Genus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775

Tiphia Fabricius, 1775: 353; Bingham 1897: 56–57; Allen & Jaynes 1930: 4–13; Pate 1947: 131; Genise 1992: 280; Kimsey 1993: 214; Kimsey & Brothers 2006: 590; Han & Kim 2009: 248; Boin Bartalucci 2011: 342; Belokobylskij & Lelej, 2017: 150.

Type species: Tiphia femorata Fabricius 1775, by original designation.

Serpapinta Argaman in Argaman & Özbek, 1992: 9.

Type species: Tiphia scabrosa Gerstacker, 1858, by original designation. Synonymized by Boni Bartalucci (2011: 342).

Sasmarila Argaman in Argaman & Özbek, 1992: 11. Type species: Tiphia cinchonae Allen, 1975, by original designation. Synonymized by Boni Bartalucci (2011: 342).

Diagnosis. In both sexes, mid tibia without sensorial area just near the spur attachment; in female, antenna with 12 segments (Fig. 4); mesoscutum with anterior medial groove and notaulus (Fig. 5); metabasitarsomere with or without groove; forewing with pterostigma, and apex of marginal cell open (Fig. 8); in male, antenna with 13 segments; mesoscutum with notaulus (Figs 15, 25); S5 with or without lateral denticle (Figs 20, 29); S6 apical margin evenly curved without lateral notch (Figs 18, 19); metabasitarsomere without groove; marginal cell of forewing more extended apically (or as extended as) than second submarginal cell (Figs 12, 22) (Kimsey 1993; Boni Bartalucci 2010b).