''Tiphia'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family

Tiphiidae The Tiphiidae (also known as tiphiid wasps, flower wasps, or tiphiid flower wasps) are a family (biology), family of large, solitary wasps whose larvae are parasitoids of various beetle larvae, especially those in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Un ...

, subfamily Tiphiinae. They feed on soil-inhabiting

scarab beetle The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...

larvae. The species '' Tiphia vernalis'' has been introduced in the United States from Korea and China in 1925 to combat the

Japanese beetle The Japanese beetle (''Popillia japonica'') is a species of Scarabaeidae, scarab beetle. Due to the presence of Predation, natural predators, the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan, but in North America and some region ...

(''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

* '' Tiphia abnormis'' Eversmann, 1849 * '' Tiphia alishana'' Ishikawa, 1967 * '' Tiphia ami'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia annulata'' Fabricius, 1793 * '' Tiphia antigae'' Tournier, 1901 * '' Tiphia arthroxantha'' Boni Bartalucci, 2011 * '' Tiphia austriaca'' Tournier, 1889 * '' Tiphia bexar'' Nagy, 1967 * '' Tiphia brevala'' Zhang, 1989 * '' Tiphia bunun'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia chareshi'' * '' Tiphia changi'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia chihpenchia'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia chungshani'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia copidosoma'' Nagy, 1967 * '' Tiphia dimidiata'' Zhang et al., 1994 * '' Tiphia distincta'' Tournier, 1889 * '' Tiphia dolichogaster'' Zhang, 1989 * '' Tiphia elachia'' Boni Bartalucci, 2011 * '' Tiphia eremopolites'' Boni Bartalucci, 2011 * ''

Tiphia femorata ''Tiphia femorata'', often known as a beetle-killing wasp or common tiphiid wasp, is a species of wasp belonging to the family Tiphiidae, subfamily Tiphiinae. Subspecies Subspecies include: *'' Tiphia femorata femorata'' Fabricius, 1775 *'' Ti ...

'' Fabricius, 1775 * '' Tiphia fenchihuensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia flavipes'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia formosensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia fortidentata'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia fukuii'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia hispanica'' Dusmet y Alonso, 1930 * '' Tiphia hokkien'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia horiana'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia ilanensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia impossibilis'' Arbouw, 1985 * '' Tiphia iracunda'' Nagy, 1967 * '' Tiphia kashmirensis'' Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019 * '' Tiphia komaii'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia kotoshensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia laeviceps'' Tournier, 1889 * '' Tiphia latipes'' Walker, 1871 * '' Tiphia lepeletieri'' Berland, 1925 * '' Tiphia lihyuehtana'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia maior'' Mocsáry, 1883 * '' Tiphia mediovena'' Zhang, 1989 * ''

Tiphia minuta ''Tiphia minuta '' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills ...

'' Linden, 1827 * '' Tiphia morio'' Fabricius, 1787 * '' Tiphia ordinaria'' (Smith, 1873) * '' Tiphia parallela'' Smith, 1879 * '' Tiphia paupi'' Allen & Krombein, 1961 * '' Tiphia pempuchiensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia picta'' Schulthess, 1893 * '' Tiphia piqua'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia popilliavora'' Rohwer * '' Tiphia puliensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia rara'' Zhang et al., 1994 * '' Tiphia rufomandibulata'' Smith 1873 * '' Tiphia sabaea'' Boni Bartalucci, 2011 * '' Tiphia sareptana'' Tournier, 1889 * '' Tiphia semipolita'' Tournier, 1889 * ''

Tiphia sternocarinata ''Tiphia'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Tiphiidae, subfamily Tiphiinae. They feed on soil-inhabiting Scarabaeidae, scarab beetle larvae. The species ''Tiphia vernalis'' has been introduced in the United States from Korea and China ...

'' Allen & Jaynes, 1930 * '' Tiphia taiwana'' Ishikawa, 1967 * '' Tiphia takasago'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia triangulata'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia tsukengensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia unicolor'' Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 * '' Tiphia vallicola'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia varia'' Zhang, 1989 * '' Tiphia vernalis'' Rohwer, 1924 * '' Tiphia wushensis'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia yanoi'' Tsuneki, 1986 * '' Tiphia yushana'' Tsuneki, 1986

References

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