Tiphia (Tiphia) venkataramani Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2022

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 : 98-102

41. Tiphia (Tiphia) venkataramani Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov.

( Figs 540–549 )

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Type material. Holotype, ♀, INDIA: Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′08″N & 77°39′56″E, 399 m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18107 . Paratypes: 1♀, same collection data as that of holotype, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18108 ; 1♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 14.viii.1997, Coll. Vinod Khanna & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18109 ; 1♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 30.vii.1992, Coll. Vinod Khanna & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18111 ; 4♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 15.viii.1997, Coll. S.K. Gupta, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19332– 19335 . Tamil Nadu, Tenkasi district, Old Courtallam (10°59′58″N & 76°58′22″E, 414 m), 3.x.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18110 .

Diagnosis. Mandible without preapical denticle; median extension of clypeus rounded; areola elongate; dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina; fore wing yellowish; hind tibia inflated.

Description. Holotype, ♀. Body length 12.2 mm. Paratypes, ♀. Body length 11.3–17.5 mm.

Colour. Black body with yellowish infumated wing and white vestitures ( Figs 540, 547 ).

Head. Median extension of clypeus rounded, clypeus basally punctured and apically smooth ( Fig. 542 ); mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 541 ); HW 1.6 × least distance between eyes; POD 1.7 × LOD and 0.6 × OOD; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10 = 0.653: 0.224: 0.262: 0.281: 0.282: 0.283: 0.243: 0.235: 0.237: 0.219: 0.266: 0.436 ( Fig. 546 ).

Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum and mesoscutum with large punctures, metanotum with small punctures ( Fig. 544 ); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove ( Fig. 545 ); tegula 1.4 × as long as middle width ( Fig. 544 ); lateral side of propodeum with oblique fine rugulae ( Fig. 545 ); lateral margin of dorsal side of propodeum with thick setae ( Fig. 544 ); areola elongate keystone shaped with middle carina not reaching to apex ( Fig. 544 ); areola with median length about 3 × apical width and 1.7 × basal width ( Fig. 544 ); hind basitarsus without groove. Length of mesosoma: 4.10 mm.

Metasoma. All tergites smooth and shiny with punctures ( Fig. 548 ); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina ( Fig. 548 ). Length of metasoma: 6.05 mm.

Male. Unknown.

Discussion. This new species shows similarities with T. (T.) bijui sp. nov. in the following characters: dorsal side of pronotum with transverse carina complete over middle section, lateral side of pronotum with distinct trans discal groove, Gs 2 without anterior transverse carina, hind basitarsus without groove, and tricarinate areola of dorsal side of propodeum but this new species distinctly differs from T. (T.) bijui sp. nov. in the following characters: dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., dorsal side of propodeum with submarginal carina); carina of areola not margined by crenulations (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., carina of areola margined by crenulations); wings yellowish hyaline (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., wings brown infumated); larger species (13–16 mm) (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., medium sized species (7–10 mm )); hind tibia inflated (in T. (T.) bijui , hind tibia usually not inflated).

Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.

Etymology. The species is named in honour of Dr. K. Venkataraman, former Director of Zoological Survey of India for his dedication to the study of the natural history and taxonomy of Indian marine fauna and also his encouragement and support to our studies.

Figures

FIGURES 540–549. Tiphia (Tiphia) venkataramani Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 540. Habitus, lateral view; 541. Head, frontal view; 542. Clypeus; 543. Habitus, dorsal view; 544. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 545. Mesosoma, lateral view; 546. Antenna; 547. Forewing, dorsal view; 548. Metasoma, dorsal view; 549. Metasoma, lateral view.