Tiphia (Tiphia) kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019

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 : 49-52

19. Tiphia (Tiphia) kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019

( Figs 232–252 )

Tiphia kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019: 127–141 . Holotype, ♂, Shalimar Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir (ZSIK).

Material examined: 3♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Shimoga district, Hosagadde, Near Kudajadri (13°51′45″N & 74°52′30″E, 1130 m), 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18371– 18373 ; 1♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18381 . 1♀, Jammu & Kashmir, Pulwama district, Shaji Marg (33°48′12.9″N & 74°49′37.5″E, 1569 m), 29.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.19373 ; 2♂, Pulwama district, Arehel (33°52′18.62″N & 74°53′57.75″E, 1652 m), 15.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19374–19375 . 3♀, Kerala, Idukki district, Thekkadi, Kumarikulam (9°43′00″N & 76°57′51″E, 1003 m), 6.ix.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16630– 16633 ; 4♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18374–18377 ; 1♀, Wayanad district, Kalpatta, Madakkimala (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 6.i.2009, Coll. K. Rajmohana, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18566 . 2♀, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18378–18379 ; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18380 . 1♀, Uttarakhand, Tehri Garhwal district, Kanatal (30°24′43″N & 78°20′34″E, 2297m), 20.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18382 ; 1♀, Dehradun district, Chakrata (30°42′17″N & 77°52′11″E, 1963 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18383 .

Diagnosis. Male. Body length 7.1 mm. Median extension of clypeus bidentate ( Fig. 234 ); upper half of frons with interspaces between punctures not narrower than ocellus; lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove intersected with ridges ( Fig. 237 ); lateral side of propodeum with moderately spaced rugae ( Fig. 237 ); metanotum laterally with coarse contiguous punctures and medially with few punctures ( Fig. 236 ); POD 0.80–0.84 × OOL; fore wing with marginal cell shorter than second cubital cell in apical extension ( Fig. 239 ).

Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk like basal part and almost rounded flat apex covered with setae; digitus rounded apically; cuspis broad and covered with setae; aedeagus short with lobed apical part (As in Fig. 7 of Hanima et al. 2019).

Female. Body length 8.6–12.2 mm. Apical margin of clypeal lobe rounded ( Fig. 244 ); lateral side of pronotum with a distinct transdiscal groove ( Fig. 247 ); lateral carinae of areola convex towards basal part ( Fig. 246 ); fore wing yellowish hyaline ( Fig. 248 ); middle and hind trochanters, femora and tibia entirely bright red ( Fig. 242 ); hind basitarsus with groove on inner face; Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina ( Fig. 251 ); apical half of pygidium shagreened and apical margin wrinkled ( Fig. 250 ).

Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka (new record), Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand (new record).

Figures

FIGURES 232–241. Tiphia (Tiphia) kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, ♂. 232. Habitus, lateral view; 233. Head, frontal view; 234. Clypeus; 235. Habitus, dorsal view; 236. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 237. Mesosoma, lateral view; 238. Antenna; 239. Forewing, dorsal view; 240. Metasoma, dorsal view; 241. Metasoma, lateral view.

FIGURES 242–252. Tiphia (Tiphia) kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, ♀. 242. Habitus, lateral view; 243. Head, frontal view; 244. Clypeus; 245. Habitus, dorsal view; 246. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 247. Mesosoma, lateral view; 248. Forewing, dorsal view; 249. Antenna; 250. Pygidium; 251. Metasoma, dorsal view; 252. Metasoma, lateral view.

FIGURES 1–7. Tiphia (Tiphia) bijui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 1. Habitus, lateral view; 2. Habitus, dorsal view; 3. Antenna; 4. Clypeus; 5. Mesosoma, lateral view; 6. Metasoma, dorsal view; 7. Metasoma, lateral view.