Female Tiphiidae usually oviposit on the host grub in its cell in the soil, and they do not attempt to bury it at a greater depth, which is different than the habit of Scoliidae.
Tiphiidae cocoons are more slender than those of Scoliidae and different in form, being broader at the anterior end and smoothly rounded, tapering to a point at the posterior.
Reproduction.--Reproductive capacity of Tiphiidae is similar to Scollidae, with an average of ca.
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Biology and evolution of insects; systematics and phylogeny of Tiphiidae, Chrysididae, Sphecidae, Pompilidae and Apidae; functional morphology; mating behavior of wasps and bees; biogeography of insects.
New Caledonian Tiphiidae: Revision of the Genus Eirone Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9:395-415.
Revision of the American tiphiid genus Quemaya Pate (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Brachycistidinae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 7(l):38-47.
The small Aculeate wasps of the genus Methocha are slender animals with wingless, antlike females and winged males, and they belong to the Methochinae, a subfamily of the Tiphiidae Aculeate wasps.
The phylogenetic relationships between the Tiphiidae and the Aculeta were outlined by Brothers and Carpenter (1993).
The widespread Methochinae include only few species, which are absent from the Australian region.
A project undertaken at The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and supervised by P Weston
(In prep) Historical contingency drives the diversification of sexually deceptive orchids pollinated by the thynnine wasp genus, Neozeleboria (Tiphiidae: Thynninae).
This strongly suggests that the orchids did not differentiate at the same time as the wasps but later.
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. The biology of Hemithynnus hyalinatus (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), a parasite on scarabaeid larvae. J.
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. The behaviour of Hemithynnus hyalinatus (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), with notes on some other Thynninae. J.
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. Field notes on the occurrence of Hemithynnus hyalinatus (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) as a parasite of scarabaeids on the New England Tablelands. J.
White grubs, the root-feeding larvae of scarab beetles, are serious pests of athletic turf in the United States.
We found two parasitic wasp species, Tiphia vernalis Rohwer 1924 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) and Tiphia pygidialis Allen 1966 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), to be abundant in central Kentucky and important as biological control agents for Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman 1838, Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and masked chafer (Cyclocephala spp.) grubs, respectively.
Little was known about these beneficial wasps before our studies revealed details of their life history, and some ways that their benefits can be conserved.
Behavioral changes in turf-infesting white grubs parasitized by Tiphia spp. and implications for assessment of ...(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Monday, December 10, 2001 - 1:24 PM Behavioral changes in turf-infesting white grubs parasitized by Tiphia spp.
University of Kentucky, Department of Entomology, S225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, KY Wasps in the genus Tiphia (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) are the primary parasitoids that attack scarabaeid grubs in the soil.
Field observations suggested that parasitized grubs tend to be deeper in the soil than non-parasitized ones.
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Two orchids attract different pollinators with the same floral odour compound: ecological and evolutionary implications
Opportunistic pollinator shifts among sexually deceptive orchids indicated by a phylogeny of pollinating and non-pollinating thynnine wasps (Tiphiidae)
MANT JIM, BROWN GRAHAM R., WESTON PETER H. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
I had taken pictures of some Tiphiidaewasps that had been swarming around one particular cluster of honey-dewed leaves.
**THANKS TO Dr. Jackman at the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University for identifying the "rods" as Tiphiidae (Tiphiid Wasps) - These wasps are often fl, with yellow or red markings.
They have stingers, which are used to attack ground-dwelling larvae of Scarab beetles or Tiger beetles.
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Rogers ME, Potter DA Effects of spring imidacloprid application for white grub control on parasitism of Japanese beetle (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae) by Tiphia vernalis (Hymenoptera : Tiphiidae) J ECON ENTOMOL 96 (5): 1412-1419 OCT 2003
Behavioral changes in Japanese beetle and masked chafer grubs (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae) after parasitism by tiphiid wasps (Hymenoptera : Tiphiidae) ENVIRON ENTOMOL 32 (3): 618-625 JUN 2003
Rogers ME, Potter DA Kairomones from scarabaeid grubs and their frass as cues in below-ground host location by the parasitoids Tiphia vernalis and Tiphia pygidialis ENTOMOL EXP APPL 102 (3): 307-314 MAR 2002
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A female stings and paralyzes a grub, then constructs a cell and lays an egg.
Wasps in the familyTiphiidae are distinguished from the Scoliidae by lacking the wrinkles in the wings and having an M- or W-shaped suture between the mesosternum and the metasternum.
Scolia dubia Say on Bidens sp., Bayou George, Florida, 29 Sep 2003.
