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Genus Paratiphia

Nix wasp 2 for ID - Paratiphia - male Common on Baccharis - Paratiphia - male Wasp - Paratiphia Paratiphia robusta? - Paratiphia Hymenoptera on goldenbush - Paratiphia Furry wasp - Paratiphia - male Male, Paratiphia robusta? - Paratiphia Tiphiidae - Paratiphia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Tiphioidea
Family Tiphiidae (Tiphiid Wasps)
Subfamily Tiphiinae
Genus Paratiphia
Explanation of Names
Paratiphia Sichel, 1864
Numbers
~27 spp. in our area
Identification
Forewings of both sexes have a long, sclerotized vein that often nearly bisects the first cubital cell. This vein is only shared by Epomidiopteron within our covered area.(1) Males of most species have the clypeus and at least the base of the mandibles white.(2)
Range
all but 1 species western (TX & NE west to Pacific)(3)
P. texana: ON―MA―FL MT―TX
Print References
Allen H.W. (1962) Species of Paratiphia (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) with dark mandibles in the male. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 88: 225-234.
Allen H.W. (1965) Tiphiinae (Hymenoptera; Tiphiidae) of Western North America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 117: 45-115.
Allen H.W. (1968) A monographic study of the genus Paratiphia. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 94: 25-109.
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the Tiphiinae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) of Eastern North America
Allen, H.W. 1966. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 231-356.
2.A Monographic Study of the Genus Paratiphia
Allen, H.W. 1968. Transactions of the American Entomological Society.
3.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.