Tiphia (Tiphia) nepa Allen, 1975

Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, Girish & Hegde, Vishwanath D., 2022, Additions to the knowledge on the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from India with the description of ten new species, Zootaxa 5204 (1), pp. 1-106 : 73

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:98D6F051-635F-4611-8C84-A0EAF092C4DE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7304271

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/34314512-DB20-4F59-FF07-B6A9FAFFF0E6

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scientific name

Tiphia (Tiphia) nepa Allen, 1975
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28. Tiphia (Tiphia) nepa Allen, 1975

( Figs 385–394 View FIGURES 385–394 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) nepa Allen, 1975: 83–85 . Holotype, ♂. Godavari , Katmandu, Nepal (CERI).

Material examined: 1♀, INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley district, Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Ram Sing Forest (28°55′13″N & 95°56′28″E, 2762 m), 26.x.2017, Coll. M.S. Pandher, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18917 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar district, Pari Mahal (34°04′48″N & 78°20′34″E, 2297 m), 10.x.2020, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18916 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Pulwama district, Arehel (33°52′18.62″N & 74°53′57.75″E, 1652 m), 15.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19376.1 GoogleMaps ♀, Uttarakhand, Teri Garhwal district, Kanatal (30°24′43″N & 74°52′41″E, 1760m), 20.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18915 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Uttarkashi district, Sankri (3104′42″N & 7811′02″E, 1927 m), 31.x.1996, Coll. J.P. Sati & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18918 .

Diagnosis. Body length 11.1–13.9 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 387 View FIGURES 385–394 ); median extension of clypeus deeply emarginated ( Fig. 387 View FIGURES 385–394 ); dorsal side of propodeum with elongate areola ( Fig. 389 View FIGURES 385–394 ); lateral side of pronotum without well-defined transdiscal groove ( Fig. 390 View FIGURES 385–394 ); lateral side of propodeum with strong widely separated rugulae ( Fig. 390 View FIGURES 385–394 ); fore wing yellowish infumated ( Fig. 392 View FIGURES 385–394 ); hind basitarsus with deep groove.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in fore wing compared to the description of Allen (1975). Fore wing yellowish infumated in the specimens examined, while fore wing moderately infumated according to Allen.

Male. Unknown

Distribution. India (new record): Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Tiphiidae

Genus

Tiphia

Loc

Tiphia (Tiphia) nepa Allen, 1975

Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, Girish & Hegde, Vishwanath D. 2022
2022
Loc

Tiphia (Tiphia) nepa

Allen, H. W. 1975: 85
1975
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