Tiphia vernalis
| Tiphia vernalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Tiphiidae |
| Genus: | Tiphia |
| Species: | T. vernalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tiphia vernalis Rohwer, 1924
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Tiphia vernalis is a species of wasp in the family Tiphiidae.[1]
In the 1920s and early 1930s, entomologists from the USDA imported Tiphia vernalis from Korea to control Japanese beetle populations.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://bioone.org/journals/florida-entomologist/volume-90/issue-4/0015-4040_2007_90_780_SOTVHT_2.0.CO_2/Survey-of-Tiphia-Vernalis-Hymenoptera--Tiphiidae-a-Parasitoid-Wasp/10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[780:SOTVHT]2.0.CO;2.full
- ^ Stearns, Stacey (August 23, 2021). "The spring Tiphia: a natural enemy of the Japanese beetle | Integrated Pest Management".
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