| Tiphia | |
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| Tiphia femorata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Tiphiidae |
| Subfamily: | Tiphiinae |
| Genus: | Tiphia Fabricius, 1775[1] |
Tiphia is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Tiphiidae, subfamily Tiphiinae. They feed on soil-inhabiting scarab beetle larvae.
The species Tiphia vernalis (Spring Tiphia) has been introduced in the United States from Korea and China in 1925 to combat the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica).[2] T. vernalis has also fed on the oriental beetle (Anomala orientalis) in laboratory settings and in a nursery; thus, it is being proposed as a possible pest control method for A. orientalis.[3]
- ^ Fabricius, Johann Christian; Fabricius, Johann Christian (1775). Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae: In Officina Libraria Kortii. pp. 353–354. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.36510.
- ^ Bugguide.net. Species Tiphia vernalis - Spring Tiphia
- ^ Reding, Michael E; Klein, Michael G (2018-01-20). "Tiphia Vernalis (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) Parasitizing Oriental Beetle, Anomala Orientalis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in a Nursery". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 34 (2). doi:10.22543/0090-0222.2049. ISSN 0090-0222.