Tiphia (Tiphia) cilicincta Allen & Jaynes, 1930

Han, Qian, Wang, He-Sheng, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the nominotypical subgenus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from China, with three new species and a key to the Chinese species, Zootaxa 5284 (1), pp. 1-43 : 16-18

Tiphia (Tiphia) cilicincta Allen & Jaynes, 1930

( Figs 34–39 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) cilicincta Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 18 , 71; Hedicke, 1936: 7; Huang, 2003: 735; Boni Bartalucci, 2010: 109.

Material examined. 7♁, China, Zhejiang prov., Wenzhou City, Tongling Mountain, Forest Park , 27°28’48”N, 119°29’24”E, 1133 m, 26.VII.–26.X.2019, Chengjin Yan ( CNU) ; 1♁, China, Zhejiang prov., Wenzhou City, Tongling Mountain , 27°28’48”N, 119°29’24”E, 1133 m, 20.VI.–25.VII.2019, Chengjin Yan ( CNU) ; 1♁, China, Zhejiang prov., Wenzhou City, Tongling Mountain , 27°28’48”N, 119°29’24”E, 1133 m, 25.VII.2019, Chengjin Yan ( CNU) ; 1♁, China, Sichuan prov., Xichang City, Kaiyuan Village , 27°52’41”N, 102°07’12”E, 1986 m, 13.VIII.2020, Lingzhi Zhao ( CNU) ; 2♁, China, Yunnan prov., Dehong Prefecture, Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan Village , 24°36’58”N, 97°39’14”E, 1348 m, 20.VIII.2017, Pan Huang ( CNU); 1♀ , China, Chongqing City, Wuxi County, Shuangyang Country , Baiguo Forest , 31°28′37″N, 109°49′48″E, 1070 m, 24.VII.2019, Bin Chen ( CNU) ; 16♁, China, Sichuan prov., Ya’an City, Shimian County, Caluoyizu Country , Fulong Village , 29°7’52”N, 102°20’2.4”E, 1424 m, 10.VIII.2020, Xiangping Liao ( CNU) ; 9♁, China, Sichuan prov., Xichang City, Kaiyuan Country, W 11 Highway , 27°52’41”N, 102°07’12”E, 1986 m, 13.VIII.2020, Lingzhi Zhao ( CNU) ; 2♁, China, Sichuan prov., Liangshan Prefecture, Dechang County, Jinchuan Village , 27°11’25”N, 102°17’3.5”E, 1207 m, 31.VII.2011, Tingjing Li ( CNU) ; 1♁, China, Sichuan prov., Liangshan Prefecture, Xichang City, Minsheng Village , 28°04’45”N, 102°03’58”E, 1671 m; 5.VIII.2011, Tingjing Li ( CNU) ; 2♁, China, Sichuan prov., Liangshan Prefecture, Dechang County, Yonglang Town , 27°09’14”N, 102°14’55”E, 1116 m, 1.VIII.2011, Tingjing Li ( CNU); 1♀ 2 ♁, China, Yunnan prov., Yunnan Agricultural University , 25°06’58”N, 102°45’5.2”E, 1847 m, 14.VII.2014, Pan Huang ( CNU) ; 5♁, China, Yunnan prov., Lvchun County, Fenshui Mountain , 22°59’19”N, 102°27’15”E, 1956 m, 25.VII.2003, Tingjing Li ( YNAU) ; 3♁, China, Yunnan prov., Kunming City, Dongchuan District, Tangdan Town , Kuangwang Mountain , 26°10’37”N, 103°04’8.1”E, 1167 m, 14.VIII.2003, Qian Jiang ( YNAU) ; 1♁, China, Yunnan prov., Lijiang City, Ninglang County, Ladu River , Shaoji Bay , 27°11’25”N, 100°55’39”E, 2332 m, 23.VIII.2003, Qian Jiang ( YNAU); 3♀ 10 ♁, China, Yunnan prov., Jinghong City, Menghai County, Bulang Mountain , 21°59’22”N, 100°25’54”E, 739m, 25.IV–17.V.2018, Yongsheng Pu ( YNAU) ; 1♁, China, Yunnan prov., Kunming City , Shilin County, 24°46’15”N, 103°17’18”E, 1556 m, 9.VII.2003, Jian Zhu ( YNAU) ; 1♁, China, Yunnan prov., Lincang City, Cangyuan County, Mangka Town , Baiyan Village , 23°24’0”N, 98°57’32”E, 1551 m, 31.V.2019, Huachuan Wang ( CNU); 1♀ , China, Yunnan prov., Lincang City, Shuangjiang County, Nansong Village , Lama River , 23°21’43”N, 99°48’40”E, 1550 m, 2.VI.2019, Huachuan Wang ( CNU) .

