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Genus of wasps

Tiphia
Tiphia femorata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Tiphiidae
Subfamily: Tiphiinae
Genus: Tiphia
Fabricius, 1775

Tiphia is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Tiphiidae, subfamily Tiphiinae. They feed on soil-inhabiting scarab beetle larvae.

The species Tiphia vernalis (Spring Tiphia) has been introduced in the United States from Korea and China in 1925 to combat the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica). T. vernalis has also fed on the oriental beetle (Anomala orientalis) in laboratory settings and in a nursery; thus, it is being proposed as a possible pest control method for A. orientalis.

Species

References

  1. Fabricius, Johann Christian; Fabricius, Johann Christian (1775). Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae: In Officina Libraria Kortii. pp. 353–354. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.36510.
  2. Bugguide.net. Species Tiphia vernalis - Spring Tiphia
  3. Reding, Michael E; Klein, Michael G (2018-01-20). "Tiphia Vernalis (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) Parasitizing Oriental Beetle, Anomala Orientalis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in a Nursery". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 34 (2). doi:10.22543/0090-0222.2049. ISSN 0090-0222.
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Tiphia
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