Genus Paratiphia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Sandhills Hymenoptera - Paratiphia - female

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.

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 8 January, 2007 - 8:30pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon, Arturo Santos
Last updated 2 February, 2024 - 5:26pm

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