First description of female. ( Fig. 34 ) Body length 7.2–8.9 mm, forewing length 4.6–5.9 mm.

Color. Body almost black, with long pale brown setae; mandible, apex of clypeus and tegula reddish brown ( Figs 35, 37 ); legs dark red; posterior half of pygidium and veins brown ( Figs 34, 39 ); wings infuscate, pterostigma dark brown.

Head. Mandible ( Fig. 35 ) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 35 ) basally with dense punctures, apically smooth, apex medially truncated; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 6.6: 5.4: 7; OOD: POD: Od=10: 5.8: 2.5; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=10: 5.4: 3.1: 4.8: 4.6; lower frons ( Fig. 35 ) with dense punctures, upper frons with sparse punctures; vertex ( Fig. 36 ) with sparse punctures, interspaces smooth; close to occipital carina with dense punctures.

Mesosoma . Pronotal anterior carina incomplete, medially weak, anterior half of pronotum with sparse punctures, posterior half impunctate; pronotum latero-ventrally with dense oblique striae; mesoscutum ( Fig. 37 ) medially with dense punctures, laterally sparser, anterior medial groove separated from notaulus; mesopleuron with moderate punctures, evenly distribute; mesoscutellum ( Fig. 37 ) anteriorly with scattered punctures, posteriorly with dense punctures; metanotum almost impunctate, with several sparse punctures; propodeal dorsal face ( Fig. 37 ) almost impunctate, with several sparse punctures, without submarginal carina and posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola ( Fig. 37 ) rectangular, weakly convergent posteriorly, APWL =2.1: 1.4: 6.5, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 4/5 of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally with dense long oblique wrinkles, ventrally smooth; posterior surface of propodeum granulated, without short medial longitudinal carina; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; second intercubital vein of forewing ( Fig. 34 ) slightly sinuous; inner face of hind basitarsus medially without longitudinal groove.

Metasoma. Anterior half of T 1 ( Fig. 34 ) with sparse punctures; subposterior area of T 1 close to apex and with irregularly scattered punctures; S1 ( Fig. 38 ) anteriorly with coarse punctures, medially smooth, posteriorly with transverse row of short longitudinal striae, and without posterolateral groove; T 2 anteriorly with costate transverse depression ( Fig. 34 ); T 2 with sparse punctures; T 3– T 5 and S2–S5 posteriorly with dense punctures; pygidium ( Fig. 39 ) anteriorly almost impunctate, with several sparse punctures, medially with dense punctures, and posteriorly coriaceous and impunctate.

Male. Body length 7.4–8.7 mm, forewing length 5.1–7.4 mm. Clypeus with dense punctures, apex medially emarginated; frons with medial longitudinal carina; W: OW: L: IOD=6.6: 5.7: 8: 10; OOD: POD: Od=10: 7.9: 4.2; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=4.9: 4.5: 2.5: 10: 5.8; pronotal anterior carina complete; pronotum, mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum with sparse punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing distinctly exceeding second submarginal cell; propodeal dorsal face with submarginal carina and posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola rectangular, APWL =3.1: 3: 4, medial longitudinal carina extending posterior margin of areola; subposterior area of T 1 close to apex and slightly depressed, with a few scattered punctures; S1 anteriorly arched, with medial longitudinal carina and posterolateral groove; S5 without lateral denticle.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURES 34–39. Tiphia (Tiphia) cilicincta Allen & Jaynes, ♀. 34. Habitus, dorsal view; 35. Head, frontal view; 36. Vertex, dorsal view; 37. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view; 38. S1, ventral view; 39. Pygidium.