Tiphia
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Tiphiidae
Name
Tiphia Kimsey, 2011 Fabricius – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Discussion
The genus Tiphia occurs worldwide, but the majority of species are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Only two species are recorded from Madagascar whereas 29 are known from mainland Africa. Members of the genus are known to parasitize scarab beetle larvae.
Tiphia are medium-sized, black wasps. They are characterized by a flat face, incomplete forewing marginal cell, oral fossa and associated hypostomal plate broader than long, male metasomal sternum VI notched apicomedially, and sternum VII unciform.
Key to species of Tiphia
Checklist of Tiphia species
1. Tiphia bisinuata Saussure 1890[1]: 236. Syntype females; Madagascar (GENEVA?, unverified).
2. Tiphia saussurei Krombein 1949[2]: 54. Holotype; Madagascar: Fianarantsoa (WASHINGTON). Distribution: Fianarantsoa and Toliara Provnces.
Taxon Treatment
- Kimsey, L; 2011: Tiphiidae wasps of Madagascar (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae) of hymenoptera research/ Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 22: 45-68. doi
Other References
- ↑ Saussure H d (1890) Histoire naturelle des hyménoptères. In: Grandidier (ed.), Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, vol. 20. L’Imprimerie Nationale, Paris.
- ↑ Krombein K (1949) Studies in the Tiphiidae. VII. The Madagascan species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 51: 45-73.
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