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Tiphiidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tiphiidae

Taxonomy
Tiphiidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Tiphia.

It was corrected as Tiphidae by Darling (1990).

It was assigned to Hymenoptera by Zhang (1989); to Aculeata by Darling (1990), Darling (1990); to Apocrita by Carpenter (1992); to Tiphioidea by Pilgrim et al. (2008); and to Vespoidea by Brothers (1999), Sharkey (2007), Antropov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Tiphiidae Leach p. 118
1989Tiphiidae Zhang p. 251
1990Tiphidae Darling p. 135
1992Tiphiidae Carpenter
1999Tiphiidae Brothers p. 243
2007Tiphiidae Sharkey
2008Tiphiidae Pilgrim et al.
2014Tiphiidae Antropov p. 398

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyTiphiidaeLeach 1815
familyTiphiidaeLeach 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Tiphiidae Leach 1815
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Subfm. †Burmatiphiinae Zheng et al. 2022
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G. †Burmatiphia Zheng et al. 2022
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†Burmatiphia mandibulata Zheng et al. 2022
Subfm. †Dryophiinae Antropov 2014
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G. †Dryophia Antropov 2014
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†Dryophia oculata Antropov 2014
G. Paratiphia Saussure and Sichel 1864
Subfm. †Thanatotiphiinae Engel et al. 2009
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G. †Thanatotiphia Engel et al. 2009
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†Thanatotiphia nyx Engel et al. 2009
Subfm. Tiphiinae Leach 1815
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G. †Philoponites Cockerell 1915
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†Philoponites clarus Cockerell 1915
†Philoponites praefractus Cockerell 1907
G. Tiphia Fabricius 1775
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†Tiphia brevala Zhang 1989
†Tiphia dimidiata Zhang et al. 1994
†Tiphia dolichogaster Zhang 1989
†Tiphia mediovena Zhang 1989
†Tiphia rara Zhang et al. 1994
†Tiphia shanwangensis Hong 1984
†Tiphia varia Zhang 1989
Invalid names: Brachyopteris Hong 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 100.50000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Burmatiphia mandibulata (198285) Thanatotiphia nyx (111688)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Tiphiidae indet. (120798)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dryophia oculata (21976) Philoponites clarus (123959)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Paratiphia praefracta (106381)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Spain (Castellon) Tiphiidae indet. (140795)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Brachyopteris shanwangensis (128550) Tiphia brevala, Tiphia varia, Tiphia mediovena (128552) Tiphia dimidiata (138944) Tiphia dolichogaster (128551) Tiphia rara (138945)