The family Tiphiidae belongs to the informal group (series) Aculeata, which includes all stinging wasps, of the order Hymenoptera (ants, wasps and bees). The Tiphiidae were previously placed in the superfamily Scolioidea and later Tiphioidea. The current classification of the Hymenoptera which recognizes only three aculeate superfamilies, Chrysidoidea, Apoidea and Vespoidea, places the Tiphiidae in the superfamily Vespoidea.
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Informal Group: Aculeata
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Tiphiidae
Most members of the Tiphiidae are believed to be parasitoids of the edaphic (soil inhabiting) larval stage of certain beetles (Coleoptera). Primarily a tropical family, the Tiphiidae are represented worldwide by seven subfamilies containing about 1,500 species. These subfamilies are the Anthoboscinae (six genera), Diamminae (one genus), Thynninae (50 genera), Tiphiinae (nine genera), Brachycistidinae (13 genera), Myzininae (12 genera) and Methochinae (two...
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Rogers, M.E., Potter, D.A. (2004). Tiphiid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). In: Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48380-7_4327
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