Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein, 1938

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 : 83-85

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32. Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein, 1938

( Figs 432–441 View FIGURES 432–441 )

Tiphia rufipes Smith, 1855: 83 , Lectotype, ♀, Northern India (NHMUK); Magretti, 1892: 249 [♀; Burma [ Myanmar]; misidentified?]; Bingham, 1897: 61, 62 [♀; brief description]; Turner, 1908b: 120 [♀; Ceylon; misidentified]; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 100 [brief note]; Hedicke, 1936: 23 [listed].

Tiphia palmi Krombein, 1938: 187 [new name for T. rufipes Smith , not Latreille, 1797]; Krombein, 1982: 40–42.

Tiphia (Tiphia) rufipes ; Allen, 1969: 396–398 [type redescription]; Allen, 1975: 63, 64 [description].

Material examined. 2♀, INDIA: Kerala, Ernakulam district, Thatekkad Bird Sanctuary (10°06′20″N & 76°42′08″E, 37 m), 2.ix.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15266 & 15267 GoogleMaps ; 3♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19354–19356 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Maharashtra, Thane district, Mumbai (19°06′15″N & 72°53′40″E, 34 m), 14.vii.2017, Coll.A. Ramesh Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.15269 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″N & 77°39′55″E, 399m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15268 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, Dehradun district, Motichur near Haridwar (29°58′44″N & 78°11′18″E, 296 m), 12.vii.1990, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18190 GoogleMaps ; 1♀, West Bengal, South 24 Parganas district, Sagar Island , Phulbari (21° 44′ 21″N & 88° 07′ 04″ E, 24 m), 21.iii.2018, Coll. Sunita Patra, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15270 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body length 7.2–8.3 mm. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with weak ridge ( Fig. 436 View FIGURES 432–441 ); lateral side of pronotum with evanescent transdiscal groove ( Fig. 437 View FIGURES 432–441 ); areola of propodeum tricarinate, median carina not extending to apex ( Fig. 436 View FIGURES 432–441 ); dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina ( Fig. 436 View FIGURES 432–441 ); metanotum with closely placed coarse punctures ( Fig. 436 View FIGURES 432–441 ); fore wing faintly infumated ( Fig. 439 View FIGURES 432–441 ); trochanters, femora and tibia of all legs orange red colored ( Fig. 432 View FIGURES 432–441 ); mid and hind tibiae inflated; inner surface of hind basitarsus without groove.

Variations: The specimens examined here differ in the length of median carina of areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Median carina of areola not extending to apex in the specimens examined, while median carina of areola extending to apex or almost so according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala (new record), Maharashtra (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal (new record). Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand.

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. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.

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

Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenoptera, 1 (Wasps and Bees). s. n., London, 579 pp., 189 figs., 4 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738

Hedicke, H. (1936) Tiphiidae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Part 1, 1 - 32.

Krombein, K. V. (1938) Corrections and additions to a recent catalog of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera). Entomological News, 49, 184 - 189.

Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of ceylonese wasps, IX. A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian contributions to Zoology, Washington, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374

Magretti, P. (1892) Viaggio di Leonarda Fea in Birmanie e regioni vicine, XLIII: Imenotteri, parte prima, Mutillidei, Scoliidei, Tifiidei, Tinnidei colla descrizione di parecchie nuove specie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturelle di Genova, Series 2, 12, 197 - 266, 1 pl.

Smith, F. (1855) Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 3. Mutillidae and Pompilidae, London, 497 pp.

Turner, R. E. (1908 b) Remarks on the Hymenopterous genus Tiphia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 2, 116 - 131. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930808692459

Figures

FIGURES 432–441. Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein, ♀. 432. Habitus, lateral view; 433. Head, frontal view; 434. Clypeus; 435. Habitus, dorsal view; 436. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 437. Pygidium, lateral view; 438.Antenna; 439. Forewing, dorsal view; 440. Metasoma, dorsal view; 441. Metasoma, lateral view.