Tiphia (Tiphia) (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 96

39. Tiphia (Tiphia) s -prima Allen, 1975

( Figs 509–518 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) s-prima Alen, 1975: 92–93. Holotype, ♀, India: Shillong , Assam [Meghalaya] ( NMNH).

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Karnataka, 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.18191 .

Diagnosis. Body length 10 mm. Clypeus with its median extension rounded, apex smooth, and base shagreened with deep punctures ( Fig. 511 ); dorsal side of pronotum without anterior transverse carina ( Fig. 513 ); lateral side of pronotum with curved groove ( Fig. 514 ); dorsal side of propodeum with rectangular shaped areola ( Fig. 513 ); carinae of areola with crenulations ( Fig. 513 ); fore wing darkly infumated ( Fig. 516 ); hind basitarsus with groove.

Distribution. India: Karnataka (new record); Meghalaya.

Figures

FIGURES 509–518. Tiphia (Tiphia) s-prima Allen, ♀. 509. Habitus, lateral view; 510. Head, frontal view; 511. Clypeus; 512. Habitus, dorsal view; 513. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 514. Mesosoma, lateral view; 515. Antenna; 516. Forewing, dorsal view; 517. Metasoma, dorsal view; 518. Metasoma, lateral view.