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Family Tiphiidae - Tiphiid Wasps


A new species of Stilbopogon from the Monvero dunes of California (Tiphiidae, Hymenoptera)
By Lynn S. Kimsey
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 86: 145-150, 2021

Revision of the brachycistidine genus Colocistis Krombein, 1942 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae)
By Kimsey L.S., Wasbauer M.S.
J. Hymenopt. Res. 33: 1-24, 2013

Revision of the odd brachycistidine genus Acanthetropis Wasbauer, 1958 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Brachycistidinae)
By Kimsey L., Wasbauer M.
J. Hymenoptera Res. 44: 19-30, 2015

A Monographic Study of the Genus Paratiphia
By Allen, H.W.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 1968
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Allen, H.W. (1968). A monographic study of the genus Paratiphia. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1890-), 94(1), 25-109.

Phylogeny and checklist of the nocturnal tiphiids of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Brachycistidinae)
By Kimsey L.S., Wasbauer M.S.
J. Hymenopt. Res. 15: 9-25, 2006

A Revision of Neotiphia Malloch and Krombeinia Pate (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)
By Harry W. Allen & Karl V. Krombein
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 89(3/4): 211-275, 1963

A Revision of the Tiphiinae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) of Eastern North America
By Allen, H.W.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 231-356, 1966
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Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests, and associates
By Krombein K.V.
Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC. vi+570 pp., 1967