Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, 1903

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 : 39-41

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scientific name	Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, 1903
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14. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, 1903 , subgeneric comb. nov.

( Figs 170–179 View FIGURES 170–179 )

Tiphia exacta Nurse, 1903: 400 . Holotype, ♀, Kashmir , India (NHMUK).

Tiphia (Tiphia) exacta ; Allen, 1969: 402; Allen, 1975: 73–74.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Manipuram (11°24′45″N & 75°56′20″E, 61m), 16.v.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17762 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body length 10.5 mm. Clypeus with median extension slightly emarginated ( Fig. 172 View FIGURES 170–179 ); clypeus with its basal part with punctures and apical part smooth and shiny ( Fig. 172 View FIGURES 170–179 ); dorsal side of pronotum with complete anterior transverse carina; lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove ( Fig. 175 View FIGURES 170–179 ); fore wing yellowish ( Fig. 177 View FIGURES 170–179 ); dorsal side of propodeum outside areola with reticulations and punctures ( Fig. 174 View FIGURES 170–179 ); carina of propodeal areola margined by crenulations ( Fig. 174 View FIGURES 170–179 ); metanotum with punctures concentrated on laterally, medially smooth ( Fig. 174 View FIGURES 170–179 ); Gt 1 with a transverse carina anteriorly ( Fig. 178 View FIGURES 170–179 ); inner surface of hind basitarsus with a long, deep groove.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in dorsal pronotal carina compared to the description of Allen (1975). Dorsal side of pronotum with complete anterior transverse carina in the specimens examined, while dorsal side of pronotum with transverse carina present only at humeral angle according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala (new record).

References

Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.

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

Nurse, C. G. (1903) New species of India Aculeate Hymenoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 11, 400 - 401. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930308678789

Figures

FIGURES 170–179. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, ♀. 170. Habitus, lateral view; 171. Head, frontal view; 172. Clypeus; 173. Habitus, dorsal view; 174. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 175. Mesosoma, lateral view; 176. Antenna; 177. Forewing, dorsal view; 178. Metasoma, dorsal view; 179. Metasoma, lateral view.