Tiphia (Tiphia) hirsuta Smith, 1855

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 : 45

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17. Tiphia (Tiphia) hirsuta Smith, 1855

(Figs 206–218)

Tiphia hirsuta Smith, 1855: 83 [m3; northern India; type in NHMUK]; Cameron, 1892: 115; Bingham, 1897: 63, 64; Dalla Torre, 1897: 137; Hedicke, 1936:13; Allen, 1969: 393, 394 [type redescription and synonymy of T. tarsata and T. clypealis ]; Allen, 1975: 33, 34 [northern India, Nepal].

Tiphia tarsata Cameron, 1897: 44 [♂; Mussouri; type in OUM]; Hedicke, 1936: 24.

Tiphia clypealis Cameron, 1897: 47 , 48 [♂ not ♀; Mussouri; type in OUM]; Turner, 1908b: 124 [incorrectly synonymizes T. flavipennis Bingham and T. quinquecarinata Cameron ]; Allen and Jaynes, 1930: 97; Hedicke, 1936: 7.

Tiphia (Tiphia) hirsuta ; Allen, 1969: 393; Allen, 1975: 33–34.

Tiphia hirsuta ; Krombein, 1982: 46–49.

Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Gujarat, Surat, Moti Cher (21°14′38″N & 73°21′26″E, 47 m), 27.vii.1993, Coll. S.K. Gupta, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13167 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Kerala, Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulathupuzha (8°54′35″ N & 77°03′37″ E, 143 m), 9.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19738 GoogleMaps . 7♂, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″ N & 77°39′55″ E, 399m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13108 & 18176–18181 GoogleMaps ; 2♂, Uttarkhashi district, Barkot (30°48′35″ N & 78°12′33″ E, 1292 m), 23.vi.2008, Coll. Sudhir Singh, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13166, 18185 GoogleMaps ; 2♂, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″ N & 78°00′52″ E, 682 m), 17.vii.2019, 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13109 & 13110 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Dehradun, ZSI Campus (30° 20′ 46″ N & 78° 00′ 52″ E, 682 m), 9.viii.1993, Coll. S.K. Gupta, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13111 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body length 7.9–10.2 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 208); clypeus, gena and mesopleuron masked with coarse white setae (Figs 208, 211); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 211); fore wing with marginal cell of fore wing slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 213); Gs 5 with lateral denticle; Gs 6 with tuft of fine setae (Fig. 215); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 214); tegula (Fig. 210), posterior margin of pronotum (Fig. 210), underside of antennae (Fig. 212), clypeus (Fig. 208), tarsi of fore and mid legs and tibia of fore leg yellowish orange (Figs 206, 209).

Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk and rounded flat apex covered with setae; digitus rounded apically; cuspis slender and beak-like apically; aedeagus folded completely ( Figs 216–218 View FIGURES 216–218 ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Gujarat (new record), Kerala (new record), Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal.

References

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Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls.

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Turner, R. E. (1908 b) Remarks on the Hymenopterous genus Tiphia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 2, 116 - 131. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930808692459