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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Tiphioidea » Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae) » Tiphiinae
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Paratiphia?
Copyright © 2008 Fred Bentler

Paratiphia?
Lake Roosevelt, Ferry County, Washington, USA
August 22, 2008
Size: ~13mm
At first I took this to be a male tiphiid because the constricted base of the abdomen reminded me of male scoliids I'd seen in the locale...but looking at a mating pair (uploaded earlier) this appears to be a larger female of a sexually dimorphic species. Paratiphia maybe?

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Paratiphia? Paratiphia?
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Contributed by Fred Bentler on 1 September, 2008 - 1:07am
Last updated 25 September, 2008 - 12:46am

Tiphiinae at any rate.
There 'are' Tiphia up there as well, so I'm leaving this at no narrower than the subfamily level for now.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 September, 2008 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric,
Any tips on what characters distinguish Tiphia from Paratiphia? FYI - a B.C. aculeate wasp survey in the same/similar zone (just to the north) lists Tiphia anguis, T. fortistriolata, T. nevadana, T. tegulina, Paratiphia claripennis, P. nevadensis, P. robusta.
… Fred Bentler, 25 September, 2008 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

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