Additions to the knowledge on the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from India with the description of ten new species
Author
Hanima, Raveendran K. P.
Author
Kumar, Girish
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Hegde, Vishwanath D.
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-11-03
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10.
Tiphia
(
Tiphia
)
consueta
Smith, 1879
(
Figs 123–132
)
Tiphia consueta
Smith, 1879: 184
[
♀
;
Ceylon
;
type
in NHMUK];
Cameron, 1892: 116
;
Bingham, 1896: 431
[listed];
Bingham, 1897: 61
[
♀
,
♂
;
Ceylon
; synonymized
♂
Methoca
[sic]
nigra
Bingham, 1896
];
Dalla Torre, 1897: 135
[listed];
Bingham, 1906: 36
;
Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 101
;
Hedicke, 1936: 8
[listed].
?
Methoca
[sic]
nigra
Bingham, 1896: 427
, 428, pl. 15: fig. 4 [
♂
, Pundaloya,
Ceylon
and Tenasserim;
type
lost?; preoccupied in
Tiphia
by
T. nigra
Gmelin
];
Hedicke, 1936: 8
[listed as synonym of
T. consueta
].
Tiphia
(
Tiphia
)
consueta
;
Allen, 1969: 408–409
[
♀
; redescription of
type
]; 1975: 87–88 [redescription].
FIGURES 113–122.
Tiphia
(
Punctotiphia
)
coimbatorea
Allen
, ♀. 113. Habitus, lateral view; 114. Head, frontal view; 115. Clypeus; 116. Habitus, dorsal view; 117. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 118. Mesosoma, lateral view; 119. Antenna; 120. Forewing, dorsal view; 121. Metasoma, lateral view; 122. Metasoma, lateral view.
FIGURES 123–132.
Tiphia
(
Tiphia
)
consueta
Smith
, ♀. 123. Habitus, lateral view; 124. Head, frontal view; 125. Clypeus; 126. Habitus, dorsal view; 127. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 128. Mesosoma, lateral view; 129. Antenna; 130. Forewing, dorsal view; 131. Metasoma, dorsal view; 132. Metasoma, lateral view.
Material examined.
1♀
,
INDIA
:
Karnataka
,
Kodagu district
,
Bettathur
(
12°24′29″N
&
75°39′40″E
,
1194 m
),
23.xii.2019
,
Coll. P. Girish Kumar
, (
ZSIK
)
Regd. No.
ZSI
/
WGRC
/IR/INV.16813
.
1♀
,
Sikkim
(
27°31′18″N
&
88°31′19″E
,
1122 m
),
10.ix.2017
,
Coll. A. Ramesh Kumar
, (
ZSIK
)
Regd. No.
ZSI
/
WGRC
/IR/INV.16812
.
3♀
,
Uttarakhand
,
Dehradun district
,
Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary
(
30°26′13″N
&
77°39′55″E
,
399 m
),
17.vii.2019
,
Coll. P. Girish Kumar
, (
ZSIK
)
Regd. Nos.
ZSI
/
WGRC
/IR/INV.16809–16811
.
Diagnosis.
Body length
9.3–11.2 mm
. Mandible without preapical denticle (
Fig. 125
); clypeus with median extension emarginated (
Fig. 125
); basal part of clypeus coarsely punctate and apical part smooth (
Fig. 125
); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina (
Fig. 127
); lateral side of pronotum smooth with distinct transdiscal groove (
Fig. 128
); fore wing brownish infumate with second cubital vein sinuous (
Fig. 130
); tegula only slightly longer than middle width (
Fig. 127
); propodeal areolar carina with crenulations (
Fig. 127
); Gt
1
anteriorly without transverse ridge (
Fig. 131
); inner surface of hind basitarsus with groove.
Male.
Unknown.
Distribution.
India
(
new record
):
Karnataka
,
Sikkim
,
Uttarakhand
.
Elsewhere
:
Sri Lanka
.