; [MVi3], 43 (note); [iNaturalist]
  • Orussus occidentalis Cresson, 1879;

  Larva preys on Dicerca , (larvae) [MVi3]

• Orussus sayii (Westwood, 1835) NA. See [maps]

  • Orussus sayii; [MVi3], 43 (note)
  • Orussus sayii Westwood, 1835;

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