Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, 1930

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 : 15-19

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3. Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, 1930

( Figs 24–37 View FIGURES 24–27 View FIGURES 28–37 )

Tiphia brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 65 . Holotype, ♀, Shillong , India (USNM).

Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma ; Allen, 1975: 88–89.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary , Kanithadam (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 19.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16906 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve , Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 20.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16907; 2♀, Thiruvananthapuram district , Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve , Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 5.xii.2021, Coll. P.Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19685 & 19686 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body length 9.5–11.3 mm. Median extension of clypeus rounded ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 28–37 ); mandible without preapical denticle, apex rounded ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 28–37 ); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 28–37 ); metanotum coarsely punctate ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 28–37 ); dorsal side of propodeum with areola subrectangular, area outside areola imbricate ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 28–37 ); mesopleuron with large punctures in median area ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 28–37 ); posterior propodeum with median carina; wings darkly infumated at more than half of basal area, apex hyaline ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 28–37 ); legs fully black ( Figs 28, 31 View FIGURES 28–37 ); hind basitarsus with short groove on inner face.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in posterior side of propodeum compared to the description of Allen (1975). Posterior side of propodeum with median carina in the specimens examined, while posterior side of propodeum without median carina according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Kerala (new record), Meghalaya.

References

Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1

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

Figures

FIGURES 24–27. Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, ♀. Type. 24. Habitus, lateral view; 25. Habitus, dorsal view; 26. Head, frontal view; 27. Label.

FIGURES 28–37. Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigmaAllen & Jaynes, ♀. 28. Habitus, lateral view; 29. Head, frontal view; 30. Clypeus; 31 Habitus, dorsal view; 32. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 33. Mesosoma, lateral view; 34. Antenna; 35. Forewing, dorsal view; 36. Metasoma, dorsal view; 37. Metasoma, lateral view.