Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata 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 : 19

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5. Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata Allen & Jaynes, 1930

( Figs 48–61 View FIGURES 48–51 View FIGURES 52–61 )

Tiphia capillata Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 47 . Holotype, ♀, Shillong , Meghalaya, India (USNM).

Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata ; Allen, 1975: 22–24.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Wayanad district, Muthanga (11°40′17″N & 76°22′06″E, 848 m), 13.x.2011, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17758 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Ponmudi , Seethatheertham (8°45′34″N & 77°07′01″E, 923 m), 5.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19729 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body length 5.2 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 52–61 ); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 52–61 ); lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 52–61 ); posterior side of propodeum without median carina; clypeus, antennal segments, femora, tibiae and tarsi orange brown; tegula translucent orange; marginal cell of fore wing with outwardly directed straight spur ( Fig. 59 View FIGURES 52–61 ); hind basitarsus without groove.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the following characters compared to the description of Allen (1975). Mandible without preapical denticle and dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina in the specimens examined, while mandible with minute, acute preapical denticle and dorsal pronotum with complete transverse carina according to Allen.

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

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 48–51. Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata Allen & Jaynes, ♀. Type. 48. Habitus, lateral view; 49. Habitus, dorsal view; 50. Head, frontal view; 51. Label.

FIGURES 52–61. Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata Allen & Jaynes, ♀. 52. Habitus, lateral view; 53. Head, frontal view; 54. Clypeus; 55. Habitus, dorsal view; 56. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 57. Mesosoma, lateral view; 58. Antenna; 59. Forewing, dorsal view; 60. Metasoma, dorsal view; 61. Metasoma, lateral view.