Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei 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 : 57-60

22. Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei Allen, 1975

( Figs 287–300 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei Allen, 1975: 70–71 . Holotype, ♀, Nilgiri Hills , India (NMNH).

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Daman, Nani (20°24′53″N & 72°50′06″E, 9 m), 21.i.2018, Coll. K. Rajmohana & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18164 . 1♀, Kerala, Kozhikode district, Purameri (11°40′18″N & 75°37′46″E, 33 m), 15.xii.2020, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17763 ; 2♀, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17764–17765 ; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 24.v.2019, Coll. P. M. Sureshan & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.17766 ; 1♀, Palakkad district, Silent Valley National Park (11°03′51″N & 76°32′16″E, 540m), 12.iii.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18201 ; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17853 ; 1♀, Wayanad district, Edavambam (1142′21.4128″N & 7620′12.0012″E, 848 m), 20.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17943 . 28♀, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19092–19119 ; 2♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19120–19121 ; 1♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 23.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18160 ; 5♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 22.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20326–20329, 20426 ; 1♀, Thirunelveli district, Rosemiyapuram (8°21′08″N & 77°33′59″E, 119 m), 27.ix.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18161 ; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty , H.P.F. Quarters (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18165 . 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 15.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18162 . 1♀, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island, Harinbari (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 22.iv.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18163 ; 2♀, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 18.v.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20303–20304 .

Diagnosis. Body length 12–13 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 293 ); apex of clypeal lobe rounded ( Fig. 293 ); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove ( Fig. 295 ); dorsal side of pronotum with transverse carina interrupted at middle; metanotum with scattered minute punctures ( Fig. 294 ); mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notaulices not connected ( Fig. 294 ); apical half of pygidium smooth ( Fig. 296 ); hind basitarsus without groove.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the density of transdiscal groove of lateral side of pronotum compared to the description of Allen (1975). Lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove in the specimens examined, while lateral side of pronotum with shallow obscure transdiscal groove according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Daman (new record), Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal (new record). Elsewhere: Thailand.

Figures

FIGURES 287–290. Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei Allen, ♀. Type. 287. Habitus, lateral view; 288. Habitus, dorsal view; 289. Head, frontal view; 290. Label.

FIGURES 291–300. Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei Allen, ♀. 291. Habitus, lateral view; 292. Head, frontal view; 293. Clypeus; 294. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 295. Mesosoma, lateral view; 296. Pygidium; 297. Antenna; 298. Forewing, dorsal view; 299. Metasoma, dorsal view; 300. Metasoma, lateral view.