TIPHIIDAE Leach, 1915
(a family of solitary wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTIPHIIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Archer, M.E. 2014 Vespoid Wasps (Tiphiidea, Mutillidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae and Vespidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 6 Pt 6, 82pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Berland, L. 1925 *** Hyménoptères Vespiformes I (Sphegidae, Pompilidae, Scoliidae, Sapygidae, Mutillidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 10, 364pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
Richards, O.W. 1980 Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea Handbooks for the Identification of Britsh Insects, Vol VI. Part 3(b), 118pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Yeo, P.F., & Corbet, S.A. 1995 Solitary Wasps Naturalists’ Handbooks, 3, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

TIPHIIDAE (a family of solitary wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TIPHIIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TIPHIIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
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