Tiphia (Tiphia) incisa Cameron, 1897

Han, Qian, Wang, He-Sheng, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the nominotypical subgenus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from China, with three new species and a key to the Chinese species, Zootaxa 5284 (1), pp. 1-43 : 31-32

Tiphia (Tiphia) incisa Cameron, 1897 , new record

( Figs 96–102 )

Tiphia incisa Cameron, 1897: 49 ; Bingham, 1897: 57, 60; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 102; Hedicke, 1936: 13 (listed).

Tiphia (Tiphia) incisa Cameron : Allen, 1969: 388–389; Allen, 1975: 26.

Material examined. 2♁, China, Fujian prov., Wuyi Mountain National Nature Reserve , 40°16′60″N, 117°11′5″E, 1209 m, 20.VII.2021, Jinlan Li ( CNU) ; 1♁, China, Zhejiang prov., Longquan City, Fengyang Mountain Nature Reserve , 28°4′43″N, 119°7′42″E, 1764 m, 27.VII.2007, Zhi Chen ( CNU) ; 3♁, China, Zhejiang prov., Jinhua City, Wucheng County, Tashi Town , Yinling Village , 28°48′14″N, 119°20′49″E, 633 m, 21.VII.2021, Xiangping Liao ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 96 ). Body length 10.4–12.5 mm, forewing length 6.8–8.8 mm. Mandible ( Fig. 97 ) with preapical denticle and obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 97 ) with coarse and dense punctures, apex medially emarginated; frons ( Fig. 97 ) with medial longitudinal narrow carina; lower frons with dense punctures, somewhat reticulate, and upper frons with sparse punctures; vertex ( Fig. 98 ) with relatively sparser punctures; pronotal anterior carina complete; mesopleuron ( Fig. 99 ) with big punctures and mixed with few minute punctures; mesoscutum medially with dense punctures, sparser laterally, only with notaulus; mesoscutellum ( Fig. 102 ) with sparse punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing ( Fig. 96 ) distinctly exceeding second submarginal cell; propodeal areola ( Fig. 102 ) subtrapezoidal, distinctly convergent posteriorly, APWL=5.9: 4.1: 6.9, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 2/3 of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally ( Fig. 99 ) with sparse long oblique wrinkles, ventrally smooth; subposterior area of T1 ( Fig. 96 ) close to apex and slightly depressed, with 2–3 transverse rows of punctures; S1 ( Fig. 100 ) anteriorly arched and with scattered punctures, posteriorly smooth, with posterolateral groove and approaching the anterior apex; T3–T6 and S2–S5 with dense punctures; S5 ( Fig. 101 ) with lateral denticle, and without deep orifice.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian); India.

Figures

FIGURES 96–102. Tiphia (Tiphia) incisa Cameron, ♁. 96. Habitus, dorsal view; 97. Head, frontal view (pd: preapical denticle of mandible); 98. Vertex, dorsal view; 99. Mesosoma, lateral view; 100. S1, ventral view; 101. S5, lateral view (ld: lateral denticle of S5); 102. Mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view.