| Tiphia | |
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| Tiphia femorata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 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]
