Tiphia (Tiphia) curvinerva Cameron, 1902

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 : 33

11. Tiphia (Tiphia) curvinerva Cameron, 1902

( Figs 133–143 )

Tiphia curvinerva Cameron, 1902b: 238 ; Holotype, ♀, (NHMUK); Turner, 1908: 120; Allen & Jaynes ( curvinerva ), 1930: 99. Tiphia (Tiphia) curvinerva ; Allen, 1969: 412; Allen, 1975: 81–82.

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), 29.x.2017, Coll. M.S. Pandher, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18919 .

Diagnosis. Body length 13.4 mm.Apical margin of clypeal lobe emarginated ( Fig. 135 ); lateral side of pronotum without well defined transdiscal groove ( Fig. 138 ); dorsal side of propodeum with subrectangular areola ( Fig. 137 ); dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina ( Fig. 137 ); metanotum posteriorly on lateral side with close punctures, other areas with sparse punctures ( Fig. 137 ); hind basitarsus with groove ( Fig. 140 ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record); Meghalaya.

Figures

FIGURES 133–143. Tiphia (Tiphia) curvinerva Cameron, ♀. 133. Habitus, lateral view; 134. Head, frontal view; 135. Clypeus; 136. Habitus, dorsal view; 137. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 138. Mesosoma, lateral view; 139. Antenna; 140. Inner surface of hind basitarsus showing groove; 141. Wing; 142. Metasoma, dorsal view; 143. Metasoma, lateral view.